Carl A. Spaatz and the air war in Europe
Publisher: Center for Air Force History : For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S.G.P.O.
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Washington, D.C., USA
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: Contents; title: Foreword v; title: Introduction vii; title: Acknowledgments xi; title: Part One. Carrying the Flame From West Point to London 1891-1942; title: 1. SPAATZ'S EARLY CAREER (1891-1938) 3; title: Organization and Doctrine of the Prewar Air Corps; title: Spaatz' s Association with Arnold and Eaker; title: 2. PREWAR PLANNING (January 1939-November 1941) 37; title: Rearmament of the Air Corps; title: Spaatz Observes the Battle of Britain Firsthand; title: Spaatz and Prewar Strategic Planning; title: 3. SPAATZ COMMANDS THE EIGHTH AIR FORCE (December 1941-November 1942) 67; title: Establishing the Autonomy of the Eighth Air Force; title: Early Operations; title: Spaatz' s Command Style; title: The Eighth Air Force and the North African Invasion Part Two. Tempering the Blade; title: The North African Campaign November 8, 1942-May 14, 1943; title: 4. THE RACE FOR TUNISIA (November 1942-January 1943) 123; title: Initial Invasion Operations; title: U.S. Air Support Doctrine Before Operation Torch; title: Operations in November-December 1942; title: 5. FAILURE AND REORGANIZATION (January-March 1943) 155; title: The Casablanca Conference; title: Operations, Personalities, and Teamwork; title: Reorganization and the Kasserine Pass; title: 6. THE COLLAPSE OF THE AXIS BRIDGEHEAD (February-May 1943) 185; title: The Air War Against Axis Supply Lines; title: Heavy-Bombardment Aviation in Tunisia; title: Ground Operations and Air Support; title: Spaatz and Changes in AAF Air Support Doctrine; title: Part Three. Mediterranean Interlude; title: From Pantelleria to London; title: May-December 1943; title: 7. PANTELLERIA AND SICILY (May-August 1943) 225; title: Pantelleria; title: Preinvasion Planning and Air Preparations for Sicily; title: Air Power and the Invasion of Sicily; title: 8. SALERNO AND LONDON (July-December 1943) 255; title: The Invasion of Italy; title: The Mediterranean Theater and Strategic Bombing; title: Part Four. The Point of the Blade; title: Strategic Bombing and the Cross-Channel Invasion January- June 1944; title: 9. THE LUFTWAFFE ENGAGED (January-February 1944) 287; title: Initial Operations; title: Leigh-Mallory and the AEAF; title: "Big Week"; title: The Transportation Plan and Air Command Arrangements; title: 10. THE LUFTWAFFE DEFEATED (March-April 1944) 341; title: Air Command Arrangements for OVERLORD Are Settled; title: The Dispute over Strategic Targeting; title: Operations; title: Morale Problems; title: The Oil Plan Is Salvaged; title: 11. FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR THE INVASION (May-June 1944) 395; title: The Oil Plan Is Implemented; title: Churchill Delays the Transportation Plan; title: Preinvasion Operations; title: Part Five. The Mortal Blow From Normandy to Berlin June 6, 1944-May 9, 1945; title: 12. SUMMER 1944: Crossbow, Thunderclap, AND STRATEGIC BOMBING (June-September 1944) 423; title: Initial Operations; title: Operation Crossbow; title: Reprisal Bombing and Thunderclap; title: Strategic Bombing in the Summer of 1944; title: Problems of the American Strategic Air Forces; title: 13. SUMMER 1944: HEAVY BOMBERS IN CLOSE AIR SUPPORT (July-August 1944) 453; title: Initial Attempts at Ground Support; title: Operation Cobra; title: Later Missions in Support of Ground Operations; title: 14. STALEMATE ON THE GERMAN FRONTIER (September 11-December 15, 1944) 483; title: The Removal of the Strategic Air Forces from SHAEF's Control; title: Strategic Target Selection in the Autumn of 1944; title: Operations; title: The Resurgence of the Luftwaffe; title: Arnold and the Public Image of the AAF; title: Conclusions; title: 15. VICTORY (December 16, 1944-May 9, 1945 531; title: The Battle of the Bulge; title: Thunderclap and Dresden; title: U.S. Bombing Policy during the Winter of 1944-1945; title: Operations to the End of the War; title: 16. AN ASSESSMENT 587; title: Statistical Appendices 599; title: Notes 675; title: Glossary 735; title: Bibliography 741; title: Index 759; title: Maps; title: 1. Defenses of England and Wales, August 1940 50; title: 2. Eighth Air Force Installations, August 1942 84; title: 3. Operation Torch Area 120; title: 4. Allied and Axis Airfields on the Northern Tunisian Front 129; title: 5. Eastern Algeria and Northern Tunisia 138; title: 6. Central and Southern Tunisia 166; title: 7. Pantelleria 226; title: 8. Greater German Air Industry Targets 320; title: 9. Escort Ranges for the P-47 362; title: 10. Escort Ranges for the P-38 and P-51 363; title: 11 . Greater German Synthetic Oil Plants 397; title: 12. Normandy Transport Network 407; title: 13. Operation Crossbow Network 427; title: 14. Operation Cobra Area, Night of July 24-25, 1944 473; title: 15. Front Lines, 1944-1945 502; title: 16. Greater German Transport Network 509; title: Tables; title: 1. Distribution of Regular Army Rank, 1922-1941 11; title: 2. Age and Rank of the U.S. Army Officer Corps, 1931 13; title: 3. Flight Accident Statistics, 1921-1938 15; title: 4. Eighth and Ninth Air Force Fighter Escort Missions, 1944 364; title: 5. The Relationship between H2X Bombing Accuracy and Cloud Cover 505; title: 6. USSTAF Bomber Losses by Quarter, 1944-1945 527; title: Charts; title: 1. Allied Chain of Command, January 6, 1943 169; title: 2. Allied Chain of Command, January 30, 1943 175; title: 3. Organization of Allied Air Power, February 18, 1943 179; title: 4. U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe, May 1944 291; title: 5. Chain of Command, Allied Expeditionary Force, February 13, 1944 308; title: 6. Chain of Command, Allied Expeditionary Force, April 7, 1944 342; title: 7. System of Control of Strategic Air Force 491; title: 8. Total German Synthetic Fuel Production, 1940-1945 506; title: Photographs; title: General Carl A. Spaatz, 1945 frontispiece; title: Flight Trainee, 2d Lt. Carl A. Spatz, 1916 2; title: Brig. Gen. William "Billy" Mitchell and Maj. Gen. Mason Patrick 9; title: Selfridge Field, Michigan, early 1930s 18; title: Brig. Gen. William Mitchell addressing his court-martial 21; title: Maj. Gen. James E. Fechet and the Question Mark's crew 25; title: The Question Mark flight, January 1929 26; title: Maj. Carl A. "Tooey" Spatz, ca. 1930 34; title: Lt. Col. Henry H. Arnold and actress Bebe Daniels 35; title: Maj. Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Chief, U.S. Army Air Corps 39; title: Air Chief Marshal Cyril Newall 43; title: Air Commodore John Slessor 46; title: Bomb damage to London, autumn 1940 49; title: John G. Winant, U.S. Ambassador to Britain 52; title: The Battle of Britain 54; title: Robert A. Lovett, Assistant Secretary of War for Air 58; title: Brig. Gen. Ira C. Eaker 73; title: Brig. Gen. Frank O'D. "Monk" Hunter 73; title: Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of War 76; title: General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army 77; title: Air Chief Marshal Sholto Douglas 87; title: Air Chief Marshal Charles A. Portal 91; title: Majj Gen. Carl A. Spaatz congratulating Maj. Charles C. Kegelman 92; title: Air Chief Marshal Arthur T. "Bomber" Harris 95; title: Lt. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Eighth Air Force commanders 99; title: The King and Queen of England 100; title: Maj. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz, 1942 102; title: Brig. Gen. James H. Doolittle 126; title: Lt. Gen. Kenneth A. N. Anderson 137; title: Air Commodore G. M. Law son 141; title: Air Chief Marshal Arthur W. Tedder 148; title: Air Vice-Marshal Arthur Coningham 149; title: Lt. Gen. Frank M. Andrews 156; title: Archibald Sinclair, British Secretary of State for Air 159; title: General Henry H. Arnold and Air Chief Marshal Charles A. Portal 164; title: Maj. Gen. Lloyd R. Fredendall 167; title: The new Allied leadership, February 1943 180; title: Air Marshal William L. Welsh 182; title: A light moment in North Africa 188; title: The end of two Axis supply ships off Bizerte, Tunisia 192; title: German Me 323 and Ju 52 aircraft 194; title: After an air raid on Castelvetrona, Sicily 197; title: A German Siebel ferry 197; title: Generals Spaatz and Patton and Colonel McDonald, Algeria 205; title: Maj. Gen. W. E. Clutterbuck 228; title: Rear Adm. R. R. McGrigor 228; title: Pantelleria, June 1943 237; title: Lt. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz at the 90th Photo Intelligence Wing 242; title: U.S. military leaders near the Fifth Army front, Italy 274; title: Maj. Gen. James H. Doolittle at Maison Blanche, Algeria 275; title: Air Chief Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory 284; title: Commanders, U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe 289; title: U.S. military leaders studying Ninth Air Force photos 289; title: Lt. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz on an inspection tour 292; title: Lt. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz meeting his daughter in England 292; title: Lt. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz and his command plane 293; title: Maj. Gen. Frederick L. Anderson 295; title: Maj. Gen. Earle E. Partridge 295; title: Brig. Gen. Curtis E. LeMay 296; title: Lt. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz and his executive officer, Capt. Sally Bagby 297; title: Eighth Air Force heavy bombers equipped with H2X radar 299; title: Maj. Gen. William E. Kepner 302; title: Early model P-47s over England 304; title: Filling the pipeline: Replacement B-17s, March 1944 305; title: Air Vice-Marshal Harry Broadhurst 311; title: Maj. Gen. Frederick L. Anderson conferring with meteorologists 318; title: Defenders of the Reich 324; title: Bomb damage to Fieseler aircraft plant, Kassel, Germany 331; title: An Avro Lancaster 335; title: Maj. Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg 354; title: Brig. Gen. Frederic H. Smith, Jr 354; title: Maj. Gen. Adolph Galland 363; title: Reich Marshal Hermann Goering 364; title: The 91st Bomb Group being briefed prior to a raid 368; title: The Eighth Air Force Unleashed 372; title: Eighth Air Force heavy bombers hitting the factory area of Berlin 375; title: Air Vice-Marshal Richard Peck 380; title: Morale visit to a Ninth Air Force medium bomber group 383; title: Morale visit marking a bomber group's 100th mission 384; title: Morale visit to the 381st Bomb Group 386; title: General Dwight D. Eisenhower in the cockpit of a B-26 391; title: The first oil raid, Bohlen, Germany, May 1944 , 399; title: Anthony Eden, British Foreign Secretary. 405; title: Winston Churchill and his War Cabinet 405; title: A "Chattanooga Choo-Choo" strafing sortie 412; title: Generals Spaatz and Arnold at Normandy beachhead 425; title: Winston Churchill at an antiaircraft gun line, England 429; title: Germans preparing to launch a V-l flying bomb 431; title: A German holding an antiaircraft range finder 441; title: Germans preparing to fire 88mm antiaircraft artillery 442; title: A synthetic oil refinery, Merseburg, Germany 444; title: Eighth Air Force ground crews servicing a P-38 447; title: Lt. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz at a crew replacement center, England 451; title: RAF Operations Room 456; title: General Dempsey and Air Commodore Boyle 459; title: Maj. Gen. Elwood R. "Pete" Quesada 466; title: Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery 468; title: Aftermath of Operation Cobra, St. Lo, France 475; title: Lt. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz at an Eighth Air Force B-24 base 477; title: Air Marshal James M. Robb 489; title: Air Vice-Marshal Norman H. Bottomley 493; title: The Reich Besieged 498; title: General Dwight D. Eisenhower and leading ground commanders 520; title: U.S. commanding generals, autumn, 1944 521; title: The Battle of the Bulge 534; title: Bomb damage to a rail yard near Cologne, Germany 539; title: Maj. Gen. Laurence S. Kuter 547; title: Fratricide over Berlin 554; title: Cities in Crisis 566; title: Ruin and Risk 576; title: Generals Spaatz and Doolittle with the 303d Bomb Group 578; title: War's End 583; title: Statistical Appendices; title: 1. Aviation Personnel Strength, 1912-1945 601; title: 2. Direct Cash and Direct Appropriations Expenditures, 1899-1946 603; title: 3. Combat Groups Overseas, 1941-1945 604; title: 4. Battle Casualties against Germany, 1941-1945 609; title: 5. Battle Casualties, ETO, 1941-1945 611; title: 6. Battle Casualties, MTO, 1941-1945 613; title: 7. Heavy Bomber and Day Fighter Crew Losses, 1943-1945 615; title: 8. Aircraft in Theaters against Germany, 1942-1945 618; title: 9. Aircraft, ETO, 1942-1945 622; title: 10. Aircraft, MTO, 1942-1945 626; title: 11. Aircraft Losses, 1941-1945 630; title: 12. Combat Sorties Flown, Europe, 1941-1945 635; title: 13. Combat Sorties Flown, ETO, 1942-1945 637; title: 14 Combat Sorties Flown, MTO, 1942-1945 639; title: 15. Fighter Sorties Flown against Germany, 1943-1945 641; title: 16. Bombs Dropped against Germany, 1943-1945 643; title: 17. Tons of Bombs Dropped, 1941-1945 645; title: 18. Tons of Bombs Dropped on German Targets, 1942-1945 646; title: 19. Tons of Bombs Dropped by Heavy Bombers on Germany 649; title: 20. Tons of Bombs Dropped, ETO, 1942-1945 651; title: 21. Tons of Bombs Dropped, MTO, 1942-1945 653; title: 22. Combat Losses by Theater, 1942-1945 655; title: 23. Combat Losses, ETO, 1942-1945 657; title: 24. Combat Losses, MTO, 1942-1945 659; title: 25. Enemy Aircraft Destroyed, 1942-1945 661; title: 26. Enemy Aircraft Destroyed, ETO, 1942-1945 663; title: 27. Enemy Aircraft Destroyed, MTO, 1942-1945 665; title: 28. Gasoline Consumption, ETO, 1942-1945 667; title: 29. Gasoline Consumption, MTO, 1942-1945 669; title: 30. Expenditures from Direct Appropriations, 1942-1945 671