Piercing the Fog - Air Force Historical Studies Office

Index
Army Reorganization Act of 1920,17,21
Army War College
on aviation, 36
Arnold, Henry H., 1,50
access to sensitive information by, 8-9,
28,4243,103,353
ambivalence toward Soviet Union, 391
and Kenney’s requests for reinforcements,
267-68
appreciation for intelligence, 352
assessment of Japan’s likelihood of
attack, 53-54
character and use of intelligence, 418-
20
creates COA, 6,420
Attach&
military, 18,20, 28, 3 1-32
prewar role of, 395-96
Australia
7th Division, 263
handling of intelligence by, 108
Australian Special Wireless Group, 108
Avord, France, 197
AWPD-1, “Munitions Requirement of the
AAF,” 46-5 1,14, 150,399
AWPD-42,74,150-52
analysis compared with COA’s, 154-57
estimates time for European invasion,
157
details officers to British Air Ministry,
118
direction and operation of B-29, 329-
30
displeasure with A-2lG-2 relationship,
352-53
dissatisfaction with AAF intelligence,
360
enlists outside experts to develop intelligence,
6-7
fears OVERLORD air battle, 229
fires General Wolfe, 335
Hitler’s power of intimidation, on, 38
importance of Joint Target Group to,
369-70
initiation into ULTRA, 354
interest in information transfer, 372-75,
388
perceives decline in GAF, 148,408
Promotes and defends B-29. 340. 342
refuses Kenney’s requests for B-29s,
285
reports from Spain, on, 37
requires access to intelligence, 1 18-19
sends bombers to Hawaii to block attack,
5 1-52
strategic air campaign to weaken Germany,
190,202-3
study groups appointed by, 371-73
suffers heart attack, 342
supervision of air commanders, 354
Assistant Chief of Air Staff, A-2
competition with other service intelligence
agencies, 7
limited knowledge of ULTRA by, 8
responsibilities of, 4-5
Atomic bomb
AAF intelligence and, 380-88
B Section, 105-6
Babington-Smith, Constance, 92, 220
Balkan Air Force, 178
Ball bearing industry, 201, 203, 407-8,
422
Barnett, Harold J., 209
Bm, P. M., 162-63
Battle of the Bismarck Sea, 8, 247, 265-
68,415
Battle of Britain, 261,399,404
Battle of the Coral Sea, 1067,248
Battle of the Marne, 15
Battle of Midway, 8,248
Battle of Mons, 15
BELCONNEN (Navy signal intelligence),
253
Bemis, Harold, 29
Berliner, Henry, 141
Berman, Emile Z., 310
Bertrandais, Victor E., 20, 281, 282
Betts, T. J., 119
Big Week, 2068,228,229
Birch, John, 300, 313
Bissell, Clayton, 19, 350-5 1, 360
AAF chief intelligence officer, 357
ALSOS mission, 373
assesses Soviet role in war, 391
commands IATF, 298,301-2,304
intelligence requirements of, 112
Bitter, Francis, 365-66
Blamey, Thomas, 107
Bolling Field, 127
Bombe machine, 61
Bombing Survey, 376
Bombs
British Tallboy, 381
Bombsights, 366-67
Bond, Horatio, 365
485