Contents
Forward
I. The Organizations and Its Responsibilities
1. Origins of the Army Air Forces
(pages:
1-16)
&nsbp; James Lea Cate, University of
Chicago
2. The AAF (pages: 17-74)
James Lea Cate, University of Chicago
Wesley Frank Craven, New York
University
3. Air Defense of the United States,
1919-39 (pages: 17-74)
James Lea Cate, University of Chicago
Wesley Frank Craven, New York
University
4. The Development of Base Facilities (pages: 17-74)
James Lea Cate, University of Chicago
Wesley Frank Craven, New York
University
II. Equipment and Services
5. The Definition of Policies (pages:
75-100)
E. Kathleen Williams, Louis E. Asher
Fellow, University of Chicago
6. AAF Aircraft of World War II (pages:
101-150)
James Lea Cate, University of Chicago
E. Kathleen Williams, Louis E. Asher
Fellow, University of Chicago
7. The Quest for Better Weapons (pages: 151-193)
E. Kathleen Williams, Louis E. Asher
Fellow, University of Chicago
6. Pearl Harbor and Clark Field (pages: 194-233)
Richard L. Watson, Duke University
7. Establishment of the Fundamental Bases of Strategy (pages:
234-270)
James Lea Cate, University of Chicago
8. Production Planning and Organization (pages: 17-74)
James Lea Cate, University of Chicago
Wesley Frank Craven, New York
University
9. Expansion of Aircraft Production (pages: 17-74)
James Lea Cate, University of Chicago
Wesley Frank Craven, New York
University
10. The Production Record (pages: 17-74)
James Lea Cate, University of Chicago
Wesley Frank Craven, New York
University
11. The AAF's Logistical Organization (pages: 17-74)
James Lea Cate, University of Chicago
Wesley Frank Craven, New York
University
12. Allocation and Distribution of Aircraft (pages: 17-74)
James Lea Cate, University of Chicago
Wesley Frank Craven, New York
University
III. Recruitment and Training
Concentration versus Dispersal of Forces
13. Broadening the Basis of Procurement (pages: 271-309)
William A. Goss, City College of San
Francisco
14. The Foundations of a War Training Program (pages: 310-365)
John D. Carter, West Virginia
University
15. Procurement at Flood Tide (pages: 366-402)
Richard L. Watson, Duke University
16. Basic Military Training and Classification of Personnel (pages:
403-426)
Richard L. Watson, Duke University
17. Individual Training of Flying Personnel (pages: 427-470)
Kramer J. Rohfleisch, San Diego
State College
18. Combat Crew and Unit Training (pages: 471-483)
Richard L. Watson, Duke University
19. Training of Ground Technicians and Service Personnel (pages:
484-513)
Herbert Weaver, Georgia Teachers
College
20. Other Training Programs (pages: 514-556)
Arthur B. Ferguson, Duke University
Notes
(Footnotes are included/hyperlinked with each chapter.)
Appendixes
- Representation of Relative Strength of AAF Units, 1941
- Selected List of Planes in Use by the AAF, December 1941-August
1942
- Explanatory Notes
- Approximate Normal Ranges in statue miles US Aircraft--Spring,
1942
List of Maps and Charts
- Hawaiian
Islands
- Luzon
- The
Philippines and Northern Australia
- Northeastern
Australia
- Organization
of Army Air Forces, March 1942
- Boundaries
of Continental Defense, June 1942
- Eastern and
Western Approaches to Panama Canal
- Alaska and
the Aleutian Islands
- Principal
Sea and Air Routes as Designated by Washington Conference,
December 1941
- Atlantic
Ferrying and Transport Routes Prior to 7 December 1941
- The ABDA
Area
- Java
- The
Southwest Pacific
- Australia
and the United States
- Australia
and New Guinea
- Island
Chain of the South Pacific
- The Tokyo
Mission
- The Coral
Sea
- The North
Pacific
- The
Aleutian Islands
- New Guinea
and the Solomons
- China-Burma-India
- Sinkings of
Merchant Vessels, September 1940-August 1942
- AAF
Antisubmarine Operations
- Western
Atlantic Defense Areas as of 1 August 1942
- Schematic
Organization Recommended by Commanding General, U.S. Army Air
Forces in the United Kingdom for U.S. Army Air Forces in the United
Kingdom
- Eighth Air
Force Installations, August 1942
- Routes of
BOLERO Movement
- Organization
of Eighth Air Force as of August 1942
List of Illustrations
- General of the Army Henry H.
Arnold
- The DH-4B
- The Martin Bomber, 1921
- The Barling Bomber, 1923
- The B-10B
- The B-18A
- B-17s in Formation, May 1937
- B-17s Over New York, 1939
- The B-15 and a P-36
- The B-19
- Potential Spheres of Air
Influence
- Potential Spheres of Air
Influence
- Hemisphere Defense--Bases and
Operating Radii B-17 and B-24
- Air Offensive Against
Germany, AWPD/1
- Construction of Alaskan
Landing Field, August 1941
- Construction at a Camp in
Iceland, November 1941
- P-26
- P-35
- Plan for Employment of
Bombardment Aviation in Defense of Oahu--Search
Sectors
- B-34
- P-36
- A-20
- A-24
- Japanese Photograph of
Wheeler Field, 7 December 1941
- Hangar No. 11, Hickam Field
- Improvised Machine Gun Nest,
Hickam Field
- Damage to Barracks, Wheeler
Field
- Damage at Wheeler Field
- Cavite Navy Yards, Philippine
Islands, 10 December 1941
- Port Area, Manila, 24
December 1941
- Window Display in New York
Department Store
- Ground Observation Posts
- Operations Room, Philadelphia
Information Center
- B-24As Used in the Ferrying
Command's Pioneer North Atlantic Transport
Service
- LB-30 Used in Pacific
Transport Service Inaugurated in the Spring of
1942
- First Test Landing on Steel
Matting, Carolina Maneuvers, 1941
- Atkinson Field, British
Guiana, June 1942
- Parnamirim Field, Natal,
Brazil, June 1942
- Bluie West 1, June 1942
- Reykjavik Airfield, Iceland,
April 1942
- The Night Shift, Patterson
Field, Iceland, 1942
- Camouflaged P-38 Belonging to
41st Fighter Squadron, 1942
- The Same Plane with
Camouflage Partly Removed
- Reconnaissance Photo of
Vukakanau Airfield (Rabaul), April 1942
- Port Moresby, 1 June 1942
- A B-25 Ready for Take-Off
from USS Hornet
- One of the B-25s Takes Off
- Chinese Carry Doolittle
Raiders to Safety
- Japanese Carrier Under Attack
by B-17s, 4 June 1942
- Japanese Installations on
North Head, Kiska, July 1942
- Headquarters, 35th Fighter
Group, Port Moresby, 1942
- Headquarters, 35th Fighter
Group, Port Moresby, 1942
- Karachi Air Base, 1942
- A B-18 on Patrol in the
Caribbean
- The AAF Officially Takes Over
RAF Airdrome, December 1942
- Burtonwood as it Appeared at
the Close of the War
- The Spitfire MK-5
- The Spitfire MK-5, Side View
- Crash-Landed Planes of the
Eight Air Force--Greenland, Summer 1942
- Ceremonies Attending Transfer
of Eagle Squadrons to USAAF, September
1942
- Briefing of Bomber Crews,
Polebrook, August 1942
- Reconnaissance Photo,
Rouen-Sotteville I
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