The U.S. Air Service in World War I
Subtitle: Volume 2, Early Concepts Of Military Aviation
Publisher: Maxwell AFB, Ala. : Albert F. Simpson Historical Research Center; Washington : Office of Air Force History, Headquarters USAF
Published: 1978
Place of publication: Washington, D.C., USA
Language: eng
Description: Volume 2 of 4.
GPO Stock Number 088-070-00362-7
Table of contents: title: Contents; title: Part I The Aviation Section, 1914-1917 1; title: 1 . Aeronautics in the Army 3; title: 2. Four-Squadron Plan 19; title: 3. Creation of the Aviation Section, Signal Corps, 1 8 July 1914 21; title: 4. Field Service Regulations, 1914 23; title: 5. Funds for Aeronautics (Fiscal Year 1916), December 1914 27; title: 6. Scriven: The Service of Information, 1915 33; title: 7. Scriven: Annual Report, 1915 37; title: 8. War College Division: A Proper Military Policy, 1915 . . 41; title: 9. To Increase the Efficiency of the Military Establishment, 1916 55; title: 10. Preparedness for National Defense, 1916 59; title: 11. National Defense Act of 1916 65; title: 12. Funds for Fiscal Year 1917, April 1916 67; title: 13. Foulois: The 1st Aero Squadron in Mexico, 1916 75; title: 14. Scriven: Annual Report, 1916 89; title: 15. Funds for Fiscal Year 1918, January 1917 91; title: Part II Air Service Plans and Programs, April 191 7-February 1918 103; title: 16. 12,000-Plane Program, 29 May 1917 105; title: 17. Mitchell: Air Policy, 13 June 1917 107; title: 18. Mitchell: Aeronautical Organization, 13 June 1917 111; title: 19. Dodd: Aviation Work, 18 June 1917 113; title: 20. Churchill: Liaison with Artillery, 21 June 1917 115; title: 21. Churchill: Air Superiority, 21 June 1917 117; title: 22. Parker: The Role of Aviation, 2 July 1917 119; title: 23. Board of Officers: Recommendations, 4 July 1917 — 123; title: 24. Duties of the Chief of Air Service, 5 July 1917 125; title: 25. 59-Squadron Plan, 10 July 1917 127; title: 26. Boiling: Report, 15 August 1917 131; title: 27. 260-Squadron Plan, 18 September 1917 135; title: 28. Command in the Zone of Advance, 10 October 1917 . 139; title: 29. Gorrell: Strategical Bombardment, 28 November 1917 141; title: 30. Foulois: Recommendations for Air Service, 1 December 1917 159; title: 31. Foulois: Report on Air Service Problems, 23 December 1917 161; title: 32. Command of the Air Service, AEF, 24 December 1917 165; title: 33. 100-Squadron Schedule, 1 January 1918 167; title: 34. 120-Squadron Schedule, 6 February 1918 171; title: Part III Combat, February-November 1918 173; title: 35. Mitchell: General Principles, 30 April 1918 175; title: 36. Artillery Adjustment, May 1918 177; title: 37. Command of the Air Service, AEF, 29 May 1918 187; title: 38. No Independent Air Operations, 29 May 1918 191; title: 39. Restatement of the 260-Squadron Plan, 5 June 1918 195; title: 40. Infantry Liaison, 15 June 1918 199; title: 41. Infantry Liaison in I Corps, June 1918 205; title: 42. The Role of Pursuit, June 1918 213; title: 43. 358 Squadrons, July 1918 219; title: 44. Liaison— A Costly Business, 4 August 1918 223; title: 45. Command of the Air Service, First Army, 6 August 1918 225; title: 46. 202 Squadrons, 16 August 1918 227; title: 47. Plans for the Initial Phase of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, September 1918 231; title: 48. Battle Orders, Air Service, First Army, September-November 1 91 8 247; title: 49. Objectives of Day Bombardment, November 1918 ... . 251; title: 50. Area vs Precision Bombing, November 1918 253; title: 51. Observation Balloons, November 1918 255; title: 52. A Combat Service, 1 1 November 1918 263 Part IV Postwar Review 265; title: 53. Mitchell: Provisional Manual of Operations, 23 December 1918 267; title: 54. Notes on the Characteristics, Limitations, and Employment of the Air Service, 1919 303; title: 55. Sherman: Tentative Manual for the Employment of Air Service, 1919 313; title: Appendices 411; title: A. Funds for Military Aviation, 1909-1918 411; title: B. Squadron Plans and Programs, 1917-1918 412; title: Index 413; title: List of Illustrations; title: Early U.S. military aviators 2; title: Congressman James Hay 5; title: Capt. Paul W. Beck 8; title: Lt. Myron S. Crissy and Phillip O. Parmalee with bomb dropping device 9; title: Charles F. Willard, Curtiss pilot, and Maj. Jacob E. Fickel who fired a rifle from the aircraft 10; title: Capt. Charles D. Chandler who fired the first machine gun from an aircraft in flight piloted by Lt. Roy C. Kirtland 10; title: First serviceman to fly — Lt. Lahm (art by Richard Green) .... 17; title: 1st Aero Squadron, Texas City, Texas, 1913 18; title: Lts. Thomas D. Milling and William C. Sherman who broke the U.S. duration and distance record 22; title: Burgess-Dunne airplane used by the Army in 1915 26; title: Brig. Gen. George P. Scriven 32; title: Signal Corps Burgess-Wright seaplane at Corregidor Island 36; title: A captive balloon inflated at Ft. Myer, Virginia, summer of 1908 40; title: Wright Model D Scout purchased by the Signal Corps in 1913 42; title: A Caquot or "sausage" balloon 44; title: Signal Corps dirigible Baldwin Airship #7 46; title: Military Aviator Certificate 52; title: Martin TT training plane 54; title: Formation of JN-3 aircraft 56; title: Senator George E. Chamberlain 58; title: Officers of the U.S. Signal Corps Aviation School, San Diego 60-61; title: Lt. Col. Samuel Reber 62; title: President Woodrow Wilson 64; title: Pancho Villa 66; title: Early Wright brothers planes 70; title: Pioneer student pilots 71; title: Aircraft #43 landing in Mexico during the Punitive Expedition 73; title: Brig. Gen. John J. Pershing and Maj. John J. Ryan in Mexico 74; title: Officers of the 1st Aero Squadron, San Antonio, Texas 76; title: JN-2 Aeroplane #44 (converted to JN-3) 78; title: Lt. Herbert A. Dargue posing by his aircraft, 7 April 1916 — 82; title: Lts. Herbert A. Dargue and Edgar S. Gorrell in Mexico, 1916 85; title: Lt. Dargue, Capt. Foulois, and Lt. Gorrell 87; title: Lt. Col. George O. Squier 94; title: Gen. Pershing with his World War I staff 103; title: French women assembling American-made planes in France 104; title: Brig. Gen. Edgar Russel 106; title: Maj. Gen. Sir Hugh Montague Trenchard 109; title: "Billy Mitchell" 110; title: Maj. Townsend F. Dodd 112; title: Maj. Marlborough Churchill 116; title: Maj. Frank Parker 118; title: Observation balloon 121; title: Capt. Joseph E. Carberry 122; title: Chaumont France, site of Pershing's Headquarters, AEF (sketch by J. Andre Smith) 124; title: Maj. Raynal C. Boiling 130; title: Brig. Gen. William L. Kenly 138; title: Gen. Sir D. Henderson decorates Col. Edgar S. Gorrell 140; title: German Gotha bomber 142; title: British Handley-Page bomber 144; title: Assembly of a Handley-Page bomber 157; title: Brig. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois 160; title: Maj. Gen. Hunter Liggett 164; title: Maj. Gen. James G. Harbord 166; title: Park Squadrons assembling and repairing aircraft 168; title: "Billy Mitchell" (art by Linda Mikkelson) 174; title: Lts. Follett Bradley and Henry H. ("Hap") Arnold seated in aircraft (above); Lts. Arnold and Joseph O. Mauborgne (below) 176; title: Glenn L Martin #50 airplane equipped with radio sending and receiving sets 178-179; title: Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick 186; title: Liberty engine plant 197; title: Infantrymen firing Very pistols to communicate with aviators 198; title: Ground panels laid out to signal aviators in flight 204; title: Maj. Davenport Johnson 212; title: Generals Ferdinand Foch and John J. Pershing 218; title: Brig. Gen. Malin Craig 222; title: Brig. Gen. "Billy" Mitchell 224; title: Maj. Gen. Fox Conner 226; title: Maj. Gen. James W. McAndrew 229; title: Lt. Col. Bert M. Atkinson 230; title: Col. Robert McCleave 233; title: Col. Joseph C. Morrow; Maj. William K. Thaw and; title: Lt. Col. Ralph Royce 236; title: Lt. Col. Lewis H. Brereton 237; title: A loaded bomber awaiting takeoff 238; title: Lt. Col. Frank P. Lahm 240; title: Commandant Villome, French Air Force 243; title: Col. Milling, Gen. Mitchell, and Maj. Paul Armengaud 246; title: Aerial view of Conflans 250; title: Brequets in formation 252; title: Col. Charles DeF. Chandler 254; title: Telephone to a balloon 261; title: Maj. Harold E. Hartney; Maj. James L. Dunsworth and 1st Lt. N. McDonald 262; title: Four different types and sizes of bombs used in raids 276; title: Signal Corps radio truck used to receive and transmit messages 293; title: Panel markers for communication with airplanes 299; title: Brig. Gen. Mitchell and his staff 302; title: Lt. Col. William C. Sherman and Lts. V. F. Ludden and C. G. Sellers 312; title: An open-air P.C 339; title: Observer watching infantry movements below 344; title: "Take-off" in formation 357; title: Another method of forming 358; title: Method of forming fives or multiples; Right angle or crossover turn 359; title: Taylor stunt 360; title: English vol de group 361; title: Camouflage attack 362; title: Lufbery show 364; title: Attack on two-seater by formation of pursuit planes 365; title: Method of assembling chain formations; Scouring patrol 366; title: Pursuit chain of formation 367; title: Strafing a machine-gun battery 369; title: U.S. airplane attacks captive balloon 374-75; title: Daylight balloon attack 376; title: Day bombardment operation of one wing 395-96; title: Day bombardment operation of one group 397; title: Chart showing functions of different branches of Air Service 398; title: An observer and pilot demonstrate steering the pilot to the objective by reins 398; title: Germans fire a captured French AA gun against Allied balloons 408-9; title: DH-4 (art by Masami DaiJogo) 410