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Interviews, Letters, and Tapes
Provided by:
Martin Allin
Harold R. Austin
George V. Back
Marshall M. Balfe
Byron A. Dobbs
Henry E. Dubuy
Thomas W. Etherson
Kevin A. Gilroy
Edward Gorski
Joseph J. Gyulavics
Robert S. Hamill
Harold Hendler
Ralph L. Kuster
Joseph F. Laufer
A. E. Lidard
Joel J. Lutkenhouse
Francis T. Martin Jr.
Howard S. Myers Jr.
George Nelson
Charles L. Phillips Jr.
Fred E. Rider
Robert J. Rogers
Howard L. Rust
Charles E. Schreffler
Richard G. Schulz
Joseph Studak
Leonard W. Sweet
David M. Taylor
Chester J. Vaughn
Index
Acheson, Dean, 2, 88, 91–93
Addison, Kenney, 223–24
Adler, Solomon, 178
Air bases
Germany
Bitburg, 274–76, 299, 309
Bremen, 13–14, 16, 19–20
Celle, 11, 15, 22, 73, 79–84
Fassberg, 15, 19, 22, 42–45, 52–55, 70–71, 82
Fürstenfeldbruck, 7, 57, 194
Gatow, 22
Giebelstadt, 62, 148
Oberpfaffenhofen, 108
Rhein-Main, 13, 15, 16–17, 19, 22, 27, 30, 32, 34–36, 42, 73, 83–84, 169
Schweinfurt, 108
Spangdahlem, 274, 276, 295, 297, 299, 309
Tegel, 20, 22, 42–47, 52–53
Tempelhof, 7, 10, 18–20, 22–23, 25, 27–30, 32, 39, 52, 108
Wiesbaden, 7, 13, 15, 17, 22–23, 25–26, 37, 39, 73, 76, 79–80, 108, 149
Japan
Ashiya, 100, 102, 109, 115
Fukioka, 121
Johnson, 99–100
Kadena, 119–20, 125, 163
Misawa, 160
Tachikawa, 74, 83
Yokota, 115, 117, 119–20, 154, 158, 160–63, 165–66, 169–70, 174, 191, 234, 238–41, 247–49, 251–52, 254
Korea
K-2, Taegu, 100, 102
K-8, Kunsan, 105, 108
K-9, Pusan East, 100, 102
K-10, Chinhae, 101
K-13, Suwon, 101, 164
K-14, Kimpo, 137–38, 141
K-23, Pyongyang East, 101
Sinuiju, 121
Thailand
Korat, 276–77, 280, 287, 289, 293, 297, 310, 317, 325
Nakhon Phanom, 335
Takhli, 277, 287, 309–10, 315–17, 320–21, 325
Ubon, 325
Udorn, 293, 321, 325, 335
United Kingdom
Brize Norton, 211, 228, 232
Burtonwood, 15, 43, 46
Fairford, 148, 200, 202
Framlingham, 128
Horham, 128–29
Lakenheath, 71
Marham, 70–71
Mildenhall, 210–11
Scampton, 63–64, 68–69
Sculthorpe, 148–49, 153, 157, 182–90, 192, 194, 239
Thorpe Abbot, 128–29
Waddington, 70
United States/Canada
Aloe, 58
Andrews, 99
Bainbridge, 272
Barksdale, 35, 153–55, 182–84, 191
Boise, 178
Bolling, 167
Bradley, 29, 99
Carswell, 13, 26, 301, 303–04, 306
Chanute, 301
Craig, 272
Davis-Monthan, 195
Eglin, 303
Eielson, 148, 216, 239
Ellington, 59, 127, 191
Elmendorf, 162, 168
Fairchild, 169
Forbes/Topeka, 182, 195, 219, 233, 239
Glendale, 98
Goodfellow, 69
Goose Bay, 57, 63–64, 127, 157, 189, 228
Great Falls, 15, 22, 27, 32, 42, 168
Hamilton, 32, 42, 107
Harlingen, 231–33, 272, 303
Hickam, 29, 75, 287, 309
Hunter, 127
Keesler, 73
Kellogg, 50
Kelly, 40, 76
Lackland, 272
Laredo, 272
Lincoln, 35
Lockbourne, 184, 187, 191–92, 200–01, 212, 219, 232–33
Lowry, 41, 166, 191
Lubbock/Reese, 13, 69
Luke, 31, 98
MacDill, 57, 60, 70–71, 182, 195
March, 13, 302
Mather, 232
Maxwell, 166, 169, 178
McClellan, 309
McConnell, 274
McCord, 32
McCoy, 187
Merced, 47
Mitchell, 21
Morrison, 41
Myrtle Beach, 49
Nellis/Las Vegas, 59, 308
O’Hare, 41
Omaha/Offutt, 187, 212–13, 245, 253
Pease, 225
Peterson, 106
Pope, 41
Randolph, 120, 169
Rapid City, 57, 59, 62, 69
Salina, 36, 69
Scott, 21, 31, 168
Selfridge, 106
Shaw, 27, 189
Smyrna, 58
Stockton, 35
Stuttgart, 58
Terrel, 41
Travis, 76
Walker, 70
Walterboro, 49
Wendover, 178
Westover, 22, 76, 108, 168, 178
Williams, 47
Wright-Patterson, 157, 186–87, 197
Vietnam
Kep, 293
Bien Hoa, 259–60, 327
Cam Ranh Bay, 335
Da Nang, 260, 315, 324, 326–27, 329, 335
Phan Rang, 333, 335, 339
Pleiku, 260
Tan Son Nhut, 325
Aircraft
military
A-1, 292
AT-10, 48, 178
B-17, 35–36, 120, 127–37, 142, 152, 155, 166–67, 181–82, 248, 343
B-18, 21
B-24, 13, 21, 41, 107, 136, 178–79, 195
B-25, 41, 48, 49, 50, 181–82, 212
B-36, 26, 69, 301
B-52, 194, 198, 263, 303–06
B-57, 259–60, 323–40
B-58, 198
B/A-26, 41, 98, 103–05, 108, 115–17, 137–38, 140–41, 323, 336, 340
B/KB/RB-29, 7, 22, 29, 56–71, 114–15, 117, 119–25, 128, 137–39, 146, 148–49, 158–59, 161, 163–74, 183, 186, 192, 197, 221–23
B/RB-45, 35, 119, 152–65, 169, 182–95, 199–202, 211, 232, 239, 253
B/RB-47, 145, 148–49, 153, 156, 158, 187, 195, 198–214, 216–29, 232–34, 236–54, 302
B/RB-50, 71, 162, 171
B/RB/EB-66, 194, 261, 277
BT-13, 27, 98, 178
BT-15, 27
C-45, 13, 167,
182
C-46, 58, 137
C-47, 7, 10, 13, 15–16, 18–19, 37–38, 56, 108–09, 137–41, 181–82, 293, 315
C-54, 9–10, 13, 15, 19, 22, 25, 27–30, 32, 38, 42, 52, 56, 66–67, 74, 78, 81–84, 168, 225, 228, 253, 342
C-82, 32
C-87, 107, 132
C-123, 323, 340
C-124, 303
C-130, 142, 276, 287, 323, 331, 337, 340
C/AC-119, 323, 340
Canberra, 148
C/KC-97, 55, 108, 198, 201, 206, 209, 211–12, 218–20, 225–28
C/KC/RC-135, 198, 245, 252, 277, 285, 287, 315
F-5, 107
F9F, 164, 191
F-80, 96, 99
F-84, 139–40, 163
F-86, 154, 253, 324
F-100, 273–74, 303, 306–07, 308, 331–34, 340
F-102, 142
F-104, 303
F-105, 261, 267, 274–300, 308–21
F/P-51, 42, 96–97, 99–102, 108, 133
F/RF-4, 142, 261, 263, 277, 279, 287, 312, 329, 331, 335
FW-190, 98, 180
IL-28, 164
Me-109, 98, 180
MiG-15, 91, 93, 203, 207–08, 287
MiG-17, 145, 208–09, 212–13, 235, 242–47, 252, 261, 281–84
MiG-19, 235, 261
MiG-21, 235, 261, 263, 295–96, 319–20
OV-10, 279
P2V, 171
P-38, 98, 106–07, 179
P-40, 58
P-47, 99
P-61, 108
PT-13, 98
PT-17, 178
SA-16, 314–15
SR-71, 147, 214
T-29, 231–32, 272
T-33, 272–73, 324
T-37, 324
T-38, 324
T-39, 248
T/AT-6, 27, 41, 98, 167
TU-4 Bison, 149, 203
U-2, 147–49, 161, 194–95, 213, 228, 235
Yak-9, 67
Yak-25, 235
civil/research
Aeronca, 176
Bell X-1, 155
Convair 240, 231
Ford Tri-motor, 127, 175
Rearwin Cloudster, 176–78
Taylor Cub, 58
Aircraft losses, in Vietnam, 294, 310
Allin, Martin, 83–84
Almond, Edward, 91
Andersen air base, 303–05
Anderson, John, 189, 192
Antung, 164, 191
Arkhangel’sk, 202, 208–09
Attlee, Clement, 4, 182
Austin, Harold, 30–35, 154–59, 199–214, 228, 232, 342
Baby airlift, 5
Back, George, 233–54
Bailey, Bruce, 217
Balfe, Marshall, 26–30
Beijing, 169
Bell, Kenneth, 319–21
Berlin Airlift
air bases, 8
air corridors, 8, 10, 15, 18, 22–23, 36, 67
aircraft accidents, 16, 28, 30, 33–34, 52
Allied Control Council and, 5–6
block-time board, 42–43
call signs, 17–18
contingency plans for, 5
Easter parade, 52, 82
German ground crews, 24, 53, 81
howgozit board, 44
Kommandatura in, 6
requirements of, 14, 15
strobe lights, first use in, 24
Bevin, Ernest, 4, 6, 9
Bidault, Georges, 4
Bomber gap, 147, 149 Boxer, 100
Boyd, John, 275
Bradley, Omar, 5
Bryant, Lee, 192
C. Turner Joy, 259
Carrington, Louis, 158, 162–63
Carroll, Edwin, 176
Carroll, Robert, 176–77
Clark air base, 96, 99–100, 276, 290, 299, 315, 325
Clay, Lucius, 1, 4–7, 9–10
Clifford, Clark, 2, 180, 257
Cochrane, Ralph, 184
Cold War reconnaissance aircraft shootdowns, 150–51
Conner, Hal, 186
containment policy, 93–94
Crampton, John, 175, 183, 186–89
Cuban Missile Crisis, 259, 273–74
Cummings, Gale, 61
Dallas squadron, 100
Davis, Glen, 317–18
Dean, William, 89
Dethlefsen, Merlyn, 318–22
Dien Bien Phu, 277, 317, 327
Dobbs, Byron, 104–15
Dogpatchers, 101
domino theory, 258
Dubuy, Henry, 236–54
EATS, 5, 13, 16, 19
ECM, 121, 286–87, 295
Eisenhower, Dwight, 148, 196, 235
Eskew, Roland, 124
Etherson, Thomas, 73–85
EWO, 232, 303, 305–08, 317–18
FEAF, 93, 161–62, 165
Flynn, John, 192, 281–86
Franz Josef Land, 148, 201
Gast, Phillip, 316
GCA, 10–11, 18–19, 22, 24, 29–30, 36, 39–40, 52, 62, 108, 117, 249, 325
Corkscrew, 44
Zigzag, 44
Gilio, Samuel, 178
Gilroy, Kevin, 300–22
gizmo, 70
Goforth, Oscar, 229
Gorski, Edward, 35–40, 199, 342
Grigsby, Howard, 192
Grybko, Andrew, 124
Gurney, Chan, 66
Gyulavics, Joseph, 56–71, 119–25, 217–20
Haiphong, 261–63, 285
Hamill, Robert, 45–55, 342
Hanoi, 259, 261–63
Hanoi Hannah, 340
Heavilin, Vance, 200–14
Hendler, Harold, 19, 20, 21, 37, 154
Henry, John, 63, 65
Hitler, Adolf, 29, 258
Ho Chi Minh Trail, 327, 332, 340
Holt, Carl, 200–14
Holzapple, Joseph, 190
Huebner, Clarence, 6
Hunziker, Richard, 253
Ia Drang Valley, 260
Iron Hand, 317
Iron Triangle, 305
Johnson, Leon, 66
Johnson, Lyndon, 259–60, 263
Jones, David, 190
Kadow, Howard, 178
Kennan, George, 2
Kennedy, John, 229, 259
Kenney, George, 57
Khrushchev, Nikita, 229, 235
Kline, Chester, 178
Koenig, Pierre, 4
Kola Peninsula, 148, 202, 207, 213, 219
Korea
aircraft losses in, 92–93, 103, 118
homing pigeons, use of, in, 138
UN participants, 93
Kurile Islands, 150, 163, 192
Kuster, Ralph, 257, 267–99, 342, 344
Lafayette Escadrille, 40
Larson, Edward, 307–15
Laufer, Joseph, 40–45, 342
Lee, W. L., 179–80
LeMay, Curtis, 2, 6–7, 15, 70, 77, 128, 146, 196–98, 211–13, 222
Lidard, Arthur, 165–74
Lindbergh, Charles, 40, 342
Lightbody, Thomas, 178
Lodge, Henry, 5
Looking Glass, 245
Lott, Trent, 127
Lovell, John, 161
Lovett, Robert, 7, 9
Lutkenhouse, Joel, 231–54
MacArthur, Douglas, 89, 91–92
Maddox, 259
Marshall, George, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10
Martin, Francis, 158, 161, 164, 189–95
Mattison, Hobart, 233, 236–53
McCone, John, 229
McDonough, Charles, 161–62
McNamara, Robert, 257, 260
McTaggart, Elmer, 54–55
Military Units, numbered
U.S. Army
1st Cavalry Division, 168, 260
2nd Armored Division, 1–2
5th Cavalry Regiment, 91
8th Cavalry Regiment, 91
8th U.S. Army, 89, 92
24th Infantry Division, 89
29th Infantry Division, 197
82nd Airborne Division, 42
101st Airborne
Division, 335, 337, 339
104th Infantry Regiment, 21
U.S. Air Force/Army Air Force
2nd Air Division, 259
3rd Bomb Wing, 103, 115, 327
3rd Bombardment Division, 128
5th Air Force, 76, 126
7th Air Force, 259, 321–22, 325
7th Bomb Wing, 303
7th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 274
8th Air Force, 2, 70, 120, 128–37, 197, 248, 253
aircraft losses, 136
combat mission requirements, 130
8th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron, 107
8th Tactical Bomb Squadron, 324, 339
9th Bomb Squadron, 303
10th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, 219
11th Bomb Wing, 301
12th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 96, 100
13th Bomb(ardment) Squadron, 115, 178, 324, 339
13th Combat Wing, 128
15th Air Force, 66
18th Fighter Bomber Group, 96, 99–100, 102–03
19th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 189–90, 192–94
28th Bomb Wing/Group, 57, 60, 69
29th Troop Carrier Squadron, 52, 54
38th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, 233
43rd Bomb Group, 71, 162
44th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 100
47th Bombardment Wing, 153, 183
48th Troop Carrier Squadron, 42
51st Fighter Group, 100
54th Troop Carrier Squadron, 168
55th Strategic Reconnaissance Group/Wing, 182, 194, 216–19, 226, 233–36, 239, 254
67th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 96, 100, 102
71st Headquarters Command, 13
77th Bomb Squadron, 60, 62
91st Strategic Reconnaissance Group/Wing, 153–54, 160–61, 182–85, 187, 200
91st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, 153, 165, 169, 171
95th Bombardment Group, 128–37
98th Bomb Wing, 171–72
100th Air Refueling Squadron, 225
100th Bombardment Group, 128–29
100th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, 195
301st Bombardment Group, 57
305th Bombardment Group, 197
307th Bomb Wing, 57, 69
317th Troop Carrier Squadron, 76
319th Bombardment Group, 128
320th Bomb Wing, 302
322nd Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, 154, 161, 184, 186, 191
323rd Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, 154, 182–84
324th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, 154, 184
336th Bomb Squadron, 128
338th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, 233
338th Tactical Fighter Wing, 277
343rd Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, 182, 233
355th Tactical Fighter Wing, 277, 315
376th Bomb Wing, 232–33
388th Tactical Fighter Wing, 277
451st Bombardment Group, 179
452nd Bomb Wing, 103
461st Bombardment Group, 178–79
469th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 277
479th Antisubmarine Group, 21
484th Bombardment Group, 179
509th Bomb Wing, 70–71
555th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 142
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