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Ain’t Mis Behavin (bomber), 157

airbase targets, 178, 179, 180, 181–182, 184, 188, 224

Air Corps, 41, 133, 241. See also US Army Air Forces (USAAF)

aircraft industry targets, xvi–xvii, 68, 78, 83–84, 85–86, 88, 90, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99–100, 101, 102, 103, 112, 113, 132, 139, 149–150, 178, 185, 188, 213, 214, 216, 219–220, 225, 227, 228, 230, 231, 240–242, 243–244, 260

Air Force Historical Research Agency, 4, 153, 169

Air Ministry (British), 35–36, 45, 83, 84

airpower, history of, 9–14. See also strategic airpower

air war, WWII, 15–19

Air War Plans Division (AWPD), 23, 29–30, 40, 43, 265, 266

air war preparation, xiii–xiv, xvi, 20–24

Alexander, Henry C., 270

Allied Expeditionary Air Force (AEAF), 137, 138, 234, 238

aluminum industry targets, 85, 88

American Expeditionary Force (AEF), xvii, 13

AN/APS-15 radar, 107, 159, 273

Anderson, Frederick Lewis, Jr., xviii

background of, 71, 72

Battle of the Bulge, 247, 249

Big Week, 146, 148, 174, 175, 176, 177, 184, 185, 188–189, 193, 195, 196, 198, 204, 214, 217, 219–220, 226

Black Week, 110, 121, 122, 123–124

collapse of Germany, 140, 246, 253, 256

D-Day, 238

defining the mission, 73

learning curve, 63

Operation Argument, 138, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144–145, 146

Operation Overlord, 232–233, 236

Operation Pointblank, 96–97, 100, 103

post-WWII, 269–270, 270–271, 272–273

substance vs. promise, 70, 72

Anderson, Orvil, xviii, 23–24, 184

Anglo-American Allied Forces Headquarters (AFHQ), 62

Anglo-American Allies, 25, 26, 28, 29, 64, 65. See also Britain; United States of America

anti-friction ball bearing industry targets, 83–84, 85–86, 94, 95, 96, 97, 101–102, 116–117, 120–122, 127, 139, 188, 198–199, 203, 205, 215, 217, 220, 231, 242–243, 259–260

April Girl II (bomber), 149, 152

Arcadia Conference, 25, 26–27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 43, 64, 65

Archibald Mathies NCO Academy, 263, 273, 274

Ardennes Offensive, 247, 248–251

area (“carpet”) bombing, 35–36, 67

Army Air Forces in World War II (Cate), 31, 52

Arnold, Henry Harley “Hap,” xv

air war preparation, 21

Big Week, 177, 267

Black Week, 118, 122

Casablanca Conference, 66

collapse of Germany, 251, 253

Committee of Operations Analysts (COA), 81–84, 88

defining the mission, 77, 79

Enemy Objectives Units (EOU), 39, 40–41, 44, 45

going deep at all costs, 98, 102, 103

going to war, 25, 28, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36, 37

learning curve, 50, 51, 52, 56

Luftwaffe collapse, 125, 256–257

Operation Argument, 137, 143–144, 145

Operation Overlord, 266–267

post-WWII, 265

turning point, grasping for, 125–126

Arstingstall, Bob, 223, 224

Art of War, The (Sun-tzu), 72

Atlantic Charter, 26

automatic flight-control equipment (AFCE), 79–80

AWPD-1/2 (Munitions Requirements of the Army Air Forces to Defeat Our Potential Enemies), 23–24, 26, 49, 50, 83, 84

AWPD42 (Requirements for Air Ascendancy, 1942), 49–51, 81

B-17s. See Flying Fortresses

B-24s. See Liberators

B-25s, 30, 134

B-29s. See Superfortresses

B-47s, 265

B-52s, 265

Baker, Addison, 98, 182

Ball, George, 270

ball bearing industry targets, 83–84, 85–86, 94, 95, 96, 97, 101–102, 116–117, 120–122, 127, 139, 188, 198–199, 203, 205, 215, 217, 220, 231, 242–243, 259–260

Ballmer, Ralph, 217

Bartley, Ronald, 134, 149, 154, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 170

Battle of the Atlantic, The (Runyan and Copes), 57

Battle of the Bulge, 124, 247, 248–251

Battle Wagon (bomber), 119

Bennett, Lawrence, 223

Berkeley Square, 40, 47, 48, 49, 58, 69, 70, 78, 82, 94, 96, 99, 139, 141, 259, 268, 274. See also Enemy Objectives Units (EOU)

Berlin, 68, 131–132, 149, 178, 188, 231, 232, 256, 257, 264–265

Berliner, Henry, 43–44, 46, 47, 63

Bf 109s, xiv, 74, 87, 93, 100, 104, 113, 114, 120, 139, 150, 156, 157, 167, 173, 178, 188, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 209, 211, 212, 214, 220, 221, 250, 252, 256

Bf 110s, 74, 114, 155, 156, 166, 178, 199, 200, 209, 210, 219

Big Week, xi, xvi–xv, 147–226, 227. See also strategic airpower; World War II

AWPD42, 49–51, 81

corridor of death, 178, 182

Day Five (Thursday), 204–217, 218, 221

Day Four (Wednesday), 197–203

Day One (Sunday), 147–176, 195

Day Six (Friday), 218–226

Day Three (Tuesday), 185–196, 205, 231, 254

Day Two (Monday) “scavenger hunt,” 177–184, 185, 195, 213

fighter escorts (“little friends”), 148, 155, 156, 182, 184, 189, 190, 192, 195, 203, 208, 209, 213, 217, 218–219, 229, 230–231

Operation Pointblank and, 86, 87, 88, 90, 93

success of, 228–232, 237–238, 240–241, 242, 259, 260, 274

weather impact, 147, 148, 158–159, 177, 179, 181, 183, 184, 185, 187, 189, 192, 198, 204, 207, 213, 214, 215, 218, 225

Black Sunday, 98, 110

Black Thursday, 117–122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 148, 204, 205, 256–257

Black Week, 110–124, 127, 129, 140, 274

Blakeslee, Don, 231

Bland, Quentin, 176, 180

“blind bombing” missions, 107–108, 109

blitzkrieg (lightning war), 18, 19, 27

Boeing, 21, 34, 61, 77, 109. See also Flying Fortresses; Superfortresses

Bonnier, Claude, 264

Bowman, Harold, 159

Braswell, Ralph, 173, 263–264

Braun, Eva (Hitler’s wife), 257

Breeding, Paul, 173–174

Breitenbach, Louis, 194–195

Brereton, Lewis (General), 97, 137, 145

Britain. See also Churchill, Winston (Prime Minister); Combined Bomber Offensive (CBO); Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS); Royal Air Force (RAF); World War II

aircraft production, 21, 22, 29

Air Ministry, 35–36, 45, 83, 84

airpower, history of, 14

air war preparation, 21, 22, 29

“friendly invasion,” 136, 273

Lend-Lease Act, 26, 31, 38

London Blitz, 19, 36, 89–90, 132, 179, 196, 206

Mk.XIV bombsight, 37

U-boat campaign, 84–85

World War I, 12, 36

British Bombing Survey Unit (BBSU), 234

Brokaw, Tom, 1

Brown, George Scratchley, 98, 182

Brown, Gerald, 200

Brown, Joe, 217

Buck, William, 179

Bufton, Sidney O., 83

Bundy, McGeorge, 272

Burns, Robert W., 170, 171

Bushy Park (“Widewing”), 33, 39, 47, 69, 138, 139, 198, 226. See also Eighth Air Force

Bussing (Captain), 211

Byrne, John, 201

Cabin in the Sky (bomber), 163, 164, 165, 166, 172–173, 263

Caidin, Martin, 124, 152

Casablanca Conference (“Symbol”), 65–67, 68, 70–71, 76, 81, 82, 83, 84, 126, 129

Cassani (Lieutenant), 210

casualties

Battle of the Bulge, 250

Big Week, 157, 160–161, 162, 164, 167, 168, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 182, 183, 184, 189, 190, 192–193, 195, 196, 203, 205, 208, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 216, 217, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 262, 263

Black Week, 111, 112, 113, 116, 119, 120, 122, 123, 124

collapse of Germany, 255, 256

defining the mission, 76, 78

going deep at all costs, 96, 98–99, 100, 101, 104

learning curve, 54, 58

Luftwaffe, 19, 74, 112, 113, 115, 120, 176, 184, 195, 203, 208, 229–230, 230, 231, 251, 256

Operation Argument, 140

Operation Overlord, 229

Royal Air Force (RAF), 19, 128, 229

substance vs. promise, 66

turning point, grasping for, 125, 126, 128

Cate, James Lea, 31, 32–33, 35, 36–37, 52

Century Bombers (LeStrange), 157

Chamberlain, Neville, 17, 18

Chardi, Merlin, 221–222

Chronicle of the 351st Bombardment Group, A (Harris and Harbour), 181

Churchill, Winston (Prime Minister), xvi

air war, 19

atomic bomb program and, 96

Casablanca Conference, 65, 66–67

defining the mission, 73

going to war, 25–26, 37

Operation Overlord, 236

Operation Shingle, 146

Quadrant Conference, 125, 137

Roosevelt and, 65, 85

Sextant Conference, 128

Trident Conference, 85

“V for Victory” sign, 262

Clark, Mark, 146

Coffey, Thomas, 100, 101

Combined Bomber Offensive (CBO). See also Royal Air Force; US Army Air Forces (USAAF); specific Operations

Combined Bomber Offensive Plan, 86, 93–94, 105

defining the mission, 74, 79

Interim Plan, 253

“maximum effort,” 95, 99, 104, 111, 112, 114, 116, 117, 131, 139, 141, 147, 155, 189, 197, 204, 219, 228, 254

nighttime raids controversy, 89

objectives of, 35, 67, 70, 77, 85, 127

Operation Pointblank, 86, 87, 88, 90, 93, 110, 125, 128

origins of, 52, 53, 67

target hierarchy, 68, 78, 81, 83, 85, 86, 94, 113, 128–129

Trident Conference, 85

turning point, grasping for, 125, 128

Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS). See also Combined Bomber Offensive (CBO)

Arcadia Conference, 25, 26–27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 43, 64, 65

Casablanca Conference (“Symbol”), 65–67, 68, 70–71, 76, 81, 82, 83, 84, 126, 129

defining the mission, 73–80

going deep at all costs, 95–109

Quadrant Conference, 125, 137

Sextant Conference, 128

turning point, grasping for, 125–135

Combined Operational Planning Committee (COPC), 83, 86, 127–128, 139

Combined Strategic Targets Committee, 244, 253

Command of the Air, The (Douhet), 43

Committee of Operations Analysts (COA), 81–84, 88

Consolidated Aircraft, 22, 34, 61, 77, 108. See also Liberators

Contribution of Air Power to the Defeat of Germany, The (USSTAF), 243

Cook, Bill, 222–223

Copes, Jan, 57

Cox, John, 145

Crook, Charles, 194–195, 196

Crown, Richard, 159

Crusade in Europe (Eisenhower), 54, 62

Dahl, Walter, 212–213

Daimler-Benz, 104, 155, 178, 213–214, 220

Daladier, Édouard (President), 17, 18

Davis, John, 220, 221

daylight bombing, 35, 36–37, 50, 51–52, 53, 55–56, 64, 68, 70, 114, 255, 259

D-Day (“Longest Day”), xiii–xvi, xix, 110, 141, 235, 236, 237–238, 239, 240, 259

Decision Over Schweinfurt (Coffey), 100

defining the mission, 73–80

DeHavilland Mosquitoes, 188, 198

Dempsey, Thomas, 166

Dennison, Gil, 181

Dick, Glen, 159

Dickey, Raymond, 203

Distinguished Service Crosses, 98, 182

Distinguished Unit Citations, 156, 182, 192, 210–211

Doenitz, Karl, 75, 269

Doherty, Robert E., 183, 223–224

D’Olier, Franklin Woolman, 270

Donovan, William J. “Wild Bill,” 42, 47

Doolittle, James Harold “Jimmy,” xviii

Big Week, 174, 175, 177, 196, 198, 204

collapse of Germany, 244

going to war, 29, 30–31

learning curve, 62, 63

Operation Argument, 138, 145

Operation Overlord, 239

post-WWII, 265, 268

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (movie), 265

Dornier Do 217s, 115

Douglas Aircraft, 21, 34, 77, 108, 109, 266, 273

Douhet, Giulio, 43

Draper, William Henry, Jr., 272–273

Dueben, Eugene, 167

Eaker, Ira Clarence, xviii

Big Week, 226

Black Week, xviii, 118

Casablanca Conference, 66–67, 76

collapse of Germany, 254

defining the mission, 73, 79

Enemy Objectives Units (EOU), 39

going deep at all costs, 96, 98, 102–103, 107

going to war, 32, 36

learning curve, 51, 52, 55, 56, 58, 63

Luftwaffe collapse, 125–126, 256–257

Operation Argument, 138, 146

Operation Pointblank, 83

post-WWII, 266, 272

substance vs. promise, 63, 66–67, 70

Earle, Edward, 82, 83

East Anglia, 33, 39, 77, 96, 100, 109, 111, 112, 119, 120, 146, 147, 148, 149, 154, 163, 169, 175, 218, 259

economists of EOU, 46, 48

Eighth Air Force, x, xvi–xvii. See also Anderson, Frederick Lewis, Jr.; Big Week; Eaker, Ira Clarence; Mathies, Archie; Nelson, Clarence Richard, Jr. “Dick”; US Army Air Forces (USAAF); Williamson, Charles Glendon “Glen”

Black Week, 111, 112, 113–114, 115–116, 121

collapse of Germany, 239, 244, 254, 255

crews, 76–77, 79, 133, 134, 135, 136, 150, 186, 196, 197–198

defining the mission, 73–74, 75, 76–77, 77–78, 79–80

Enemy Objectives Units (EOU), 39, 44, 45–46

fighter escorts (“little friends”), 77–78, 79, 90, 110, 117, 118, 124

Fourth of July bombing mission, 37–38, 51, 52

going deep at all costs, 95, 96, 97, 98, 102, 103, 104, 105, 107

going to war, 31, 32, 33, 34–35, 37–38

learning curve, 51–52, 53, 54–55, 56, 59–60, 61, 62–63

loss rate, 66, 91, 104, 113, 124, 126, 128, 184, 195, 214, 216, 225, 245, 256

maintenance problems, 59, 103, 130

Operation Argument, 136, 137, 138–139, 142

Operation Pointblank, 81, 83, 86–87, 87–88, 88–89, 90, 91

Operation Torch, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 66, 129

RAF vs., 32, 33, 54–55, 66–67, 77, 79, 102

substance vs. promise, 66–67, 68–69, 71

“targets of opportunity,” 104, 192

turning point, grasping for, 130, 132, 133, 134, 135

U-boat campaign, 58, 59, 64, 66, 73, 75–76, 78, 80, 84–85, 106, 112, 113

weather impact on, 59, 66, 73, 76, 99, 100, 101, 103, 104, 106, 118, 124, 126, 129, 141–142, 143–145, 231

Eisenhower, Dwight David

Anglo-American Allied Forces Headquarters (AFHQ), 62

collapse of Germany, 239

Crusade in Europe, 54, 62

Enemy Objectives Units (EOU), 46

European Theater of Operations, US Army (ETOUSA), 33

learning curve, 53–54, 56, 57, 58, 62, 63

Operation Overlord, 136–137, 233, 236, 237, 238, 268

Operation Torch, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 63

Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF), 136–137, 233, 272

VE-Day, 259

Eisenhower, Dwight David (President), 272

Enemy Objectives Units (EOU), 39–48, 259–260. See also Hughes, Richard D’Oyly “Dick”; Rostow, Walt Whitman

European Theater of Operations (ETO), 29, 32, 33, 63, 76, 77, 128, 132, 133, 138, 184, 250

Evans, Ira, 158, 211

Fagg, John, 230, 240, 242, 243–244, 254, 255, 258

Fayers-Hallin, Linda and Vic, 176

Ferber (Lieutenant), 201

Ferelli, Johnny, 2, 3–4

Ferguson, Arthur B.

Big Week, 176, 188, 215–216, 224, 225

Black Week, 113, 115, 118

collapse of Germany, 241, 242

defining the mission, 77, 79–80

going deep at all costs, 97, 100, 105, 107–108

learning curve, 52, 53, 54, 55–56

Operation Argument, 137, 139, 143, 145

Operation Overlord, 228–229, 230

Operation Pointblank, 83, 84, 87

substance vs. promise, 66, 70–71

turning point, grasping for, 127, 128

Festung Europa (“Fortress Europe”), 27, 28, 35, 37, 45, 51, 63, 85, 99, 114, 136, 155, 173, 189, 198. See also Germany

Fifteenth Air Force. See also US Army Air Forces (USAAF)

Big Week, 183, 188, 193, 194, 196, 198–203, 205, 213–214, 219, 224, 225, 226, 229

casualties, 203

collapse of Germany, 239, 244, 254, 255

Enemy Objectives Units (EOU), 44

going deep at all costs, 109

going to war, 32

learning curve, 63

loss rate, 195

Operation Argument, 137, 138–139, 140, 145–146

turning point, grasping for, 129–130, 133

fighter escorts (“little friends”)

Big Week, 148, 155, 156, 182, 184, 189, 190, 192, 195, 203, 208, 209, 213, 217, 218–219, 229, 230–231

Eighth Air Force, 77–78, 79, 90, 110, 117, 118, 124

need for, 124, 225, 258

First 1,100 Bombers Dispatched, The (Ferguson), 55

First American-British-Canadian (ABC-1) staff conferences, 26, 29

First and the Last, The (Galland), 257

First Day of the Blitz, The (Stansky), 206

First World War. See World War I

Fisher, James, 225

Flint, Harold, 169, 171

Flying Fortresses, xiii–xiv, xvi. See also Royal Air Force (RAF); US Army Air Forces (USAAF)

air war preparation, 21–22, 24

AN/APS-15 radar, 107, 159, 273

armament of, 34, 60, 61–62, 108–109

B-17Bs, 22

B-17Cs, 22

B-17Ds, 22

B-17Es, 34, 61

B-17Fs, 34, 61, 109

B-17Gs, 61, 108–109, 134, 149, 153, 206

defining the mission, 76

first mission, 51

going to war, 25, 29, 33–34, 34, 38

H2S radar, 106–107, 107–108, 111, 184

head-on attack weakness, 61, 62, 108

learning curve, 55

nose improvements, 34, 61–62, 108–109

Operation Pointblank, 94

Pathfinders, 106, 107–108, 157, 159, 184, 273

turning point, grasping for, 132–133

Y1B-17, 22

Focke-Wulf factories, 78, 90, 93, 111, 113, 156, 185, 207, 213

Folck, Alfred (Lieutenant), 193

Ford, Bill, 183

Ford Motor Company, 34–35, 108

formation disruption by Luftwaffe, 74, 78, 79, 86–87, 115

Fox, Frank, 193

France: The Dark Years (Jackson), 91

France/French, 16, 17, 18, 27, 46, 53, 90–91, 264

Frankfurt (light cruiser), 14

Frankland, Noble, 89

From Apes to Warlords and Monkeys, Men and Missiles (Zuckerman), 267

Futrell, Robert, 24

Fw-190s, 74, 78, 87, 93, 112, 113, 114, 120, 150, 156, 157–158, 162, 167, 181, 182, 185, 194, 199, 209, 212, 213, 214, 219, 250, 252

Fw-200s, 23, 34, 102

Gaither, Horace Rowan, Jr., 273

Galbraith, John Kenneth, 69–70, 241, 270

Galland, Adolf, 92–93, 230, 253, 257

Gates, Byron, 81–82

Gavotti, Giulio, 9–10, 11

General Ike (bomber), 220

George, Harold L. “Hal,” xviii, 23–24, 50

German Anti-Friction Bearings Industry, The, 121

Germany. See also Hitler, Adolf; Luftwaffe; Speer, Albert; World War II; specific industry targets

air war, 16

anti-aircraft fire on bombers, 75, 78

Ardennes Offensive, 247, 248–251

blitzkrieg (lightning war), 18, 19, 27

collapse of, 239–260

expansion by, 16–19, 27–38, 30, 40

HALPRO mission by America, 30, 45

long-range aircraft ignored by, 23

morale (German) target, 36, 67, 130, 131

precision raids, ignoring, 55–56

propaganda, 232

slave labor used by, 268–269

Soviet Union vs., 27–28, 30, 105

Stalag Luft system, 224

surrender of, 264–265

Treaty of Versailles impact, 15–16, 178

Ultra decryptions of messages, 237

underground facilities, 243, 252, 255, 268

“V Weapons,” 105–106

war machine, 18, 28, 29, 41, 44–45, 48, 68, 69–70, 127, 203, 251–252, 253, 258

World War I, 10, 12, 15–16, 18, 130

Gillett, Harry, 200

Glove (Sergeant), 201

Glunz, Adolf “Addi,” 182, 190, 194

Gneisenau (German battlecruiser), 7

Gobrecht, Harry, 179, 195

going deep at all costs, 95–109

going to war, 25–28

Goldstein, Richard, 173

Gone with the Wind (film), 144

Good (Lieutenant), 209–210

Göring, Hermann, 19, 89, 90, 92–93, 120, 202, 252, 253, 257

Gothaer Waggonfabrik (GWF), 154, 188, 189, 207–212, 215–216

“Greatest Generation,” 1–2, 40, 273–274

Gresham, Walter, 62

Grice, Marvin, 199, 202

ground-scanning radar, 106–107, 107–108, 111, 159, 273

H2S radar, 106–107, 107–108, 111, 184

Hackl, Anton “Toni,” 212

Hagbo, Magnus “Mac,” 134, 152

Halifaxes, 22, 35, 177

Halverson, Harry “Hurry-Up,” 30–31

Hamburg, 89, 90, 102, 113, 131, 132, 178, 239

Hamilton, Fowler, 82

Hansell, Haywood S. “Possum,” xviii, 23–24, 40, 41, 42, 50, 99, 265–266

Hanson, Harry, 200

Harbour, Ken, 181

Harper, Kristine, 144

Harris, Arthur Travers “Bomber”

Battle of Berlin, 131–132

Big Week, 177–178

collapse of Germany, 244

going to war, 28, 36

morale (German) target, 36, 67, 130, 131

Operation Overlord, 235

Operation Pointblank, 89, 90

post-WWII, 267

substance vs. promise, 64

turning point, grasping for, 130

Harris, George, 119, 190

Harris, Peter, 181

Harry the Horse (bomber), 199, 201, 202

Havelaar, Marion, 220

Hawkins, Ian, 207, 209–210

He-111 bombers, 179

head-on attacks by Luftwaffe, 61, 62, 74, 75, 87, 108, 164

Hearst, William Randolph, Jr., 249–250

Hendrix, Glynn, 200–201

Hendryx, Happy, 220

Hermichen, Rolf-Günther, 168

Hewlett, Bill, 273

Hitler, Adolf, xiv, xv. See also Germany

air war, 16–17, 18

“barbarians,” Americans, 254

Braun (Hitler’s wife), 257

collapse of Germany, 252

jet fighters sabotaged by, 252–253

Mein Kampf (My Struggle), 16

Operation Pointblank, 89, 92–93

suicide of, 257

Wolfsschanze (“Wolf’s Lair”), 120

HMS E11 and Glorious, 7

Hodges, Courtney, 246, 247

Honerkamp, Rosaline, 47

Hoover, J. Edgar, 41

Hopkins, Harry, 49

Hughes, Guy D’Oyly (Dick’s brother), 7, 8

Hughes, Richard D’Oyly “Dick,” xviii

background of, 6–8, 7, 40, 41, 46, 48, 71

Battle of the Bulge, 247, 249–250, 251

Big Week, 174, 175, 176, 185, 193, 195, 196, 214, 218, 219–220, 226, 231

Black Week, 114, 116, 124

defining the mission, 73, 78, 80

Enemy Objectives Units (EOU), 40–48

going deep at all costs, 95, 96–97, 98, 99, 100, 102–103, 104

learning curve, 45–46, 49, 52, 58, 63

obsessed by “sending young men to their deaths,” 63, 97–98, 110, 124

Operation Argument, 138, 139–140, 140, 141, 142

Operation Overlord, 232–233, 234–235, 235–236, 237, 238, 239

Operation Pointblank, 85, 86, 94

post-WWII, 268–269, 270–271, 271

substance vs. promise, 67, 69, 70, 72, 78

target selection principles, 67–68

turning point, grasping for, 127

Huntzinger, Edward, 157

Huston, John, 37

Ideas, Concepts, Doctrine (Futrell), 24

Incredible 305th, The (Morrison), 164

Index Figures for German Armaments End Products, 69

Initial Point (IP) of bombing run, 115, 119, 191, 200, 206, 209

Iron Cross First Class, 78

Italy, 17, 63, 129–130, 146, 183, 236, 239, 257

Jackson, Julian, 91

Japan, 24, 27, 29, 30, 44–45, 62, 264–265, 265, 266

jet bombers, 265

jet fighters, 252–253, 256–257

Johnson, John, 157

Johnson, Lyndon (President), 40, 272

Ju-88s, 74, 115, 139, 150, 156, 185, 209

Junck, Werner, 238

Junkers factories, 139, 149–150, 185, 195

Justice, Jack, 115–116

Kaufman, Vernon, 181

Kaufmann, Gauleiter, 89

Keilman, Myron, 207, 209–210

Keitel, William, 259

Kennedy, John F. (President), 40, 272

Kennedy, Joseph P., 46

Kindleberger, Charles Poor “Charlie,” 47, 78, 83, 268–269, 271–272

King, Ernest, 49

Kinney, William, 180–181

Kirchmayr, Rüdiger von, 182, 212

Knights Cross, 78

Knoke, Heinz, 74

Knudsen, George, 223

Kogelman, Al, 181

KO Katy (bomber), 192, 193

Konecny, John, 201

Konsynski, Ben, 199–200, 201

Kreigsmarine, 7, 57, 58, 75, 113

Krick, Irving P., 143–145, 177, 184, 185, 198, 204, 267–268

Kricke, Dan, 183

Kuter, Laurence Sherman, xviii

air war preparation, 23–24

D-Day, xiii–xvi, xix, 238, 266–267

going deep at all costs, 99

learning curve, 50

post-WWII, 266–267

Lamont, Thomas, 82

Lancasters, 35, 177

“Last Flight of a Flying Fortress, The” (Breitenbach), 195

Lawley, William Robert “Bill,” xviii, 163, 164, 165–166, 172–173, 186, 263–264

Leahy, William, 49–50

learning curve, 49–63

LeDoux, Elzia, 170, 171

Lee, Wright, 150, 208–209, 210, 211, 216–217

Leigh-Mallory, Sir Trafford

Big Week, 189

going deep at all costs, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103–104

learning curve, 52

Operation Argument, 137

Operation Overlord, 234, 235, 238

post-WWII, 265, 266, 267

Leipzig, 139, 148, 149, 150, 158, 159, 160, 163, 164, 169, 175–176, 274

LeMay, Curtis Emerson, xviii

Big Week, 189

going deep at all costs, 96–97, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103–104

post-WWII, 265, 266, 267

Lend-Lease Act, 26, 31, 38

LeStrange, Richard, 157–158, 223

Liberandos, The (Walker), 193

Liberators. See also Royal Air Force (RAF); US Army Air Forces (USAAF)

air war preparation, 22, 24

armament of, 34, 108

B-24Ds, 22, 30, 34, 35, 61

B-24Es, 35

B-24Gs, 108

B-24Hs, 61, 108

B-24Js, 61, 108

Big Week, 179, 180, 182, 189, 199, 201, 202

defining the mission, 76

going deep at all costs, 108

going to war, 25, 29, 33–34, 35

head-on attack weakness, 61, 62, 108

learning curve, 55

nose turrets for, 61–62, 108

turning point, grasping for, 132, 133

Lightnings (P-38s), 117–118, 155, 184, 203, 213, 217, 218–219

Little Duchess (bomber), 214

“local defenders,” 158, 160, 166

Lockhart, L. V., 202

Lockheed P-38 Lightnings, 117–118, 155, 184, 203, 213, 217, 218–219

Lockheed-Vega, 34, 77, 109

London Blitz, 19, 36, 89–90, 132, 179, 196, 206

long-range aircraft, 23

long-range strategic missions, 12, 21

Loose Goose (bomber), 225

Lovett, Robert A., 114, 254

lowering wheels (surrender), 211

Luftwaffe, xiv, xv. See also specific Operations

ace point system, 78–79

airbase targets, 178, 179, 180, 181–182, 184, 188, 224

air superiority, xiv, 14, 18, 23, 28, 74, 83, 86, 87, 90, 109, 125, 126–127, 214, 228, 230, 232

air war preparation, 18, 19, 23

casualties, 19, 74, 112, 113, 115, 120, 176, 184, 195, 203, 208, 229–230, 230, 231, 251, 256

collapse of, 125–126, 239–247, 253, 254–255, 256–257, 258

flak batteries, 111–112, 254, 255

formation disruption by, 74, 78, 79, 86–87, 115

going to war, 28, 34, 36

head-on attacks by, 61, 62, 74, 75, 87, 108, 164

London Blitz by, 19, 36, 89–90, 132, 179, 196, 206

Operation Bodenplatte, 250–251

pilot shortage, 230, 244, 257

radar technology, 109

rocket launchers, 74, 100

tactics, 19, 22–23, 60, 61, 66, 74, 78, 79, 86–87, 100, 109, 115, 118, 164, 189–190

Magruder (Sergeant), 221

Manias, Panics, and Crashes (Kindleberger), 272

Markussen, Orlin “Mark,” 157–158

Marshall, George, 23, 44, 46, 49, 51, 65, 98

Marshall Plan, 271, 272

Martin, Joseph, 134, 149, 152, 161

Martin-Vegue, James, 215

Masefield, Peter, 56

Masiewics, John A., 192–193

Mason, Edward, 82

Mason, Henry, 164, 166

Mathies, Archie, xviii

Archibald Mathies NCO Academy, 263, 273, 274

background of, 2, 3–6, 133, 135

Big Week, 152, 161, 162, 163, 169–170, 171, 173, 186, 223

coal train incident, 3–4

death of, 171, 175, 262, 263

Mary (Archie’s mother), 4, 5, 6, 263

Medal of Honor, 262, 263

predestiny, 261–262

William (Archie’s father), 4, 5, 6

Mathies, David (Archie’s brother), 4, 5–6, 133, 261–263, 273–274

“maximum effort,” 95, 99, 104, 111, 112, 114, 116, 117, 131, 139, 141, 147, 155, 189, 197, 204, 219, 228, 254

Mayer, Egon, 61, 62, 68–69, 74, 164

McClain, Stewart, 222

McClanahan, James, 119

McGregor, Jim, 207, 209, 210

Me 210s, 114–115

Me 262s, 252, 256–257

Means, Bob, 183

Medals of Honor, 42, 98, 173, 182, 262, 263

Mediterranean Allied Air Forces (MAAF), 138, 145, 266

Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO), 32, 53, 62, 63, 65, 68, 84, 97, 109, 129, 137, 138, 145–146, 201, 233, 234, 236

Mein Kampf (My Struggle) (Hitler), 16

Memphis Belle, The: A Story of a Flying Fortress (documentary), 80

Messerschmitt factories, 219–220, 225–226

Mietusch, Klaus, 221

Might in Flight (Gobrecht), 179, 195

Milch, Erhard, 227, 228

Miller, James, 176

Millson, Ed, 217

Ministry of Economic Warfare (British), 45, 46, 82, 84

Mismalovin (bomber), 222, 223

Mitchell, William Lendrum “Billy,” xix, xvii–xviii, 13–14, 15, 20, 21, 28, 259, 260

Mizpah (bomber), 134–135, 149

Monahan, Bernie, 183

Moore, Carl, 134, 161, 162

Moore, John, 2

Morales, Frank, 183

Morgan, Robert, 80

Morrison, Wilbur, 164, 165

Morse, Chandler, 47, 49

Mosier, Curt, 223

Moss, Malcolm, 23–24, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 50, 82

Mr. Five by Five (bomber), 176

Mrs. Geezil (bomber), 159

Mrs. Miniver (film), 80

“multi-engine” warplanes, 21–23

Munitions Requirements of the Army Air Forces to Defeat Our Potential Enemies (AWPD-1), 23–24, 26, 49, 50, 83

Murphy, Charles J. V., 71–72

Murphy, Paul, 163, 164, 165, 166, 173

Mussolini, Benito “Duce,” 17

Mustangs (P-51s), 91–92, 93, 109, 124, 133, 141, 155, 182, 184, 190, 192, 195, 217, 218–219, 230, 252

My Princess (bomber), 171

Nazis, 16. See also Germany

Nelson, Clarence Richard, Jr. “Dick”

Big Week, 149, 150, 152–153, 154, 160–162, 163, 164, 170, 171–172

Florence (Dick’s mother), 135

turning point, grasping for, 133–134, 135

Netherlands, 18, 19, 37–38, 51, 52, 89, 116, 132, 183, 189, 194, 206, 246

night missions, 35, 36, 50, 51, 54, 64, 66, 67, 70, 89, 127, 140

Ninth Air Force. See also US Army Air Forces (USAAF)

air war preparation, 23

Big Week, 155, 183

collapse of Germany, 245, 246

going deep at all costs, 95, 97, 98, 99

going to war, 32, 33

Operation Argument, 138, 140, 145

Operation Overlord, 231, 236

Nitze, Paul, 270

Norden bombsights, 37, 66, 119, 164, 209

Normandy invasion (D-Day), xiii–xvi, xix, 110, 141, 235, 236, 237–238, 239, 240, 259

North Africa, 10, 32, 46, 53, 54, 55, 56–57, 58, 62, 63, 65, 66, 71, 97, 129, 134, 234

North American Aviation, 108

North American P-51 Mustangs, 91–92, 93, 109, 124, 133, 141, 155, 182, 184, 190, 192, 195, 217, 218–219, 230, 252

Nürnberg Trials, 270

Office of Strategic Services (OSS), 42, 47, 82, 85–86, 232, 237

oil industry targets, 30, 45, 68, 83, 84, 95, 96, 97, 98–99, 101, 127, 232–233, 233–236, 237, 239–240, 243, 244, 253, 255, 260

100th Bombardment Group (“Bloody Hundredth,” “Century Bombers”), 100, 115, 116, 117, 156–157, 222

O’Neil, John, 151–152

Operation Argument, 139–146, 149, 178, 183, 185, 188, 214, 228

Operation Avalanche, 129

Operation Bodenplatte, 250–251

Operation Bolero, 28

Operation Crossbow, 105–106

Operation Husky, 129

Operation Overlord, xix, 227–238

Combined Bomber Offensive and, 128–129, 145

D-Day (“Longest Day”), xiii–xvi, xix, 110, 141, 235, 236, 237–238, 239, 240, 259

Eisenhower and, 136–137, 233, 236, 237, 238, 268

Hughes and, 232–233, 234–235, 235–236, 237, 238, 239

importance of, 86, 110, 236, 237

Operation Argument and, 141, 143

Operation Pointblank and, 127–128

planning for, 232–238, 239, 240

rehearsals for, 105

Trident Conference and, 85

weather impact, 267–268

Operation Pointblank, 81–94

Big Week and, 86, 87, 88, 90, 93

Black Sunday, 98, 110

Black Thursday, 117–122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 148, 204, 205, 256–257

Black Week, 110–124, 127, 129, 140, 274

Combined Bomber Offensive (CBO) and, 86, 87, 88, 90, 93, 110, 125, 128

going deep at all costs, 95, 96–97, 98, 100, 103

Hughes and, 85, 86, 94

objectives of, 125

Operation Overlord and, 127–128

Operation Roundup, 28

Operation Shingle, 146

Operation Starkey, 105

Operation Tidal Wave, 98–99, 182, 192, 259, 266

Operation Torch, 46, 53, 54, 55, 56–57, 58, 63, 65, 66, 129

Operation Watch on the Rhine, 247, 248–251

“Origins of the Combined Bomber Offensive” (Ferguson), 52

Osborne, David, 159

Ostfriesland (battleship), 14

P-38s (Lightnings), 117–118, 155, 184, 203, 213, 217, 218–219

P-47s (Thunderbolts), 62, 77–78, 79, 86, 92, 117, 118, 124, 133, 141, 155, 182, 184, 189, 190, 195, 217, 218–219, 230–231, 261

P-51s (Mustangs), 91–92, 93, 109, 124, 133, 141, 155, 182, 184, 190, 192, 195, 217, 218–219, 230, 252

Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO), 27, 29, 34, 129, 228, 264, 265, 268

Packard, Dave, 273

Park House, London, 174, 175, 176, 177, 196, 232, 233

Parrish, George, 220

Pasadena Nena (bomber), 115, 116

Pathfinders, 106, 107–108, 157, 159, 184, 273

Patton, George, 240

“peace for our time,” 17, 18

Peaslee, Budd, 119, 148

Penny Ante “lucky ship” (bomber), 186, 187, 190–191, 206–207, 264

Penry, Jerry, 151

Perera, Guido, 82

Pershing, John J. “Blackjack,” 13

Peters, Harold, 149

Peterson, Stan, 223–224

petrochemical industry targets, 30, 45, 68, 83, 84, 95, 96, 97, 98–99, 101, 127, 232–233, 233–236, 237, 239–240, 243, 244, 253, 255, 260

Piffer, Anton-Rudolf “Toni,” 212

Pistol Packin’ Mama (bomber), 181

Pitts, Jesse Richard, 186–187, 190–192, 196, 206, 264

Pittsburgh Coal, 3, 4, 5, 6, 263

Pizzello, John, 201–202

Plan for the Combined Bomber Offensive from the United Kingdom, 85

Ploesti, 30, 84, 95, 98–99, 182, 192, 239–240, 259, 266

Poland, 16–17, 17, 18, 155, 156–157, 158, 213

Polebrook, 51, 149, 153, 163, 170, 171, 172, 174, 261, 262

Policy for Disposition of US and British Air Forces (CCS memorandum), 31

Portal, Sir Charles “Peter”

Big Week, 233

defining the mission, 70, 77

going to war, 28, 31, 36

Operation Argument, 139, 146

post-WWII, 128, 130, 139, 146, 267

substance vs. promise, 64

turning point, grasping for, 128, 130

Potenza, Lawrence, 215

POWs, USAAF, 116, 123, 157, 183, 193, 196, 223, 224, 258

Preston, Maurice “Mo,” 187, 196

Quadrant Conference, 125, 137

Quesada, Pete, 246, 249

Quinn, Horace “Hort,” 193

radar, ground-scanning, 106–107, 107–108, 111, 159, 273

Radener, Waldemar “Waldi,” 212, 221

Ragged Irregulars, The (Havelaar), 220

rail network targets, 76, 114, 180–181, 224, 233–237, 240, 245, 253–254

Rasmussen, Max, 199, 202

Regensburg, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 112, 116, 117, 139, 140, 149, 156, 178, 182, 185, 188, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 213, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 224, 225–226, 227, 229, 231

Reich Armaments Ministry, 82, 101, 123, 227, 240, 270

Reichelderfer, Francis, 144

Republic P-47 Thunderbolts, 62, 77–78, 79, 86, 92, 117, 118, 124, 133, 141, 155, 182, 184, 189, 190, 195, 217, 218–219, 230–231, 261

Return to Rise (Pitts), 186–187

Rex, Joe, 134, 153, 162, 170, 264

Ribbentrop, Joachim von, 17

Robb, Derwyn, 147, 148, 173–174, 197–198, 217

Robins, Tex, 191

Robinson, Russell, 134, 150–151, 162

Rohr, Louis, 186–187

Rollwage, Herbert, 193, 194

Romig, Eugene A., 170, 171, 262

Rommel, Erwin, 53, 57, 65

Roosevelt, Franklin (President)

AWPD42, 49–51, 81

Board of Economic Warfare, 45

Casablanca Conference, 65

Churchill and, 65, 85

collapse of Germany, 241

Enemy Objectives Units (EOU), 42

going to war, 24, 25–26

Quadrant Conference, 125

Trident Conference, 85

turning point, grasping for, 128

Roosevelt, Theodore, 82

Root, Elihu, Jr., 82, 199, 202

Rosenthal, Robert “Rosie,” 116

Rostow, Walt Whitman

Big Week, 155, 169, 175, 213, 226

Black Week, 123–124

Enemy Objectives Units (EOU), 40, 42, 47–48, 274

learning curve, 49

Operation Overlord, 232, 234, 235, 236–237, 239

Operation Pointblank, 83, 85–86

post-WWII, 272

substance vs. promise, 67–68

turning point, grasping for, 131

Rotherhithe’s Revenge (bomber), 206, 214

Royal Air Force (RAF), xiv. See also Harris, Arthur Travers “Bomber”; Leigh-Mallory, Sir Trafford; Portal, Sir Charles “Peter”; specific Operations

air power, history of, 12

air war, 19

air war preparation, 22

area (“carpet”) bombing, 35–36, 67

Big Week, 148, 149, 155, 177–178, 188, 198, 217, 226, 229

Black Week, 111

casualties, 19, 128, 229

civilians killed by, 89, 102

collapse of Germany, 239

defining the mission, 74, 77, 79

Eighth Air Force vs., 32, 33, 54–55, 66–67, 77, 79, 102

Enemy Objectives Units (EOU), 42, 43

going to war, 28, 32, 35, 36

H2S radar, 106, 111

large scale bombing stopped by, 258

learning curve, 50, 54–55, 56

night missions, 35, 36, 50, 51, 54, 64, 66, 67, 70, 89, 127, 140

substance vs. promise, 64–65, 66–67

Royal Flush, 116

rubber industry targets, 84, 85, 87–88

Runyan, Timothy, 57

Russia. See Soviet Union

Ryan, Cornelius, 237–238

Saint, The (bomber), 223

Sandman, George, 206

Sans, Charlie, 174

Savage Sky (Webster), 205

Scharnhorst (German battlecruiser), 7

Schroer, Werner, 104–105, 224–225

Schweinfurt, 94, 95, 96, 97, 101–102, 116–122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 132, 140, 148, 149, 178, 185, 188, 189, 193, 199, 204–207, 208, 212, 213, 214–216, 216–217, 218, 219, 227, 229, 231

Screaming Eagle (Smith), 158

Second World War. See World War II

Sellers, Thomas, 214

Selznick, David O., 144

Sextant Conference, 128

Shackley, George, 205–206, 214–215

Shades of Kimbolton (Robb), 147

Shattuck, Jack, 190, 192

Shayler, Walter, 179

Shenandoah (Navy dirigible), 14

Sherman, William Tecumseh, xv

Shields, Doyle, 221

Shields, John, 116

shipyard targets, 73–74, 75, 85, 86–87, 90, 111, 113

Sicily, 63, 65, 129

Sikorsky, Igor, 11, 12

Silver Star, 224

Simpson, Max, 202

Simpson, William Hood, 246

Sinclair, Archibald, 64

single-engine aircraft, 21

Sky Wolfe (bomber), 167

slave labor used by Germany, 268–269

Slessor, John, 64–65

Smith, Alver, 182–183

Smith, Dale O., 158, 159–160, 168

Smith, Reginald, 157

Snetterton Falcons (Doherty and Ward), 183, 223–224

Sokolski, Henry, 130

Souza, John Philip, 6

Soviet Union, 12, 16, 17, 27–28, 30, 105, 256, 257

Sowell, Thomas, 134, 150–151, 163, 262

Spaatz, Carl “Tooey,” xviii

air war preparation, 23

Big Week, 174, 175, 176, 177, 184, 214, 226, 233

collapse of Germany, 236–237, 246, 249, 250, 253, 254, 258

Enemy Objectives Units (EOU), 39, 43–44, 45, 46

going deep at all costs, 97, 103

going to war, 25, 28, 31, 32–33, 36

learning curve, 53–54, 54–55, 56, 58, 62, 63

Operation Argument, 137, 138, 140, 142, 143, 144–145, 146, 183, 188

Operation Overlord, 233, 236, 237, 239

Operation Torch, 53–54, 56

post-WWII, 264–265, 268

Speer, Albert

anti-friction bearings, 101–102, 116–117, 120–121, 122–123

Battle of Berlin, 131, 132

Big Week, 227, 228

collapse of Germany, 240–241, 242, 258

Committee of Operations Analysts (COA) vs., 82

Hamburg attacks, 89, 90

jet fighters sabotaged by Hitler, 252–253

Nürnberg Trials, 270

Operation Pointblank, 92–93

Strategic Bombing Survey (US), 269–270

war machine, 69–70

Sperry ball turrets, 37, 134, 152

Spitfires, 61, 155

Stagg, James Martin, 268

Staiger, Hermann, 212, 221

Stalin, Joseph, 17

Stansky, Peter, 206

“Stars and Stripes Forever,” 6

Steinhoff, Johannes, 256

Stimson, Henry L., 37, 41, 49, 96, 114, 122

Stirlings, 22, 35

Storm Chasers (Cox), 145

Strategic Air Offensive Against Germany, 1939–1945, The, 89

strategic airpower, xvi, xvii, xviii, 11–14. See also Big Week; Combined Bomber Offensive (CBO); Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS); Royal Air Force (RAF); US Army Air Forces (USAAF); World War II

airpower, history of, 9–14

daylight bombing, 35, 36–37, 50, 51–52, 53, 55–56, 64, 68, 70, 114, 255, 259

going to war, 28, 29

intercontinental ballistic missiles, 265

jet bombers, 265

jet fighters, 252–253, 256–257

learning curve, 49–63

Mitchell and, xvii–xviii, xix, 13–14, 15, 20, 21, 28, 259, 260

Norden bombsights, 37, 66, 119, 164, 209

substance vs. promise, 64–72

success of, 259–260

tactical air warfare and, 11, 19, 138, 258

Strategic Bombing Survey (US), 69–70, 84, 88, 121, 127, 175, 199, 215–216, 228, 229, 241, 242–243, 244, 245, 254, 255, 258, 269–270

Stratemeyer, George, 54

Streit, Herschel, 186, 187, 190–191, 206, 264

substance vs. promise, 64–72

Sunrise Serenade (Penry), 151

Sun-tzu, 72

Superfortresses (B-29s), 32, 43, 265, 266

Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF), 136–137, 233, 235, 237, 272

tactical air warfare and strategic airpower, 11, 19, 138, 258

“Tail-end Charlie,” 153, 160, 199, 201

targets. See also specific industry targets

hierarchy, CCS, 68, 78, 81, 83, 85, 86, 94, 113, 128–129

selection principles, 67–68

Tasker, Ken, 217

Tedder, Sir Arthur, 62, 97, 137, 233–237, 240, 267

Ten Horsepower (bomber), 153, 154, 160–161, 162–163, 164, 165, 166, 169–170, 171, 172, 173, 223, 262, 264

Terrill, Robert (Colonel), 216

They Came from Over the Pond (Osborne), 159

Third Reich, 16. See also Germany

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (film), 265

Thixton, Marshall, 151–152

Thunderbolts (P-47s), 62, 77–78, 79, 86, 92, 117, 118, 124, 133, 141, 155, 182, 184, 189, 190, 195, 217, 218–219, 230–231, 261

Timberlake, Edward J., 182

Todt, Fritz, 69

Treaty of Versailles, 15–16, 178

Trident Conference, 85

Truemper, Walter Edward “Wally,” xviii, 134, 149, 154, 161, 162, 169, 170, 171, 173, 175, 263

Truman, Harry (President), 270

turning point, grasping for, 125–135

20th Century Crusaders (Hawkins), 207

Twining, Nathan, 129, 146, 226, 239, 244

U-boats targets, 58, 59, 64, 66, 73, 75–76, 78, 80, 84–85, 106, 112, 113

United Kingdom, 21, 33, 89. See also Britain

United States of America. See also Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS); Eisenhower, Dwight David; Enemy Objectives Units (EOU); Roosevelt, Franklin (President); World War II

aircraft production, 33–34, 34–35, 38, 50, 55, 76, 77, 108, 109, 132, 241, 244

airpower, history of, 13–14

air war preparation, 20–21, 24

“Greatest Generation,” 1–2, 40, 273–274

Lend-Lease Act, 26, 31, 38

marksmanship reverence in, 37

morale-boosting, 29, 30–31, 57, 232

Pearl Harbor, 24, 25, 29, 133

World War I, 12–13, 42, 46

United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe (USSAFE, later USSTAF), 137, 138, 188, 218, 220, 229, 233, 234, 235, 237, 239, 240, 243, 254, 255, 257, 264, 269

Upton, John T., 194

US Army, 23, 41, 42, 130

US Army Air Forces (USAAF), xv, xvii. See also Arnold, Henry Harley “Hap”; Big Week; casualties; Doolittle, James Harold “Jimmy”; Eighth Air Force; Fifteenth Air Force; fighter escorts (“little friends”); Flying Fortresses; Kuter, Laurence Sherman; LeMay, Curtis Emerson; Liberators; Ninth Air Force; Spaatz, Carl “Tooey”; specific Operations

air war preparation, xiii–xiv, xvi, 20–24

daylight bombing, 35, 36–37, 50, 51–52, 53, 55–56, 64, 68, 70, 114, 255, 259

downsizing, 272

formation of, 41

going deep at all costs, 107–108, 109

going to war, 29, 30, 32

gunners, 134, 150–151, 152

Halverson Project (HALPRO), 30, 45

Memphis Belle, The: A Story of a Flying Fortress (documentary), 80

numbered air forces in, 31–32

pilots, 134

POWs, 116, 123, 157, 183, 193, 196, 223, 224, 258

US Military Academy, West Point, xv, 6, 21, 23, 71, 98

US Navy, 13–14, 20, 23, 37, 41, 50, 143

USS Akron, 143

Vandenberg, Hoyt, xviii, 23–24, 246, 249, 250

Varva, Frank, 220

VE-Day, 44, 259, 267

Vereinigte Kugellagerfabriken (VKF), 94, 101, 188, 215, 220, 231–232

“V Weapons,” German, 105–106

Waging Economic Warfare from London (Rostow), 47–48

Wagner, Emmy Baroness von, 178–179

Walker, James, 193, 199, 200

Walters, John, 223

Ward, Geoffrey, 183, 223–224

War Diary (OSS), 85–86, 232

Weather by the Numbers (Harper), 144

weather impact on

Big Week, 147, 148, 158–159, 177, 179, 181, 183, 184, 185, 187, 189, 192, 198, 204, 207, 213, 214, 215, 218, 225

Eighth Air Force, 59, 66, 73, 76, 99, 100, 101, 103, 104, 106, 118, 124, 126, 129, 141–142, 143–145, 231

Operation Overlord, 267–268

Webster, Charles, 89

Webster, George, 205, 207–208, 212, 217

Wells, Edward Curtis, 21

Werrell, Kenneth, 194

Who Fears? (Werrell), 194

Wiener Neustadt, 93, 95, 97, 98, 99, 129, 130

Williams, Richard, 21–22

Williams, Robert B., 99, 100, 101

Williamson, Charles Glendon “Glen”

Big Week, 174, 194, 195, 208, 219–220, 230

defining the mission, 73

Operation Argument, 145, 146

substance vs. promise, 71–72

Wilson, Henry Maitland (General), 137, 146

Winant, John Gilbert, 46, 47

Winged Victory (Mitchell), xvii

Winn (Lieutenant), 167

World War I (First World War), xvii, 6, 10, 11, 12–13, 15–16, 18, 36, 42, 46, 61, 130, 186

World War II (Second World War). See also Big Week; Britain; Germany; strategic airpower; United States of America; specific battles, Operations, Theaters of Operation

air war, 15–19

Christmas end anticipated, 240, 246, 251

going to war, 25–28

VE-Day, 44, 259, 267

Wright, Lee, 166–168

Wyler, William, 80, 81

Yalta Conference, 267

Zuckerman, Solomon “Solly,” 233–236, 240, 267

Zukowski, Claude, 223