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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.
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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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