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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. 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…
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Fort Hertz, 502
Fort Lamy, 3 2 0
Fort Mears, 466-57
Fort Myers, 341
Fort Nelson, 277
Fort Randall, 465-66, 468
Fortress. See B-17.
Fort Richardson, 464
Fort Santiago, 204
Fort Stotsenburg, z 10
Foulois, Maj. Gen. B.D., 10, 2 1 , 63
France: Air Div., 14; High Commission,
433-34; lend-lease, 129; World War 1,
5-6, 1-14; World War 11, 76, 90, 330,
563-64, 571, 592, 663. See also Free
French; French Air Force.
France Field, 162-63
Frank, Maj. Gen. W.H., 50; CG VIII
Frankfurt, 26
Fredendall, Maj. Gen. L.R., 612
Free French, 180-81, 432-33
Freeman, ACM Sir Wilfred, 602
Freerks, Lt. M.C., 468
Freetown, 320, 494
Fremantle, 396-98, 484
French Air Force, 90-91
French Equatorial Africa, 320, 3 3 0
French Indo-China, I 89
French Northwest Africa, 240
Frobisher Bay, 346
Fry, Col. R.L., 422
AFSC, 648-50; CG Third AF, 648
G
G-3 (WDGS), 146
G-4 (WDGS), 256
Galapagos IS., 124, 301-2
Galliene, Lt. W.H., 394
Galveston, 5 3 I
Gambia, 3 2 0
Gambonini, Lt. P.B., 387
Gander Lake, 122, 318, 342-43, 345, 348,
Ganges R., 5 1 1
Garfield, 192
Gasmata, 414, 472
Gates, Lt. Col. B.E., 262
Gatty, Harold, 424
Geclong, 4 2 2
General Headquarters ( W D ) , 141, 258-
62; abolished, 264; proposed, 20, 26, 63;
relationship to AAF, 261
General Headquarters Air Force, 23, 49-
260, 5 2 1 , 599; CG, 3 1 - 1 2 , 68, 70; estab-
645
5 1 , 63-64, 69-70? 1 1 5 9 119, 152-547 2 5 %
lished, 31, 47, 67; mission, 67-68, 1 1 2 ,
114; proposed, 30, 43, 45-48; wings, 3 1
General Headquarters Air Force (Prov.),
64
General Staff ( W D ) , 6, 8, 18, 2 0 - 1 1 , 24,
26-32, 3 5 , 43, 45, 49, 5 3 , 65-69, 1 1 5 7 1467
173-74, 232, 256, 259, 262, 264, 563, 5%
586. See also Chief of Staff; WDGS
divs. by name.
George, Brig. Gen. H.H., 207, 225, 405,
407,418
George, Maj. Gen. H.L., 50, 146, 336,
349, 365, $41
German Air Force, 85-92, 95-97, 99;
aircraft types, 88-89, 95. 122; develop-
ment, 75-76; mission, 88; organization,
05; strength, 86, 89, 94
Germany: Air illinistry, 87; as first pri-
oritv target, 2!8, 410, 559; Defense
hlinistry, 88; High Command, 99, 5 1 5 ;
Ministry of Transport, 86; Supreme
Military Staff, 88
Gerow, Brig. Gen. L.T., 2 3 2
Ghormley, Vice Adm. R.L., 473, 594
Gilbert Is.. 189
Giles, Col. B.F., 157, 349
Glover, Lt. J.G., 393
Goering, Hermann, 5 1 , 86-87, 99, 603
Gold Coast Colony, 3 2 0 , 331
Good Hope, Cape of, 494
Goose Bay, 343-44, 356, 43G48, 641, 644
Grady, H.F., 496, 5 1 0
Grafton Underwood, 631, 640, 661
Great Falls, 358
Green, Maj. Gen. J.A., 187
Greening, Capt. C.R., 439
Greenland, 1 2 0 , 122-24, 155, 157-58, 193,
Greenland Base Comd., 157, 349
Grenier Field, 641-43
Griffith, Maj. J.L., 658
Ground controlled interception radar,
Groups:
342-457 347-48, 3 5 6 361, 6-41-44
288, 2 9 1
1st Ferrying Gp., 340, 494, 507
1st Pursuit Gp., 278, 299, 615, 639-
1st Sea-Search Attack Gp., 550
rd Air Depot Gp., 615, 639-40
2d Bomb. Gp., 59, 526
3d Air Depot Gp., 394, 508
3d Bomb. Gp., 414, 425, 480
4th Air Depot Gp., 422
4th Composite Gp., Hq. & Hq. Sq.,
4th Fighter Gp., 657
43. 646
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