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Adams, Lt. Col. Alan F.: 221
Agan, Jr., Lt. Col. Arthur C. "Sailor": 74
Air Corps Tactical School: 6-7, 11-16, 19, 21, 22, 26, 62, 103, 111, 112, 113, 217, 263, 265, 269
Air Estimate of the Situation for Strategic Air Warfare: 16
Air Forces (named, numbered)

Europe: Eighth Air Force (England): 55, 61-63, 69, 80, 81, 89, 93, 94, 95, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 105, 110, 114, 131, 132, 137, 156, 170, 198, 215, 227, 239, 252, 253, 254, 280, 281, 283, 285
VIII Bomber Command: 61-62, 64, 85
Ninth Air Force: 98, 99, 101, 107, 110, 114
Twelfth Air Force: 92-93
Fifteenth Air Force: 92-93, 95, 96, 98, 100, 101, 102, 105, 114, 138, 170, 253, 254, 285
Mediterranean Allied Air Forces: 93, 114
91st Bomb Group: 108
Pacific: Fourteenth Air Force: 154, 209, 213
Twentieth Air Force: 157, 159, 160-61, 162, 163, 164, 166, 167, 170, 177, 178, 183, 184, 190, 198, 205, 208, 210, 211, 212, 214, 216, 218, 227, 229, 233, 234, 244, 245, 253, 254
XX Bomber Command: 165-166,167,205,207,209, 210, 211, 213, 254, 256
XXI Bomber Command: 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 171, 175, 176, 177, 178, 181, 183, 184, 186, 189, 192, 197, 198, 199, 201, 203, 207, 208, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 220, 221, 224, 227, 232, 244, 251, 254, 256
Air War Plans Division (AWPD-1): 25, 37-38, 41, 51, 52, 58, 59, 62, 63, 103, 110, 112-113, 117, 125, 132, 133, 198, 248, 261, 263, 265, 269, 285
(AWPD-42): 57-59, 63n, 68, 72, 73, 75, 103, 110, 117, 125, 132, 133, 142, 144, 238, 248, 261, 265, 286
Alexander, Henry C.: 116
Allied Expeditionary Forces: 93
American airmen morale: 83-85
American-British Conference (ABC Conferences--ABC-1): 24, 27-28, 29, 31-32, 72
Anderson, Brig. Gen. Frederick L.: 74, 85, 86, 91, 93, 99
Andrews, Lt. Gen. Frank M.: 17, 67, 76, 77, 81, 148
Armstrong, Brig. Gen. Frank A.: 239, 244
Army Air Forces in World War II: 229
Arnold, Maj. Gen. Henry H. "Hap": 20-21, 30, 38, 40, 45, 56, 60, 63-64, 66, 68, 69, 74, 77, 78, 91, 92, 93, 105, 106, 107, 111, 113, 115-116, 136, 137, 140, 141, 142, 144, 146, 147, 151-152, 154, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 167, 172, 179, 180, 181, 183, 191, 199, 200, 202, 207, 208, 209, 212, 213, 217, 218, 228, 251, 252-53, 254

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Atom bomb: 249, 252, 253, 264, 266, 267, 271
Australian-British-Dutch-American Command: 158
Baker Board: 5-6, 16, 17
Ball, George W.: 116
Balmer, Lt. Col. Jesmond D.: 46
Battle of Britain: 27, 50, 61
Bellairs, Rear Adm. Roger M.: 27
Bieri, Rear Adm. Bernhard H.: 136
Bowman, Henry L.: 116
Bradley, Gen. Omar N.: 121-22
Bratton, Capt. Andral: 20
Brentnall, Col. Samuel R.: 161
Brereton, Lt. Gen. Lewis H.: 104
British Chiefs of Staff Committee: 93
British Joint Plans Committee: 44
Brooke, Sir Alan F.: 44
Bryden, Maj. Gen. William: 20-21
Bufton, Air Commodore Sidney O.: 74
Burgess, Col. Woodbury M.: 161
Cabell, Col. Charles P.: 74, 99
Cabot, Charles C.: 116
Caproni, Count Giovanni: 2, 3, 4, 6
Carl, Dr.: 278-79
Carmichael, Col. Richard H.: 174
Carpenter, Lt. Col. John W.: 161
Casablanca Conference: 69, 72, 81, 142, 263
"Casablanca Directive": 72-73, 74, 77-78, 80, 117
Cate, James L.: 229
Catton, Jack J.: 172
Central Pacific Area Command: 172
Chaney, Maj. Gen. James E.: 64
Chennault, Brig. Gen. Claire L.: 142, 154, 209, 210, 211
Chiang Kai-shek: 142, 146, 147, 154
China-Burma-India Theater: 154, 166, 167, 205, 234
Churchill, Prime Minister Winston: 28, 38, 44, 45, 51, 56, 60, 61, 69, 70, 77, 117, 142, 150, 249, 261, 272
Combined Bomber Offensive (CBO): 72, 77, 80, 85, 92-93, 95, 101, 110, 111, 112, 131, 160, 260, 261, 286
"Pointblank" (Code name): 80-81, 94, 95, 97
Combined Chiefs of Staff: 92, 262-63
Combined Logistic Committee: 146, 152
Combs, Col. Cecil E.: 160, 161, 165-66, 173, 214, 253
Command of the Air, The: 3
Committee of Operations Analysts: 143-44, 147, 161, 167, 217, 218, 219, 260, 263, 277
Consolidated Aircraft Company: 14
Craig, Col. Howard A.: 45
Craven, Wesley F.: 229
Curry, John F.: 7, 9
Danckwerts, Rear Adm. Victor H.: 27
Devers, Lt. Gen. Jacob L.: 81, 109
D'Olier, Franklin: 116
Doolittle, Maj. Gen. James H.: 6, 92, 93, 114, 253, 254
Doolittle raid: 179
Douhet, Lt. Col. Guilio: 3, 4, 6, 12, 13, 22
Eaker, Maj. Gen. Ira C.: 21, 61, 63, 64, 65, 67, 69-71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 80, 81, 85, 86, 91, 93, 96, 97, 104, 105, 109, 114, 251
Eastern Front: 122, 270
Eisenhower, Maj. Gen. Dwight D.: 57, 64-65, 68, 81, 92, 93, 97, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 110, 111, 114, 133, 250, 262, 263, 285, 286
Embick, Lt. Gen. Stanley D.: 28
Emperor Hirohito: 53
European Theater of Operations: 57
Fairchild, Maj. Gen. Muir "Santy": 7, 8, 40, 68, 115, 136, 140, 151, 158
Far East War Plans Group: 138, 139
Frank, Maj. Gen. Walter H. "Tony": 173
Futrell, Dr. Robert Frank: 225
Galbraith, John Kenneth: 116, 126
Gardner, Brig. Gen. Grandison: 111
Garretson, Col. Ralph B.: 221
Gates, Col. Byron E.: 68
General Headquarters Air Force (GHQ Air Force): 17, 81, 148, 160
George, Lt. Col. Harold Lee: 7, 8, 25, 30, 31, 45, 66, 112, 113, 263
German electric power system as target: 275-286
Gerow, Brig. Gen. Leonard T.: 28, 31
Ghormley, Rear Adm. Robert L.: 27
Giles, Lt. Gen. Barney M.: 234, 238, 254
Grant, Maj. Gen. David N. W.: 161
Guderian, Gen. Heinz: 49
Hale, Maj. Gen. Willis H.: 208
Halsey, Adm. William F. "Bull": 179
Handy, Maj. Gen. Thomas T.: 45, 158
Hansell, Brig. Gen. Haywood S.: 46, 66, 67, 74, 88, 136-138, 139, 140, 148, 151, 156, 157, 160, 162-64, 165, 167, 170, 172, 197, 198-204, 207-208, 211, 212, 213-15, 216, 217-18, 220, 221-224, 227, 228, 230, 232, 275n

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Hardy, Col. John S.: 74
Harmon, Lt. Gen. Millard F.: 172, 182, 207, 208n, 234
Harriman, W. Averell: 40
Harris, Air Marshal Sir Arthur "Bomber": 64, 67, 69, 97, 104, 105, 107
Hatch, Maj. D. P.: 221
Hitler, Adolph: 27, 30, 53, 268
Hoover, Vice Adm. John: 173, 174, 179, 207, 208
Hughes, Maj. Richard: 74
"Hump": 144, 146, 209, 211
Ideas, Concepts, Doctrine. A History of Basic Thinking in the U.S. Air Force, 1907-1964 : 225
Irvine, Col. Clarence S.: 227
Ismay, Lt. Gen. Sir Hastings L.: 45
Joint Army and Navy Board: 29-30, 40, 52
Joint Intelligence Committee: 44, 48, 146
Joint Plans Committee: 53, 98, 136, 137, 138, 139, 152, 161
Joint Strategic Committee: 55
Joint Target Group: 229, 238
Joint War Plans Committee: 147, 159, 161, 215
Joint War Plans Review Board: 138, 139
Kenney, Lt. Gen. George C.: 148-149, 154, 165, 183
King, Adm. Ernest J.: 61, 116, 136, 157-158, 159, 173, 251, 252
Kirk, Capt. Alan G.: 27
Knerr, Maj. Gen. Hugh J.: 93
Knudsen, William S.: 40
Kuter, Maj. Gen. Lawrence S.: 29, 31, 136, 140, 146, 151, 158, 161, 173, 181, 232
Leahy, Adm. William D.: 45, 136, 251-252
Leigh-Mallory, Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford L.: 93, 104, 105, 107, 110, 111
LeMay, Maj. Gen. Curtis E.: 86, 88, 199, 200, 204, 207, 209, 210-211, 213, 215, 218, 227-228, 230, 231, 232-233, 238, 241, 251, 252, 253, 254
Lessons From an Aerial Mining Campaign (Operation Starvation): 198, 200-201, 219-220
Liddel Hart, Capt. B. H.: 3
Liken, Rensis: 116
Litzenberg, Jr., Maj. Homer L.: 46
Lovett, Robert A.: 38
Lowe, Dr. James T.: 23
McClelland, Brig. Gen. Harold M.: 161, 162
McCormick, Brig. Gen. John H.: 161
McCoy, John: 258
McGhee, Commander George C.: 197, 214
McKee, Col. William F.: 161
McNamee, Frank A.: 116
McNarney, Lt. Gen. Joseph T.: 28, 109
MacArthur, Gen. Douglas: 148, 149-150, 151, 152, 154, 165, 166, 249-251
Maddocks, Col. Ray T.: 46, 47
Marshall, Gen. George C.: 21, 29-30, 31, 32, 38, 40, 45, 48, 60, 81, 107, 136, 140, 148, 149-150, 152, 158, 159, 172, 219, 251, 252
Mediterranean Theater: 83, 262
Miles, Brig. Gen. Sherman: 20-21, 28
Milne, 2nd Lt. Ray L.: 215
Mitchell, Brig. Gen. William "Billy": 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 62
Montgomery, Col. John B.: 191, 214, 221
Morley, Group Capt. Arthur: 74
Morris, Maj. Gen. Edwin L.: 27
Moss, Maj. Malcolm: 23
Mountbatten, Adm. Lord Louis: 153-154
Mussolini, Benito: 27
Nimitz, Adm. Chester W.: 148, 150, 151, 152, 154, 166, 172, 173, 179, 180, 183, 199, 200, 207
Nitze, Paul: 116
Norstad, Brig. Gen. Lauris "Larry": 167, 208, 217, 218, 228
Normandy invasion (Overlord): 95, 103-107, 110, 117, 122, 150, 198, 260, 261, 262, 270
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): 273
O'Donnell, Jr., Brig. Gen. Emmett "Rosey": 180, 181, 183-184, 185, 205
Okinawa invasion (Operation Iceberg): 232
Olds, Robert: 7, 8
Operation Torch: 198
Palmerston, Lord Henry: 162
Park, Air Vice Marshal Keith R.: 93

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Parton, Capt. James: 70
Partridge, Col. Earle E. "Pat": 57
Pearl Harbor: 40, 41, 43, 44, 51, 63
Peirse, Air Chief Marshal Richard E. C.: 154
Perera, Col. Guido R.: 161
Pershing, Gen. John J.: 5, 150
Pfeiffer, Col. Omar T.: 28
Ploesti: 24, 35
Portal, Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles F. A.: 44, 65, 74, 77-78, 80, 91-92, 105, 107, 137, 160
Potsdam Conference: 249, 252, 254, 266
Pound, Sir Dudley: 44
Project Matterhorn: 144, 146-147, 153, 154, 205
Quadrant Conference (Quebec): 91, 93, 135-136, 142, 153
Radar bombsight (AN/APQ-7): 211-212, 228, 232, 234, 241, 245, 264, 269
Rainbow No. 5: 29, 31
Ramey, Brig. Gen. Roger M.: 183, 192, 214, 229
Ramsey, Capt. DeWitt C.: 28
Read, Capt. Oliver M.: 46, 47
Reno IV: 151
Roberts, Brig. Gen. Frank N.: 136, 137
Rodgers, Capt. Bertram: 46
Roosevelt, President Franklin D.: 25-26, 28, 38, 40, 44, 45, 51, 56, 61, 69, 77, 117, 136, 142, 150, 154, 261
Rosenblatt, Col. Sol: 161, 162, 163
Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command: 80, 96, 99-100, 112, 285
Russell, Robert P.: 116
Ryan, Col. Llewellyn O.: 161
Sallagar, Dr. Frederick M.: 198, 200-201, 219
San Antonio I, II: 180-189
Saunders, Brig. Gen. La Verne G. "Blondie": 205, 207
Scanlon, Brig. Gen. Martin F.: 66
Schneider, Maj. Max F.: 31, 161
Stimson, Henry L.: 30, 40, 109, 116, 252
Strategic Air Intelligence Section: 22, 53, 74, 238
Strategic Survey Committee: 68 (see also Joint Strategic Committee)
Stratemeyer, Maj. Gen. George E.: 66, 154
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary
Forces (SHAEF): 93, 104
Sutherland, Lt. Gen. Richard K.: 151
Tedder, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur: 104, 105
Terry, Col. Seth S.: 195, 221
"Tokyo Rose": 174
Trenchard, Maj. Gen. Hugh M.: 2, 4
Trident meeting: 78, 80, 81
Tripartite Pact: 27
Truman, President Harry S.: 244, 249, 251, 252, 253, 266
Turner, Rear Adm. Richmond K.: 27, 45
Twining, Maj. Gen. Nathan F.: 93, 244, 253, 254
Ultra Secret: 180, 181, 203-204
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee: 45, 56
U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey (USSBS): 101, 114, 116-117, 119, 121-122, 125-126, 129-130, 168, 212-213, 217, 224, 225, 229, 238, 245, 248-249, 252, 260, 266-267, 277-278, 279
German Electric Utilities subcommittee report: 279-280
Report on Japanese War Production Industries: 245-248
V-1 missile: 110-111
Vanaman, Lt. Col. Arthur W.: 66
"Victory Program": 40-41, 50, 52, 63
Walker, Lt. Col. Kenneth N.: 7, 25, 31, 103
War Dept. General Staff (WDGS): 21
Watson, Maj. Gen. Edwin M. "Pa": 136
Wavell, Gen. Archibald P.: 158
Wedemeyer, Lt. Col. Albert C.: 46, 47, 53, 56, 209, 210, 211, 213
White, Maj. Thomas D.: 21, 181
Williams, Brig. Gen. Robert B.: 86
Wilson, Jr., Col. Albert T.: 221
Wilson, Donald: 7, 8
Winterbotham, Group Capt. Frederick W.: 181, 203 (see also Ultra Secret)
Wolfe, Brig. Gen. Kenneth B.: 144, 165, 166, 205, 207, 209
Wolfinbarger, Col. Willard R.: 140
Wray, Col. Stanley T.: 66
Wright, Theodore P.: 116

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