Case Studies in the Achievement of Air Superiority - Air Force ...

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commander, Eighth Air Force: 285
commander, Twelfth Air Force: 227,
233, 235-236
commander, Northwest African
Strategic Air Forces: 247
on performance of air power in
Tunisia: 243
plan to attack enemy air transport: 251
plan for victory in Northwest Africa:
235-236
raid on Tokyo: 390. 391-396, 400
Domier, and rearmament in Germany:
32-33
Douglas, Sholto
Air Officer Commander-in-Chief,
Middle East: 246
assumes command of Fighter
Command 142
Deputy Chief, Air Staff: 161
Douglass, Robert W., commander,
Seventh Air Force: 397
Douhet, Giulio: 40
theories of: 7. 10-11. 18-19, 27, 47.
100. 609
in France: 22
in Israel: 570
in Japan: 41, 42
Dover, England, antiaircraft defenses at:
167
Dowding, Hugh
on aircraft technology: 157-158
assessment of: 147
on British air defense: 155, 169
Commander, Fighter Command: 94,
116. 117, 120, 123, 124, 127, 130,
132-133. 140. 152, 159, 164-165,
166
encourages development of radar:
154-155
faces pilot problem: 144, 146
relieved of command: 142, 159
secret report on Battle of Britain: 143
strategy of: 129, 133. 135, 141, 143,
149
Driffield, England, bomber station at
127
Dunkirk, France
air battle over: 84-85
evacuation of: 16, 165
Dupuy. Trevor, on Yom Kippur War:
596
Dutch Air Force: 335
Dutch East Indies, Japanese occupation
oE 328
Duxford, England, airfield at: 132
Eaker. Ira C.
commander, Allied Air Forces,
Mediterranean: 285
commander, Eighth Air Force: 280,
284-285
efforts to execute Operation
POINTBLANK. 280-281
pressed for quick results: 283
on role of bombers: 327
East Indies
Allied strikes against: 368
Japanese cease resistance in: 357
Japanese reinforcements from: 362
oil resources of: 323
Eastem Air Command (RAF)
abolished at Casablanca: 246-247
aircraft strength, 1942 227
losses, Dec 1942 229
mission of, Northwest Africa:
238-239
plans to destroy enemy air transports:
251
struggle with doctrine, North Africa:
225-227
teamwork with: 233, 235-236
Eastern Army Command (Japanese):
395, 408, 410
Eastern District Army (Japanese),
reassigned: 395
Eastern Front: 199. 312
air supremacy on: 212-213
Allied role on: 211
German aircraft on: 200
German withdrawal from: 192
Luftwaffe resources on: 210
Soviet aircraft on: 201
Soviet victory on: 196-197
Eastern Task Force, in race for Tunisia:
228
ECCM (electronic counter
countermeasures): 536-537. See also
COLLEGE EYE Iron Hank Radar;
Wild Weasel.
North Korean development of:
481 -482
against North Vietnamese SAMs: 552,
618
significance of in Southeast Asia: 556
ECM (electronic countermeasures):