“Headquarters”60+ pages
- p. 5 …With the end of the war, Headquarters approved a plan for
writing and publishing a seven…
- p. 8 …The first hectic months after Pearl
Harbor left little time in a military headquarters for consideration…
- p. 9 …Department calling for the appointment by AAF Headquarters of a
historian in accordance with the President…
- p. 10 …After returning
to Headquarters at the close of 1942, Colonel Williams found the
pressure of a…
- p. 11 …T h e first of those points, of course, was AAF
Headquarters itself. Though the Army…
- p. 12 …But, in developing a system
of historical reporting from other headquarters, the “supporting docu-
ments” received…
- p. 13 …in the hurried atmosphere of a military headquarters, and it depended
for its support upon men…
- p. 14 …In most cases, however, the offer of professional assistance from AAF
Headquarters was welcomed, though occasionally…
- p. 15 …close
of hostilities to bring into AAF Headquarters certain of the field per-
sonnel for the…
- p. 18 …Goss served as historian with the Fourth Air
Force and was subsequently brought into AAF Headquarters…
- p. 19 …Air Service Command,
USSTAF, was assigned to Headquarters, USSTAF.
Finally there remains something to be told…
- p. 21 …Simpson of the Office of
Air Force History, Headquarters, United States Air Force. Colonel
Paul has…
- p. 29 …JAPANESEINSTALLATIONS ON NORTHHEAD,KISKA,JULY1942
HEADQUARTERS,3 STH FIGHTERGROUP,PORT MORESBY,1942
HEADQUARTERS,3 gTH FIGHTERGROUP…
- p. 45 …and his
inspections took him to various headquarters, to depots and airfields,
to-and over-the…
- p. 53 …bulk of offensive air units to General Headquarters.
The War Department resisted in turn every proposal…
- p. 197 …The First Air Force, with headquarters at Mitchel Field, New
York, was acting as a major…
- p. 205 …The
approved peacetime garrisons called for one heavy bombardment
squadron and a group headquarters at Bermuda…
- p. 209 …P-36’s in crates, and the headquarters squadron
of the 28th Composite Group took up…
- p. 210 …Defense
Command, which forwarded the material to headquarters of the
Western Defense Command at San Francisco…
- p. 213 …Martin, was organized tactically
into the 18th Bombardment Wing, with headquarters at Hickam
Field, and the…
- p. 214 …provided the separate squadrons
with an air headquarters. Expansion of the Air Corps brought about
a…
- p. 221 …4th Composite Group, consisted of the
Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, the 3d Pursuit Squadron,
and the…
- p. 222 …AAF Headquarters felt that a striking force of
heavy bombers would be a necessary part of…
- p. 226 …during
a series of conferences at AAF Headquarters in Washington. On 16
November the military air…
- p. 230 …The watchers were
instructed to transmit their observations by telephone or telegraph to
headquarters of the…
- p. 232 …which prevailed over the preference of general
headquarters for a more northern and presumably more secure…
- p. 252 …It would appear that the files of General Headquarters, Southwest
Pacific Area, are also i n…
- p. 254 …to General Headquarters, General
Brereton states that he returned to his own headquarters a t Nielson…
- p. 255 …George, chief of staff, V Interceptor Command, reported
to headquarters “that there are 54 airplanes in…
- p. 257 …The Summary of Activi-
ties for Headquarters, Far East Air Force, notes: “11:56 General
Brereton…
- p. 268 …At I I I 5 , inter-
ceptor headquarters received specific warning of enemy aircraft
approaching from…
- p. 270 …with a tele-
phone line to operations headquarters. Until the Del Monte base could
be greatly…
- p. 272 …O n another
occasion, 2 7th Group headquarters was falsely informed by telephone
that its A…
- p. 275 …two PBY’s to establish a new headquarters in Au~tralia.~’By +he
29th of December…
- p. 281 …mission.” lo*
General Brereton established a temporary headquarters at Darwin.
Though the aim of all operations…
- p. 288 …the air planners and
from which AAF Headquarters was never to deviate.
The translation of the…
- p. 308 …General Headquarters was of recent origin, but the desirability of
such a staff in the event…
- p. 310 …both unit and individual training.88 General Headquarters’
responsibility for air force training was limited to…
- p. 311 …WPD’s judgment that relations
between General Headquarters and the Army Air Forces were “in-
definite…
- p. 312 …Gates.lo7
General Headquarters was not consulted until 5 February, but Gen-
eral McNair had long…
- p. 315 …In reality the influence of AAF Headquarters on the actual conduct
of the war went far…
- p. 344 …The director of Air Defense at AAF
Headquarters concurred in every detail with the findings and…
- p. 346 …With its headquarters a t San Francisco, the command
included an extensive area of nine western…
- p. 378 …The headquarters was
established a t the main base a t Accra on 8 October 1941…
- p. 400 …Here, in January 1942, the headquarters
of the newly activated North Atlantic Sector of the Ferrying…
- p. 405 …into the bases.‘38
Army Air Forces Headquarters, the Ferrying Command, and other
interested AAF agencies…
- p. 425 …was to be maintained
between all major headquarters, logistical facilities would be shared,
and local commanders…
- p. 426 …O n 18 January, he located his headquarters at Lembang, ten miles north of
Bandoeng in…
- p. 434 …the United
States and it was the headquarters of USAFIA, whose responsibility in
January became chiefly…
- p. 435 …the 2 I st Air Flotilla and headquarters detach-
ments-moved to Davao during the first…
- p. 442 …officers at Brisbane and of headquarters in Wash-
ington throughout January. Australian and Dutch forces were…
- p. 445 …organization, but co-ordination between its own
headquarters and the Dutch interceptor control remained imperfect.
T…
- p. 454 …In Java, General Wavell closed his personal headquarters on 2 5 Feb-
ruary, at which time…
- p. 462 …Final Efforts in the Philippines
When General Brereton’s headquarters had been moved to Austra-
lia…
- p. 482 …He proposed the establishment of
air headquarters in each defensive area, prepared to accept and operate…
- p. 486 …AAF Headquarters had been prompt to recognize the need
for properly equipped photographic squadrons, and shortly…
- p. 491 …In fact, A-3 of AAF Headquarters already had prepared a squadron,
the 68th, which was…
- p. 517 …Emmons, commanding the Hawaiian Depart-
ment, appealed to AAF Headquarters for additional planes, and these
were…
- p. 546 HEADQUARTERS, 3STH FIGHTER GROUP, PORT MORESBY, 1942
- p. 547 HEADQUARTERS, 35TH FIGHTER GROUP, PORT MORESBY, 1942
N O T E S T O P A G E S 6 4 9 - 5 7
194. Msg. 81898, USAFBI to AG-
WAR, 5 June 1942.
195. Program Planning and Control
Unit, Task Force Sec., Hq. AAF, Tenta-
tive Bolero Task Force, Tentative Plan
for Unit Shipments, I July 1942. See as a
preliminary move, Plans Div., W a r Or-
ganization and Movement, Tentative
Bolero-Complete, 3 June 1942.
196. Memo for AC/S, OPD from Col.
O.A. Anderson, 10 July 1942.
197. Key Plan for the Reception, Ac-
commodation and Maintenance of the
US. Forces (D.Q.M.G.) (L) Paper 89,
2 5 July 1942.
198. Eighth Air Force Commanders’
Meeting, 10 Nov. 1942.
May 1942; Conference, Gen. Lee, Cols.
Larkin, McGinnis, Ross, Booth, Lyon, 9
May 1942, in Lyon Conferences.
177. Ltr., Hq. SOS to C G AAF, 26
June 1942; ltr., Gen. Spaatz to CG SOS,
7 July 1942.
178. History, VIII AFSC, chap. i, pp.
24-26.
179. History, USSTAF, 111, chap. i,
24.
180. History, Engineer Sec., p. 2.
181. Conference with Mr. Ogden of
the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, in-
cluding Gen. Miller, Gen. Dunton, and
Lt. Col. Short, 9 July 1942; ltr., Frank to
Arnold, 2 5 Sept. 1942.
182. Ltr., Gen. Dunton, CO 3d Serv-
ice Area. VIII AFSC to Gen. Miller. C G
ASC, 18 July 1942; History, VIII AFSC,
chap. v, p. 5 5 ; History, USSTAF, 111, NOTES TO CHAPTER 18
chap. i, 39-41.
183. Ltr., Spaatz to Arnold, 5 July
‘942.
184. Memo for C/S VIII AFSC from
Frank, 1 7 Aug. 1942.
185. VIII AFSC Construction Pro-
gram, 16 Sept. 1942.
186. Minutes of Meeting held at
WIDEWING, Bushy Park, on Tuesday,
28 July 1942; ltr., Eaker to C G Eighth
AF, 16 Sept. 1942; History, VIII AFSC,
chap. v, pp. 103-5.
187. Annual Report of Procurement
in the United Kingdom, Lt. Col. Kenneth
Collins to Chief, Supply Div., VIIT AFSC,
188. Msg., ETOUSA to AGWAR, 17
Sept. 1942; History, USSTAF, 111, chap.
11, 9 1 9 2 .
189. Ltr., Eaker to CG Eighth AF, 19
June 1942.
190. CPS 26/2/D, 28 Apr. 1942.
191. Lee Diary, 14 May 1942.
192. Summary of Bolero Require-
ments, Rev. 1 3 May 1942, i d . to memo
for Spaatz from Col. Fersen, 14 May
’942.
193. Accommodations of US. AAF,
App. A; memo for C/AS RAF from
Arnold, 3 0 May 1942.
29 June 1943.
I . VIII Bomber Command War
Diary, 28 July 1942; History, Eighth Air
Force, I, 132; ltr., Eaker to Brig. Gen. F.
Trubee Davidson, 24 July 1942.
2. VIII BC W a r Diary, 1 2 Apr. 1942;
ltr., Eaker to Davidson, 24 July 1942.
3. Ltr., Spaatz to Eaker, 22 May 1942.
Cf. ltr., Eaker to C G Eighth AF, 1 1 Aug.
‘942.
4. Ltr., Spaatz to Eaker, 2 2 May 1942;
Training to be Conducted in Bolero
Theater Prior to Entry into Combat, n.d.,
in USSTAF file, Combat Crews; Train-
ing Deficiencies on New Combat Crews
(H.B.), n.d. but prior to 3 Aug. 1942, in
same file; ltr., Eaker to CG Eighth AF,
1 1 Aug. 1942; VIII BC War Diary, 2 4
July 1942; General Eaker’s Diary, I and
6 Aug. 1942; History, Eighth Air Force,
I, 3 1 2 ff.; History, 1st Bomb. Wing.
5. History, Eighth Air Force, I,
3 1 2 ff.; Eaker Diary, I hug. 1942.
6. Ltr., AM Sholto Douglas to Spaatz,
in File 706; ltr., AOC-in-C, RAF FC to
CG Eighth AF, 4 July 1942; File 706,
26 June 1942; ltr., Hq. VIII FC to C G
Eighth AF, 1 1 Aug. 1942; ltr., C G
VIII FC to Spaatz, 3 Aug. 1942; History,
Eighth Air Force, 11, 707 ff.; History,
31st Fighter Gp.
7. File 706, 1 2 Aug. 1942; History,
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