Contents

Forward

I. The Early Heritage

1. Origins of a Mission       James Lea Cate, University of Chicago	1-16
2. The Army Air Arm Between Two Wars, 1919-39       James Lea Cate, University of Chicago       Wesley Frank Craven, New York University	17-74

II. Prelude to War

3. Air War, 1939-41       E. Kathleen Williams, Louis E. Asher Fellow, University of Chicago	75-100
4. The Air Corps Prepares for War, 1939-41       James Lea Cate, University of Chicago       E. Kathleen Williams, Louis E. Asher Fellow, University of Chicago	101-150
5. Deployment of the AAF on the Eve of Hostilities       E. Kathleen Williams, Louis E. Asher Fellow, University of Chicago	151-193
6. Pearl Harbor and Clark Field       Richard L. Watson, Duke University	194-233
7. Establishment of the Fundamental Bases of Strategy       James Lea Cate, University of Chicago	234-270

III. Tactical Demands
Concentration versus Dispersal of Forces

8. Air Defense of the Western Hemisphere       William A. Goss, City College of San Francisco	271-309
9. The Early Development of Air Transport and Ferrying       John D. Carter, West Virginia University	310-365
10. Loss of the Netherlands East Indies       Richard L. Watson, Duke University	366-402
11. The Defense of Australia       Richard L. Watson, Duke University	403-426
12. Drawing the Battle Line in the Pacific       Kramer J. Rohfleisch, San Diego State College	427-470
13. The Problem of New Guinea       Richard L. Watson, Duke University	471-483
14. Commitments to China       Herbert Weaver, Georgia Teachers College	484-513
15. The AAF in the Battle of the Atlantic       Arthur B. Ferguson, Duke University	514-556

IV. Preparations for the Air War Against Germany

16. Plans, Policies, and Organization       James Lea Cate, University of Chicago	557-611
17. Establishment of the Eight Air Force in the United Kingdom       Alfred Goldberg, Office of Air Force History	612-654
18. Rouen-Sotteville No. 1, 17 August 1942       Arthur B. Gerguson, Duke University	655-670

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

Glossary

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List of Maps and Charts

1. Hawaiian Islands
2. Luzon
3. The Philippines and Northern Australia
4. Northeastern Australia
5. Organization of Army Air Forces, March 1942
6. Boundaries of Continental Defense, June 1942
7. Eastern and Western Approaches to Panama Canal
8. Alaska and the Aleutian Islands
9. Principal Sea and Air Routes as Designated by Washington Conference, December 1941
10. Atlantic Ferrying and Transport Routes Prior to 7 December 1941
11. Principal Foreign Transport and Ferrying Routes, Army Air Forces, 30 June 1942
12. The ABDA Area
13. Java
14. The Southwest Pacific
15. Australia and the United States
16. Australia and New Guinea
17. Island Chain of the South Pacific
18. The Tokyo Mission
19. The Coral Sea
20. The North Pacific
21. The Aleutian Islands
22. New Guinea and the Solomons
23. China-Burma-India
24. Sinkings of Merchant Vessels, September 1940-August 1942:
    • Sinkings of Merchant Vessels, September 1940-August 1942 [Sept. 1940-Feb. 1941]
    • Sinkings of Merchant Vessels, September 1940-August 1942 [Mar.-Aug. 1941]
    • Sinkings of Merchant Vessels, September 1940-August 1942 [Sept. 1941-Feb. 1942]
    • Sinkings of Merchant Vessels, September 1940-August 1942 [Mar.-Aug. 1942]
25. AAF Antisubmarine Operations
26. Western Atlantic Defense Areas as of 1 August 1942
27. 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
28. Schematic Organization, U.S. Army Air Forces in the United Kingdom
29. Eighth Air Force Installations, August 1942
30. Routes of BOLERO Movement
31. Organization of Eighth Air Force as of August 1942

List of Illustrations

1. General of the Army Henry H. Arnold
2. The DH-4B
3. The Martin Bomber, 1921
4. The Barling Bomber, 1923
5. The B-10B
6. The B-18A
7. B-17s in Formation, May 1937
8. B-17s Over New York, 1939
9. The B-15 and a P-36
10. The B-19
11. Potential Spheres of Air Influence
12. Potential Spheres of Air Influence
13. Hemisphere Defense--Bases and Operating Radii B-17 and B-24
14. Air Offensive Against Germany, AWPD/1
15. Construction of Alaskan Landing Field, August 1941
16. Construction at a Camp in Iceland, November 1941
17. P-26
18. P-35
19. Plan for Employment of Bombardment Aviation in Defense of Oahu--Search Sectors
20. B-34
21. P-36
22. A-20
23. A-24
24. Japanese Photograph of Wheeler Field, 7 December 1941
25. Hangar No. 11, Hickam Field
26. Improvised Machine Gun Nest, Hickam Field
27. Damage to Barracks, Wheeler Field
28. Damage at Wheeler Field
29. Cavite Navy Yards, Philippine Islands, 10 December 1941
30. Port Area, Manila, 24 December 1941
31. Window Display in New York Department Store
32. Ground Observation Posts
33. Operations Room, Philadelphia Information Center
34. B-24As Used in the Ferrying Command's Pioneer North Atlantic Transport Service
35. LB-30 Used in Pacific Transport Service Inaugurated in the Spring of 1942
36. First Test Landing on Steel Matting, Carolina Maneuvers, 1941
37. Atkinson Field, British Guiana, June 1942
38. Parnamirim Field, Natal, Brazil, June 1942
39. Bluie West 1, June 1942
40. Reykjavik Airfield, Iceland, April 1942
41. The Night Shift, Patterson Field, Iceland, 1942
42. Camouflaged P-38 Belonging to 41st Fighter Squadron, 1942
43. The Same Plane with Camouflage Partly Removed
44. Reconnaissance Photo of Vukakanau Airfield (Rabaul), April 1942
45. Port Moresby, 1 June 1942
46. A B-25 Ready for Take-Off from USS Hornet
47. One of the B-25s Takes Off
48. Chinese Carry Doolittle Raiders to Safety
49. Japanese Carrier Under Attack by B-17s, 4 June 1942
50. Japanese Installations on North Head, Kiska, July 1942
51. RAINBOWRAINBOW Headquarters, 35th Fighter Group, Port Moresby, 1942
52. RAINBOWRAINBOW Headquarters, 35th Fighter Group, Port Moresby, 1942
53. RAINBOWRAINBOW Karachi Air Base, 1942
54. A B-18 on Patrol in the Caribbean
55. RAINBOWRAINBOW The AAF Officially Takes Over RAF Airdrome, December 1942
56. RAINBOWRAINBOW Burtonwood as it Appeared at the Close of the War
57. RAINBOWRAINBOW The Spitfire MK-5
58. RAINBOWRAINBOW The Spitfire MK-5, Side View
59. RAINBOWRAINBOW Crash-Landed Planes of the Eight Air Force--Greenland, Summer 1942
60. RAINBOWRAINBOW Ceremonies Attending Transfer of Eagle Squadrons to USAAF, September 1942
61. Briefing of Bomber Crews, Polebrook, August 1942
62. Reconnaissance Photo, Rouen-Sotteville I