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

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This is Volume One of The Army Air Forces in World War II, titled Plans and Early Operations, January 1939 to August 1942, edited by Wesley Frank Craven and James Lea Cate. The University of Chicago Press first published it in 1948, and the Office of Air Force History reprinted it in 1983. The front matter explains how the AAF historical program was set up during the war. The index covers Pacific, Atlantic and European operations, and nothing in the text concerns unidentified aerial phenomena.

  • p. 537 …of Air Staff, Plans, Col. Orvil A. Anderson, had in preparation a study of the possibility…
  • p. 757 …Cole O d l e Anderson, CaPt. Ball, Capt. Moss, and himself. The im- portance of…
  • p. 770 …AFSHO files. 9. Lt. Col. O.A. Anderson, AWPD, Air Forces Estimate of the Situation, 1…
  • p. 797 …for C/AS from Col. O.A. Anderson, AC/AS, Plans, 25 June 1942. General Marshall…
  • p. 812 …for Col. George from Maj. S.E. Anderson, Research Regarding Bomber-Fighter Combats in Europe, 1…
  • p. 818 …AC/S, OPD from Col. O.A. Anderson, 10 July 1942. 197. Key Plan for the…
  • p. 840 …5 1 2 Andaman Is., 500, 503 Anderson, Col. 0. A., 472 Andes, 639 Andres, Pvt…
I N D E X
294, 452; air transport to, 357-59, 361;
bases, 303-7, 357-58, 464-65; danger of
attack, 272; defenses, 166-70, 276, 307-8,
357; Peninsula, 168-69, 464; reinforce-
ments for, 241, 276-77, 3 0 3 3
Alaska Defense Comd., 167-70, 276, 306,
359, 364
Alaskan Air Force, 166, 294, 304. See also
Air Forces, Eleventh AF.
Albrook Field, 162-63
Aldermaston, 648 \
Aleutian Is., 1 2 6 , 168, 294, 303-8, 358,
Alexander, Lt. Col. E. H., 3 3 3
Allahabad, 509, 5 1 2
Allied Air Forces, 433, 448, 478, 481-83;
air service, 421-22; command struc-
ture, 420; organization, 418-26
4447 4527 462-707 5577 643
Altman, Pfc R. A., 2 1 7
Alvarez, Dr. Luis, 293-94
Amberley Field, 227, 230, 376, 422, 424
Amboina, 224, 372, 377, 384, 388, 394, 427
America1 Div., 433
American Airlines, 347, 356
American Expeditionary Force. See Air
American Volunteer Gp., 2 4 , 313. 339-
Service (AEF) .
40, 353; 3959 485-502; first combat, 489;
induction into AAF, 505-6
Anchorage, 126, 166, 168, 3 0 3 , 358, 465
Andal, 5 1 2
Andaman Is., 500, 503
Anderson, Col. 0. A., 472
Andes, 639
Andres, Pvt. Robert, 2 1 2
Andrews, Lt. Gen. F.A., 31-32, 60, 67 n,
Anglo-American chiefs of staff, 241-43,
559, 595. See also Combined Chiefs.
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, 320, 3 2 3
Anginagssalik, 344
Antiaircraft artillery, 152-53, 283-85, 296,
299; Caribbean, 162; Hawaii, 171-72;
Panama, 301; Philippines, 187, 2 2 0
70, 160, 165, 579
Anti-Cornintern Pact, 80
Antifriction-bearing targets, 597
Antigua, 1 2 1 , 124, 162, 320, 536
Antilles, 1 2 3 , 319
Antilles Air Task Force, 535-37, 542
Antisubmarine defense, 5 14-53; adminis-
tration, 542; assessments, 533-35; “killer”
system, 548; necd for centralized
comd., 544; operations, 526-37; policy,
538; strength, 536; type of aircraft, 525,
536-37. See also AAF Antisub. Comd.;
Commands, I Bomber.
765
Air Ministry (Brit.), 15, 2 0 , 25, 37, 92-
93, 5 0 3 , 577-80, 5 9 , 5959 62P-32, 636
Airport Development Program, 3 2 I
Air raid alerts: Boston, 280; Los Angeles,
279, 283-86; New York, 279; Oakland,
278; San Francisco, 278-79
Air Search Gp., 465
Air Service (AET),10-16, 33-37,43, 597-
98; Chief, 1 0 - 1 1 , 26; created, 10; re-
organization, I I
Air Service (US.Army), 3-29, 44-45,
54-58; created, 9, 2 3 ; Director, 9; mis-
sion, 45; Office of Chief, 2 2 ; strength,
24. 26
Air Service Comd., 337, 347, 355, 364;
Contract Air Corps Div., 36-62; for-
merly AC Maintenance Comd., 360; in
air transport, 355-56, 358, 360-62
Air Service Tactical School, 45, 598. See
also ACTS.
Air Staff (AAF Hq.), 134, 144, 185, 236,
538-40, 558-62, 679, 602-3, 616, 630;
Chief, 2 5 1 , 2 5 7 , 2 6 2 , 267
Air support commands, origin and func-
tions, 1 5 5
Air-to-surface-vessel radar: development
by Britain, 289; in Alaska, 308; lack
in US., 291-92; in Panama, 3 0 1 - 2 ; use
in antisub. warfare, 547, 549
Air transport: by Air Corps Ferrying
by Air Transport Comd., 362-63; by
civilian airlines, 323-25, 34760, 498;
distinction between air transport and
ferrying, 34p-51, 363, 507 n; impor-
tance, 350-52, 363; principal air routes,
3 1 0 - 1 2 ; survey flights, 326, 3 3 1 , 347-48.
See also specific air forces and areas.
246, 249-507 2 6 2 , 264-669 273, 430, 489,
Comd., 317-18, 325-28, 347, 350, 353-54;
Air Transport Assoc., 3 5 1
Air Transportation Div. (ATC), 363
Air Transport Comd., 3 1 3 , 334, 349, 362-
65, 495, 508; creation, 349, 356, 362;
mission, 362-63; organized into divs.
and wings, 363; overseas jurisdiction,
365; strength, 363-64; Troop Carrier
Comd. teniporarily designated ATC,
360, 362. See also ACFC.
Air War Plans Div., 1 3 1 , 146, 265, 273,
56% 5997 614
Akebono Maru, 458
Akutan I., 467
Alameda Naval Air Station, 440
Alaska, 66, 124-26, 147, 16670, 190, 193,
Aka@, 458
Akyab, 4929 499

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