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Aerial operations, American, Generals, Military Aeronautics, United States. Air Force, Aeronautics, Military, Campaigns, American Aerial operations, World War, 1939-1945, United States, Biography, History, World war, 1939-1945, aerial operations, american, Generals, biography, World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, western front
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Carl Spaatz (1891-1974)
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Table of Contents

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

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