Documents / Document

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

Air Force Historical Studies Office · 863 pages · text from the file's own layer

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. 14 …with the commanding general, who in some instances moved in advance of promptings from Wash- ington…
  • p. 25 …EASTERNAND WESTERNAPPROACHESTO PANAMACANAL ALASKAAND THE ALEUTIANISLANDS PRINCIPALSEAAND AIR ROUTESAS DESIGNATEDBY WASH- ATLANTICFERRYINGAND TRANSPORTROUTESPRIORTO . . . . . . . . . . 297 30' 305…
  • p. 229 …the importance of the Far East Air Force in American strategy, the Air Staff in Wash…
  • p. 292 …Even so, there was in Wash- ington too little intelligence concerning the fluid tactical situation to…
  • p. 302 …The suggestion had been carried out in 1941 with the establishment of the U.S. Special…
  • p. 306 …work permanently with the British Joint Intelligence Committee in Wash- ington. The Combined Military Transportation Committee…
  • p. 389 …to delay the take-off was granted only after an appeal to Wash- ington.’O 3…
  • p. 442 …the time and attention of U.S. officers at Brisbane and of headquarters in Wash- ington…
  • p. 443 …Accidents delayed three planes en route, and one of the P-40’s was completely “washed…
  • p. 454 …promise of weakening the enemy. Attention already had been given in Wash- ington to establishment of…
  • p. 554 …In China, he found the procurement of necessary equipment, even be- fore the outbreak of war…
  • p. 636 …After further negotiations in Wash- ington, the Arnold-Towers-Portal agreement was adopted on z I…
  • p. 693 …Accordingly, Wash- ington was requested to send immediately 50 intelligence officers for training by the RAF…
  • p. 747 …before the Committee on Military Af- fairs, House of Representatives (Wash- 23. See, for instance, William…
  • p. 772 …The exact date of the arrival of air units is not known, as the latter source…
  • p. 799 …The road from Haiphong, Indo- China, to Yunnan was closed by the Vichy government in 1940…
  • p. 814 …Overseas (Ferrying), Air Min- istry, Memorandum on the Movement by Air of US. Forces to the…
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
Christiansen, H.C., 199
Christmas I., 125, 181, 192-93. 2 2 8 , 359,
43-32, 436-37
Chuchow, 440, 442, 444
Chungking, 78, 438, 497-98, 504
Church, Lt., 219-20
Churchill, Col. L.S., 182
Churchill, Prime Minister Winston, 133,
1369 141, 232, 235-37, 2409 2431 252-539
347, 559-61, 5649 567, .570-733 592
Civil Aeronautics Administration (Au-
thority), 55, 111, 125-26, 168, 304, 321,
352
Civil Aeronautics Board, 352, 361
Civil airlines: in air transport, 350-60;
plans for mobilization, 351-52, 364. See
also airlines by name.
Civil Air Patrol, 527-31, 542
Civilian Defense, Office of, 279, 290, 298
Civil Service Det., 637, 650
Clagett, Brig. Gen. H.B., 182, 222, 225-
Clark Field, 177, 179, 182-83, 186-89, 191,
Clausewitz, 42, 5 1
Clipper transports, 324, 331, 352-56
Cloncurry, 230, 385, 450
Coast Artillery, 289; 6oth, 214; zooth,
187, 214; Chief, 187
Coast watchers, 476
Cochin, 5 x 0
26, 230, 486
201-20, 2 2 3
COCOSI., 124
COCOSIS. (SWPA), 33-31
Coetivy I., 330-31
Cold Bay, 304, 3 0 6 7 , 464-65
Collins, Capt. J.F., Jr., 458
Columbia (S.C.) , 613
Columbia R., 272
Combat crew replacement centers, 627
“Combined,” usage defined, 253
Combined Chiefs of Staff, 234-67, 395-
557-61 I ; established, 253, 265; func-
tions, 254-55? 266. See also Anglo-
American chiefs.
Combined Intelligence Comm., 256
C o m b i n e d Military Transportation
Combined Operations Comd., 590
Combined Planning Staff, 253, 2 5 5 , 266
Combined Secretariat, 257
Combined Shipping Adjustment Board,
Combined Staff Planners, 43 I, 560, 563-
Cologne, 5737 597
969 408, 4197 430, 4349 4361 4449 5129
Comm., 256
256
64, 572
7 7 0
Combs, Maj. C.E., 189, 214-15, 219,
Command and General Staff School, 33
Command and staff exercises, 64
Commanding General, AAF. See Arnold.
Commands (numbered) :
I Air Support Comd., 523, 527-28,
542
I Bomber Comd., 523-53; antisub.
activities, 296; CG, 526, 528;
communications, 528, 544; con-
voys, protection of, 533; Hq.,
526; intelligence, 524, 527; joint
control, 524, 527-28; lessons, 532;
offshore patrols begin, 523; op-
erations, 531, 533; special prob-
lems,. 531-32; strength, 524, 537;
training, 524-26; types of air-
craft, 523-24, 530, 533. 537
I Interceptor (Fighter) Comd.,
‘55756, 293
111 Air Force Base Comd., 613
111 Air Support Comd., 612-13
4th Antiaircraft Comd., 296
I V Bomber Comd., 296
IV Interceptor (Fighter) Comd.,
V Bomber Comd., 182-83, 188,
V Interceptor Comd., 182, 186,
VII Bomber Comd., 454-55
VII Interceptor (Fighter) Comd.,
454-55
Vl’lI Air Force Base Comd.: Hq.
ik Hq. Sq., 6x3, 615, 639; redesig-
nated Service Comd., 616
VIII Air Force Composite Comd.,
616, 628, 648
VIII Air Force Service Comd.,
587, 616, 628, 637-38, 648-50;
CG, 648; service areas, 648
VIII Bomber Comd., 567, 587-88,
607-11, 622, 624, 628, 631, 6 4 6
49; first combat for heavies, 660-
66; G-3, 626; Hq. & Hq. Sq.,
613, 615, 639, 656; mission, 607;
wings organized, 633
VIII Ground Air Support Comd.,
587; CG, 646; Hq., 646; mission,
648; redesignated Air Support
Comd., 616
VIII hterceptor (Fighter) Comd.,
349, 587; Hq. & Hq. Sq., 613,
615-16, 6 9 639, 641-43, 646;
redesignation, 616
378-79
296
210, 378
207, 209, 218, 224-25, 405

About this file

Document, cited by the archive. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 863 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.