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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…
I N D E X
Transport designation changed to "troop
Trenchard, Maj. Gen. H.M., 12, 15,
TRIGGER, 578
Trinidad, 121, 124, 162-63, 193, 319-20,
Tripartite Pact, 1 3 5 , 2 3 5
Troop Carrier Comd.: mission, 362; tem-
porarily named Air Transport Comd.,
360, 362; units, 623, 640"
carrier," 640 n
37
324, 3 2 9 - 3 0 7 3327 3551 5x8, 534. 5 3 6 3 7
Truk, 189, 447
Tsingtao, 78
Tubb, Lt. D.B., 394
Tuguegarao, 2 0 7
Tunisia, 240
Tunugdliarfik Fjord, 343
TURBINLITE, 578
Turbinlite squadrons, 634
Turner, Lt. W.L., 386
224 Group Program, 2 5 1
273 Group Program, 2 5 1
Tulag.i7 447-487 450, 47'7 473
U
Ulster. See Northern Ireland.
Umnak 1. airfield, 126, 168, 303-7, 464-69
Umnak Pass, 306, 466
Unalaska I., 126, 168, 306, 467, 469
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 83,
97, 442, 563; aircraft types, 98; col-
laboration, 237, 2 5 2 ; equipment for
China, 487; lend-lease aid to, 132-35,
236, 2459 2499 3'29 3257 329-309 337-391
4 9 567,-69
United Air Lines, 358, 360
United Kingdom. See Britain; Eighth AF.
United Nations, Declaration of, 237, 2 5 1
U S . A m y Air Services (in Australia),
US. Army Forces in Australia, 226, 230-
3 1 , 3707 376, 411-13, 42'1 440
US. A m y Forces in British Isles (Great
Britain), 577-90, 618-20, 627, 636;
Bomber Comd., 605, 618; succeeded by
ETOUSA, 632, 648
US. Army Forces in Far East, 177, 333;
CG, 181
US. chiefs of staff. See Joint Chiefs of
Staff.
US. Forces in Australia, 226, 231
US. Middle East Air Force, 341
US. Military Mission in London, 577, 582
U S . Strategic Bombing Survey, 150
421-22, 482
V
Valle, Gen. Giuseppe, 83
Vandevanter, Lt. Elliott, Jr., 2 1 5 , 219
Venezuela, 3 2 1 ; Pres. of, 281
Very heavy bomber, as category, 60-61,
69
Very high frequency radio: adoption by
US., 290, 293; development by Britain,
289
Very long-range bomber, 60-61, 65-70,
1209 148-499 574
Victoria, 422
Victory Program, 105, 132-33, 150, 238,
246, 249-50
Vigan, 215-16, 219
Villamor, C a p . Jesus, 219
Virginia, 26
Virgin Is., 193
Visayas, 187-88
Viti Levu, 434, 437
Vladivostok, 442
Vunakanau airfield, 382, 447, 480
W
Waco, 406
Wagga Wagga, 422
Wagner, Lt. Col. B.D., 2 0 7 , 219-20, 224,
3859 4257 477
Waingapoe, 385, 390
ainwright, Lt. Gen. J.M., 417, 420, 426
G a k e I ., 174-75, 178-79, 181-82, 201,
2 2 8 , 427-28, 451
Wales, 648
Walker, Lt. Col. K.N., 50, 146
Walker, Lt. W.R., 393
Walled City (Manila), 214
Waller Field, 329
War Council, President's, 194, 265
Ward, 196
War Dept. Circular 59, 264-65, 267
War Dept. reorganization of 9 Mar.
1942, 257-649 579
War Plans Div. (WDGS), 48, 62-64, 1 3 1 ,
139, 146, 258-59, 261-62, 26445, 563,
586-88. See also OPD.
War Shipping Administration, 256
Wanon, 634-37, 639, 650
Washington conference. See ARCADIA .
Washington protocol, 249
W a s p , 158
Watford, 646
Watson Lake, 277
Watson-Watt, Robert, 288, 291- 93, 298-
99, 3 0 1 ; repon: by, 291-93, 2.36
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