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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
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
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-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
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