An edition of The Army Air Forces in World War II. Vol. 7: Services around the world
(1983)
The Army Air Forces in World War II. Vol. 7 : Services around the world
by Wesley Frank Craven
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Table of Contents
CONTENTS
I. AIR TRANSPORT
John D. Carter, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force
Frank H. Heck, Centre College of Kentucky
1. The Air Transport Command 3
John D. Carter
2. Airway to the Middle East 46
John D. Carter
3. North Africa and the Mediterranean 63
John D. Carter
4. The North Atlantic Route 92
Frank H. Heck
5. Airline to China 1 14
Frank H. Heck
6. The Northwest Air Route to Alaska 152
Frank H. Heck
7. Across the Pacific 173
Frank H. Heck
8. Traffic Homeward Bound 205
Frank H. Heck
II. AVIATION ENGINEERS
John E. Fagg, New York University
9. The Aviation Engineers in Africa and Europe 239
10. Aviation Engineers in the War with Japan 276
xlv
THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II
III. WEATHER AND COMMUNICATIONS
Jonas A. Jonasson, Linfield College
11 . The AAF Weather Service 311
12. The Army Airways Communications System 339
IV. MEDICINE, MORALE, AND AIR-SEA RESCUE
Dr. George V. LeRoy, University of Chicago
Martin R. R. Goldman
Jonas A. Jonasson, Linfield College
13. The Medical Service of the AAF 365
Dr. George V. LeRoy
14. Morale 431
Martin R. R. Goldman
15. Air-Sea Rescue 477
Jonas A. Jonasson
V. WOMEN IN THE AAF
Kathleen Williams Boom, University of Tennessee Extension Division, Memphis Center
16. Women in the AAF 503
VI. REDEPLOYMENT AND DEMOBILIZATION
Chauncey E. Sanders, USAF Historical Division
17. Redeployment and Demobilization 545
Notes 585
Glossary 641
Index 647
xlvi
LIST OF MAPS
The South Atlantic Route 228
African Air Routes 229
North Atlantic Air Routes 230
China-Burma- India Airway 231
Air Route to Alaska 232
South Pacific Airways 233
Southwest Pacific Airways 234
Central Pacific Airways 235
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FACING
ATC Training Program 28
Radio Mechanics
Engine Mechanics
ATC Aircraft Types 28
Douglas C-47
Curtiss C-46
Consolidated C-87
Douglas C-54
ATC Planes at Iceland Base 28
ATC on the Ramp 1 24
Production-Line Maintenance, Tezgaon, India
Refueling, China Base
Loading C-46's in India 124
By Native Labor
By ATC G.I.'s
The Hump Route 124
Take-off from Assam
Nearing Kunming
Transportation in China 124
Aviation Engineer (Airborne) with Light Equipment, BROADWAY, Burma 284
Aviation Engineers on Middleburg Island 284
Clearing the Strip
Laying Steel Mat
Digging Coral for Base
Finished Strip, Thirteen Days Later
xlviii
FACING
Native Help for the Aviation Engineers 284
Assam
India
Heavy Equipment 284
Guam
Iceland
Replacing Steel Mat with Concrete, Greenland 284
Building B-29 Base at Isley Field, Saipan 284
Building Runways in India 284
Aviation Engineer Style
Native Style
Guarding Aviation Engineers from Japanese Snipers, Guam 284
Inflating Weather Balloon, Keflavik, Iceland 316
Marianas Islands 316
Launching Weather Balloon
Reading Meteorological Instruments
Theodolite Operator, Greenland Base 316
AACS, Anguar Island: Radio Station and Homing Beacon 348
AACS, Anguar Island: Transcribing Radio Messages 348
AACS, Anguar Island: Control Board 348
AACS Control Tower, Myitkyina, Burma 348
Flight Nurses Arriving in China 412
Air Evacuation from China 412
Hand Loading on C-46
Hoist Loading on C-54
Air Evacuation 412
Stopover at Iceland
Lashing Down on C-87, China
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THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II
FACING
Administering Blood Plasma 412
Mail Call, Bassingbourne, England 444
Dancing 444
G.I. Style, Fighter Base, England
Kanaka Style, B-29 Base, Saipan
AAF Entertainers 444
On Tour of Pacific Bases
At Thirteenth Air Force Base
Voting Service, Seventh Air Force 444
Celebrities: At Nam Lip, Burma 444
Celebrities: At Bomber Base in England 444
Celebrities: At Air Depot in England 444
Celebrities: At Air Base in Lancashire, England 444
Athletics, Eighth Air Force Base, England 444
Easter Sunrise Service, Thirteenth Air Force 444
Jewish Service, Thirteenth Air Force 444
Enlisted Men's Clubs in India 444
At ATC Base
At Air Depot, Panagarh
Air-Sea Rescue 476
Fifth Air Force B-24 Spotting Survivors
Thirteenth Air Force Catalina Taxiing In for a Pick-up
Rescue of General Twining and Crew in Coral Sea 476
Approach of Rafts to Navy PBY
Rescuer Swimming Out with Line
Coming Ashore
Safe after Six Days on a Raft
Catalina Pick-ups 476
By Thirteenth Air Force
By Fifth Air Force
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FACING
Am Wacs with Eighth Air Force in England: SwitchboardOperator 508
Air Wacs with Eighth Air Force in England 508
Teletype Operators
In Mobile Control Unit Truck
Stenographer
Am Wacs with Eighth Air Force in England: Bakeress T/5 508
Air Wac: Welder for ATC in India 540
Am Wacs in CBI 540
Over the Hump to China
Arriving at Chungking
Air Wacs in CBI: Reception at Chungking 540
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