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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. 47 …s Independent Force, the whole of the French Air Division (strategic reserve), and Italian and Portuguese…
  • p. 113 …Japanese Air Power The Japanese air forces, divided into separate army and navy air arms, had…
  • p. 119 …naval air service, and a colonial air force.” For their air doctrines, the Italians depended almost…
  • p. 120 …In its first “combat” test during the thirties the Italian Air Force faced no real opposition…
  • p. 121 …The hope was not fulfilled, for numerous weaknesses in the Italian Air Force rapidly came to…
  • p. 122 …The fundamental weakness of the Italian Air Force was not in its theory of air power…
  • p. 197 …naval forces, and within prescribed boundaries to destroy any German and Italian naval, air, and ground…
  • p. 386 …More threatening were Rommel’s forces in North Africa, for the very existence of the air…
  • p. 554 …Chennault, who since 1937 had been serving as special adviser to the Chinese Air Force. Known…
  • p. 705 …Brett, Chief of the Air Corps, to England for study of the problem. Specifically, he was…
  • p. 752 …USSBS, Japanese Air Power. 9. Notes on the Italian Air Force, in special file of Brig…
  • p. 805 …History, First Air Force. 44. History, Caribbean Air Force, 8 May 1941-6 Mar. 1942, p…
  • p. 851 …E S Italian Air Force: 82-85; development, Italian East Africa, 84 Italy, Air Ministry, 82…
  • p. 857 …See Italian Air Force. Reinforcements. See theaters. Renault works, 593 Replacement Control Depot, ~ z t h…
T H E A R M Y A I R F O R C E S
472-74, 566; C G US. Army Forces in
Far East, 177, 181-84, 366, 368, 403-4,
433; Chief of Staff, 30, 48, 67-68;
defense of Philippines, 186, 189-91, 204-
5 , 207-8, 2 1 3 , 219; evacuation from
Philippines, 224-25, 407; hope for
reinforcements, 188-89, 192-93, z z z -
237 228, 231-32, 24!,. 3!37 3 5 3 3 40689
417-18; views on Philippine air defense,
'79
MacArthur-Pratt agreement, 30, 47, 61-
62, 67
McCallum, Lt. Gerald, 397
McChord Field, 299. 643 n
McCook Field, 55
MacCormac, John, 610
MacDill Field, 332-34, 336-37, 5 3 1
McElroy, Lt. E.E., 442
McIntyre, Lt. W.E., 467
McMahon, Lt. R. F., 393
McNair, Brig. Gen. L.J., 258-62
McNarney, Maj. Gen. J.T., 262, 546-47,
McNarney committee, 264
McPherson, Lt. C.E., 374
Madagascar, 504
Madang, 372
Madioen, 371, 383, 391
Magelang, 37 I
MAGNET, 240, 560-62, 586
Magruder, Brig. Gen. John, 486, 489
Mahoney, Capt. Grant, 2 1 5 , 385, 387
Maiduguri, 3 zo
Maintenance: echelons defined, 635 n; in
E T O (see Air Forces, Eighth AF);
in Pacific, 381, 390, 400, 412-13, 422-23,
454-559 460, 476-77, 482-83
5527 580, 634
Magwe, 490, 492-93, 500
Makassar, 377, 380, 397
Malang, 371, 377-78, 380-83, 390-92
Makassar Strait, 377, 382, 388, 397
Malay barrier, 137, 233, 241-42, 367
Malay Peninsula, 2 0 1 , 216, 232, 366-67,
Maldive Is., 3 3 1
Manado, 377, 380
Manchester (England), 636
Manchuria, 485
Mandalay, 499
Manila, 177, 184, 186-87, 207, 209, 212-
Manila Bay, 186, 2 1 2 , 218
Mansfield, Lt. T.F., 468
Marauder. See B-26.
March Field, 31, 643
Marcus I., 451
37'1 3771 379, 383, 3943 403
14, 2 2 2 , 225, 236
7 7 8
I N W O R L D W A R I 1
Marine Corps (US.), 145, 506; AAF
fighters, use of, 462; Aircraft Gp. 22,
455; Air Wing I, 278; Guadalcanal,
433, 474, 483; Iceland, 239; Midway,
175, 455-58, 460, 462; Pearl Harbor
losses, 197; South Pacific island de-
fense, 437; Wake, 175
Mariveles Field, 2 2 5
Marks, Capt. T.L., 468-69. ,
Marrett, Ct. S.H., 2 1 5
Marshall, Gen. G.C.: C/S (WDGS),
116, 1 3 3 , 146, 228, 2 3 1 , 258-59, 26r-62,
2651 2999 3679 370-71, 4307 545, 5479
552-537 563-64, 5727 5747 578-799 5%
586-87
Marshall Is., 181, 189, 427
Martin, Maj. Gcn. F.L., 170
Martin aircraft, 58, 65, 3 2 2 , 3 5 2
Martinique, 536
Masbate, 219
Mascot, 422
Masefield, Peter, 662-63
Mass. Institute of Technology, 5 5 I
Materiel Comd., 636
Materiel Div. (AC), 5 5 , 59, 6s
Materiel program. See Production; Re-
Maui, 171
Mauna Lou, 230, 393
Maxwell, Brig. Gen. R.H., 3 2 5
Maxwell Field, 50
Maya, 466
Meals, Capt., 468-69
Meder, Lt. R.J., 442
Medium bomber, as category, 60
Meeks Field, 344, 346
Melbourne, 184, 395-96, 408, 411, 418,
Membury, 646-48
Menoher, Maj. Gen. C.T., 24
Menoher Board, 22-24
Merle-Smith, Col. Van S., 226
Nlexico: air transport route, 360; bases,
301-2; radar stations, 296, 298; World
search and development.
Me&, 183, 393
422-231 432-339 483
War I, 6, 34
Mexico, Gulf of, 530, 5419 549
Miami, 322-24, 337, 354-56; Gulf Sea
Frontier, hq. for, 5 3 0
Microwave early warning radar, 293-
94
Middle East: AAF assignment, 569; air
supply lines, 3 1 3 , 319, .322-25, 328-42,
354; Breretoii and unlts, transfer to,
485, 495, 510-13; Brett special mission,
326-27; British needs, 566, 634 (see

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