HyperWar: Army Air Forces in WWII: Vol. IV (original) (raw)

Contents

| | Forward | v | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --- | | | I. The Crisis in the South and Southwest Pacific Richard L. Watson, Duke University Kramer J. Rohfleisch, San Diego State College | | | | 1. | New Guinea and the Solomons | 3 | | | | Richard L. Watson, Duke University Kramer J. Rohfleisch, San Diego State College | | | 2. | The Battle for Guadalcanal | 37 | | | | Kramer J. Rohfleisch, San Diego State College | | | 3. | The Thirteenth Air Force | 61 | | | | Kramer J. Rohfleisch, San Diego State College | | | 4. | The Papuan Campaign | 92 | | | | Richard L. Watson, Duke University | | | 5. | Battle of the Bismarck Sea | 129 | | | | Richard L. Watson, Duke University | | | 6. | Huon Gulf and Peninsula | 163 | | | | Richard L. Watson, Duke University | | | | | | | | II. Target Rabaul Kramer J. Rohfleisch, San Diego State College James C. Olson, Nebraska State Historical Society Capt. Berhardt L. Mortensen, Air Force Historical Division | | | | | | | | 7. | The Central Solomons | 203 | | | | Kramer J. Rohfleisch, San Diego State College | | | 8. | Bougainville | 245 | | | | Kramer J. Rohfleisch, San DIego State College | | | 9. | The Gilberts and Marshalls | 281 | | | | James C. Olson, Nebraska State Historical Society | | | 10. | Rabaul and Cape Gloucester | 311 | | | | Capt. Bernhardt L. Mortensen, Air Force Historical Division | | | | | | | | III. The North Pacific Harry L. Coles, Ohio State University | | | | | | | | 11. | The Aleutians Campaign | 359 | | | | | | | IV. China-Burma-India Herbert Weaver, Vanderbilt University Lee Bowen, Air Force Historical Division | | | | | | | | 12. | The Tenth Air Force | 405 | | | | Herbert Weaver, Vanderbilt University | | | 13. | Problems of Command | 435 | | | | Herbert Weaver, Vanderbilt University Lee Bowen, Air Force Historical Division | | | 14. | The Pattern of India-Burma Operations, 1943 | 460 | | | | Herbert Weaver, Vanderbilt University | | | 15. | Allied Offensive in Burma | 494 | | | | Lee Bowen, Air Force Historical Division | | | 16. | Fourteenth Air Force Operations, January 1943-June 1944 | 518 | | | | Herbert Weaver, Vanderbilt University | | | | | | | | V. Pacific Junction Frank Futrell, Air Force Historical Division Capt. Bernhardt L. Mortensen, Air Force Historical Division James C. Olson, Nebraska State Historical Society | | | | | | | | 17. | The Admiralties | 549 | | | | Capt. Bernhardt L. Mortensen, Air Force Historical Division Frank Futrell, Air Force Historical Division | | | 18. | Hollandia | 575 | | | | Frank Futrell, Air Force Historical Division | | | 19. | Final Victory in New Guinea | 615 | | | | Frank Futrell, Air Force Historical Division | | | 20. | The Marianas | 671 | | | | James C. Olson, Nebraska State Historical Society Capt. Bernhardt L. Mortensen, Air Force Historical Division | | | | | | | Notes (Footnotes are included/hyperlinked with each chapter.) | | | | Glossary | | | | Index | 793 | |

List of Maps and Charts

Pacific Theaters Frontispiece
New Guinea and the Solomons 5
Island Chains of the South Pacific 12
Solomon Islands 39
Northwest Corner of Guadalcanal 54
Papuan Peninsula 95
Buna Area 109
Principal American Air Bases, November 1942 115
Huon Gulf Area 175
Central Solomons 205
Guadalcanal Airfields 216
Enemy Defenses, Munda Field 230
Bougainville 247
Gilbert and Marshall Islands 285
Rabaul and Gazelle Peninsula 313
New Britain 315
Alaska and the Aleutian Islands 362
North Pacific Ocean 393
Allied and Japanese Main Lines of Communication, 1942-1943 408
India-Burma Sector 462
Railway Transportation in Burma 470
Burma Operations, November 1943-May 1944 496
CBI Battle Area, November 1943-May 1944 533
Admiralty Islands 556
Eastern Manus and Los Negros Island 560
Hollandia Strikes, 30 March-16 April 1944 593
Japanese and Allied Airfields, April 1944 600
Aitape Area 606
Wakde-Sarmi Area 618
Wakde Islands 627
Schouten Islands 633
Noemfoor Island 653
The Sansapoor Area 662
Pacific Battle Area, Spring 1944 673

List of Illustrations

Facing
The Prize of Guadalcanal 62
Japanese Airstrip, Lunga Point, 7 August 1942
Henderson Field, August 1944
Port Moresby 62
The Harbor
Wards (8-Mile) Drome
The Buna Area 94
Buna Mission
Sanananda Track
Papua Airstrips 94
Kokoda, July 1942
Dobodura, February 1943
Hit 'em High, Hit 'em Low 142
Direct Hit by B-24
A-20 at Mast Height
Battle of the Bismarck Sea 142
Wounded Destroyer
Low-Level Attack on Freighter
Kenney's B-25's Get a Japanese Corvette 142
First Pass
On the Mark
Death of a Sally, Bismarck Sea 142
Death of a Sally, Bismarck Sea 142
Enemy Bases Under Attack 174
Salamaua
Wewak
Nadzab: Paratroop Landing, 5 September 1943 174
Fifth Air Force Maintenance 174
Sheet Metal Shop, Port Moresby
B-25 "Strafer"
New Guinea Manpower 174
As Tractor
As Steamroller
Bougainville 254
Pre-invasion Bombing
Beachhead
Airfield Development at Bougainville
Airfield Development at Bougainville
Airfield Development at Bougainville
Air Evacuation of Casualties 286
By Thirteenth Air Force C-47
By Liaison Plane in New Guinea
Seventh Air Force: "One Damned Island After Another" 286
Nauru
Wotje
Rabaul: Revetments, Vunakanau Airfield 334
Rabaul, 2 November 1943 334
Parafrags along the Docks
One Maru Down
Direct Hit
Phosphorus Bombs on Airfield
Isolation of Kavieng 334
Attack on Convoy off Kavieng
Direct Hit on Destroyer off Kavieng
Maintenance: Heavy Bombers 422
Ladd Field, Alaska
Los Negros
Fighters for China 422
Flying Tiger over China
Chinese and American Pilots
Airlift to China 438
C-87 Returns from China to Texpur
C-46 over the Hump
General Stratemeyer's Bosses 438
Airfield Construction, CBI 494
Cheng-kung, China
India Base
Control Towers, CBI 494
Kunming, China
Jorhat, India
Enemy Communications in Burma 494
Attack on Train, Mandalay-Yeu Railway
Bombing Meza Bridge, 30 January 1944
7th Bombardment Group En Route to Burma Target
Supply in Forward Areas 590
Open Dumps, Bougainville
Engineer Supplies, Los Negros
Hollandia: Knockout of Enemy Air Power, 30 March-3 April 1944
Hollandia: Knockout of Enemy Air Power, 30 March-3 April 1944
Hollandia: Knockout of Enemy Air Power, 30 March-3 April 1944
Camp Areas 590
Mud at Finschhafen
Laundry and Shower at Hollandia
D-Day for Green Islands; B-25's En Route to Rabaul Pass Invasion Fleet 590
AAF Fighters 622
P-39 Airacobras, Makin
Refueling P-38 Lightning, Middelburg
Defensive Measures 622
Lookout on New Caledonia
Portable Radar, Noemfoor
Dispersal, Espiritu Santo
Antiaircraft Emplacement, Sansapor
Postholing Enemy Airstrips 622
But, New Guinea
Wotje Atoll
Rescue Operations 654
By PBY, Hermit Island
By Submarine, off Los Negros
P-47 Pilot, Noemfoor
Air Supply by C-47 654
Advance Strip, New Guinea
Airtrain to Finschhafen
Cargo Loading, Stirling Island
Supply Drop, Bougainville
Noemfoor: Paratroop Landing 654
High-Altitude Bombing 686
Thirteenth Air Force, Biak
5th Bombardment Group, Yap
Kwajalein as an American Base, April 1944 686
Seventh Air Force over Truk
The Enemy Scores 686
A-20 Hit by Flak, Kokas
B-24 Hit by Bomb, Funafuti