The Army Air Forces in World War II, Vol. 1 (archived PDF)

T H E A R M Y A I R F O R C E S I N W O R L D W A R I 1
Air doctrine, development, 33-53, 60, 63,
Airfields: in Africa, 320-21, 3 2 9 - 3 0 ;
Alaska, 125-26, 168-69,303-7, 357-58,
464-65; British Isles, 344,346 (see also
Air Force, Eighth AF); Canada, 1 2 1 ,
343, 345-47, 357; Caribbean, 1 2 1 , 1 2 3 ,
440, 444,
511-12; Central Pacific, 125, 174-75,
178; Greenland, 1 2 2 , 342-47; Iceland,
122-23, 158-60,344,346;Latin America,
124-25, 3 0 1 , 319-21,329; need for
forward bases, 5 3 , 102, 120-26, 241-
42; need for more U.S. bases, 1 1 1 - 1 3 ;
Panama, 162-63,3 0 2 ; Philippines, 125,
179,186-88, 406-7; South Pacific, 180-
81, 192-93,228-29, 437, 469; SWPA,
483. See also fields by name.
Air Force Combat Comd., 1 1 2 , 155, 159,
2 5 0 , 260, 294, 316,350; abolished, 264;
CG, 1 1 5 , 560, 613;control of Eighth
AF, 613;crcated, I I ~ ;Hq. & Hq. Sq.,
615
67-70,5657 597
162, 299. 3 1 9 - 2 1 , 329;
1787 184,'93. 371-727 376, 39-91, 423,
Air Forces (numbered) :
First Air Force, 5 2 3 , 542, 546; aid
to Eighth AF, 613; air defense
responsibility, I 56, I 58, 294-96;
assigned to Eastern Theater of
Operations, 264, 294; CG, 5 3 0 ;
creation, 154;reassigned to AAF,
295. See also Antisub. defense;
I Bomber Comd.
Second Air Force: in air defense,
278,294,299;creation, 154;O T U
units, 617; reinforcements to
Pacific, 455; as training agency,
2647 294
Third Air Force: aid to Eighth
AF, 613-17,648; in air defense,
294;creation, 154;staging opera-
tions, 333; as training agency,
264,294;units in antisub. patrol,
5 3 0 7 542
Fourth Air Force: in air defense,
278, 281, 284, 294-96, 299; as-
signed to WDC, 264, 294; crea-
tion, 154;ferrying planes to Ha-
waii, 172;reassigned to AAF, 295;
training for Alaska flights, 304
Fifth Air Force, Eighth AF so
designated initially, 612.See also
FEAF.
Sixth Air Force. See Caribbean AF.
Seventh Air Force: in Battle of
Midway, 452-62; designated, 452.
See also Hawaiian AF.
764
Eighth Air Force: accident ratio,
645;air defense of UK, 584,622-
2 3 ; airfields in UK, 620,62633,
649;assigned to ETOUSA, 649;
at Bolling Field, 587; bombing
accuracy, 656,663-64; CG, 570,
587-88,612,616;communications,
625-26; deficiencies, 656-57; de-
pots in UK, 635-38,650; diver-
sions, 299, 574, 607, 614,616,
628, 641-43, 654; establishment
in UK, 576,587-91, 612-54;first
heavy unit complete, 655;Hq. in
UK, 645; Hq. & Hq. Sq., 613,
615, 639; intelligence, 623-24;
logistics, 620-2I , 628-39, 648-52,
667; maintenance, 633-38, 648;
mission, 575, 607; nucleus for
AAFIB, 615; operations, 591,
655-68; organizational scheme,
620,633;origin, 612-13;overseas
movement, 347-49, 639-45; pat-
tern for RAF collaboration, 622;
relations with RAF, 618-37,651;
relations with SOS, 649-52; re-
placements, 627-28, 645; short-
ages, 61617; Staging Area
Comd., 640; storage space, 638;
strength, 526 n, 612-13,615,652-
5 3 ; summary of activities, 651,
658-59, 664-65; target selection,
548 n, 597,621-22,624; training,
613-14,616-17,620,626-29,640,
648, 651, 653, 655-58, 66-61;
training comd. established, 628;
training manual, 626;transporta-
tion, 651;use of RAF Spitfires,
566,643,646,657;weather serv-
ices, 625, 639; wings, 633, 646,
648
Ninth Air Force, 206 n; organized,
341, 493 n; transport and ferry
services, 3 I 2-r 3, 340-41
Tenth Air Force, 492-502; A-3,
497;creation, 484-85;Hq. & Hq.
Sq., 494; mission and command
problems in CBI, 502-10; opera-
tions, 500-502, 509-10; reinforce-
ments,. 336, 339-40; supply, 496,
508; airlines to, 312-13, 340, 354,
497-98,508,5 1 1 - 1 3 . See also CBI.
Eleventh Air Force: chain of com-
mand, 308; designated, 307;
strength (~gqz), 307. See also
Alaskan AF.
Twelfth Air Force: creation, 588,
654;replacements, 645