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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…
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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