Piercing the Fog - Air Force Historical Studies Office

Piercing the Fog
E Group, CBI, 3 1 1
Eaker, Ira C., 91,414
aircraft factory t,argets, 201
antisubmarine plans, 142
asserts success of unescorted B-17
bombing missions, 404-5
attacks on German aircraft factories,
201-2
availability of intelligence, on, 120
bombing program, 156
British model for intelligence, 394
commands MAAF, 178,205
conclusions on interdiction, 188
damage assessment by, 13940
directed by Arnold to reduce German
air power, 354
establishes intelligence to complement
British agencies, 132
establishes photointerpretation facility
at Mount Farm, 84
Harrisburg graduates evaluation by, 13 1
on intelligence deficit at war’s start, 401
intelligence requirements of, 112
perceives weakness of GAF, 146-47
recommends independence for AAF
intelligence, 377-79
size of bomber force available to, 409
strategic air plan against Germany,
190-91
target choices, 141
V-weapons and, 220
Eaker Plan, 74, 172,190-91,349,370
Earhart, Amelia, 52-53
Earle, Edward Mead, 152
Eastern Air Command (EAC), 300,308-
9,312
Echols, 0. P., 125
Economic analysis agencies, 93
Eglin Army Airfield, Florida, 221, 340
Ehrhart, Robert C., 66
Eichelberger, Robert, 283
Eighth Air Force, 67,74,76,349
A-2 responsibilities, 134-35
A-5,136-37
air campaign against Germany by,
11 1-12
attacks V-weapon targets, 222
bombing German rail system, 214,226
briefing chart, 197
Eaker Plan and, 191
early intelligence operations of, 14046
flaws in bombing doctrine ignored by,
404-5
488
mission of, 140
number of bombers available to, 1943-
44,409
organizing intelligence in, 132-40
photographic interpretation capability,
85
photointelligence, development of, 6
primary objectives against GAF and
aircraft industries, 194,201
relation to COA, 153-54
reliance on British intelligence by,
120-2 1
restricted target choices of, 407
supports Twelfth, 141
and ULTRA, 9
use of incendiary weapons in Germany,
344
use of RAF air intelligence by, 5,403
WIDE WING, 134
Y intelligence in, 95,98
Einstein, Albert, 380
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 37
focus on transportation networks, 172
importance of photoreconnaissance, on,
163
states mission of Eighth Air Force, 140
strategic air operations to weaken
German industrial base, 237
submarines as targets, on, 142
targets German transportation network,
212-14
Eizo, Hori, 296
Electronic warfare capabilities, AAF and
Navy, 334
Eleven Nation Military Tribunal, 52-53
Eleventh Air Force, Alaska, 119
Embick, Stanley, 37
Employment of the Air Forces of the
Army, TR 440-15,24-25,37
Engines
48-cylinder (German), 374
Wright-3350,340
Enigma, 60-62, 145. See also ULTRA
Ent, Uzal G., 383
Escape and evasion training, 259
in CBI Theater, 310-1 1
Eubank, Eugene L., 25 1
Ewell, R. N., 365
Ezaki Yoshio, 278-79
Fabian, Rudolph J., 250,253
Fairchild, Muir S., 12, 123
air target selection, 152,365