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Piercing the Fog - Air Force Historical Studies Office

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need for technical intelligence, on, 122<br />

Farrell, Thomas, F., 380<br />

Fechet, James, 36<br />

Federal Bureau of Investigation, 102<br />

cryptanalytical projects of, 4<br />

Fellers, James, 79<br />

Ferebee, Thomas, 34647<br />

Fermi, Enrico, 386<br />

Ferret aircraft, 175, 335<br />

Fifteenth <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong>, 70, 76, 79-80, 181,<br />

349<br />

bombing German rail system, 214<br />

bombing of oil plants, 210<br />

heavy bomber operations, 182<br />

in Mediterranean <strong>the</strong>ater, 178-79<br />

missions against German communication<br />

lines, 172<br />

photoreconnaissance and interpretation<br />

capability, 89<br />

strategic role of, 190<br />

targeting strategy, Mediterranean <strong>the</strong>-<br />

ater, 183<br />

Fifth <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong>, 3 16, 325<br />

Admiralties, fight for, 279<br />

Advanced Echelon (ADVON), 258<br />

air intelligence used by, 5<br />

campaign to destroy Japanese alcohol<br />

and butanol production, 358<br />

crash intelligence by, 122<br />

day-to-day operational and tactical intelligence<br />

by, 415<br />

directorate of intelligence, organization<br />

chart, 262<br />

innovative use of land-based air power<br />

by, 112<br />

intelligence, 257-58<br />

intelligence methods, resources of, 261<br />

intelligence section of, 257-58<br />

Japanese intelligence on, 295<br />

seeks Harrisburg graduates, 130<br />

Fifth Army, 181<br />

use of annotated photographs to support,<br />

83<br />

use of intercept information by, 361-62<br />

Firebombing, 33844<br />

First Army, 233<br />

First Tactical <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong>, 78<br />

First Tactical <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> (Prov.), 232<br />

Fisher, William P., 380<br />

Fitch, Aubrey, 274<br />

Flak, 84<br />

Flak maps, 136<br />

Flakintel, 327-28<br />

Index<br />

Fleet Radio Unit, China, 3 17<br />

Formosa<br />

formal assault plans of Allies, 284<br />

lack of intelligence concerning, 249-50<br />

Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 126<br />

Fort McKinley (near Manila), 250<br />

Foulois, Benjamin D., 23<br />

Fourteenth <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong>, 259,297-98,367<br />

campaign to destroy railroads, 322-23<br />

role in China, 112<br />

supply problems of, 315,323<br />

ULTRA access, 323<br />

war in China, 3 12-24<br />

Fourth <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong>, 363<br />

France<br />

Vichy forces’ control of North Africa,<br />

158<br />

Franco, Francisco, 35<br />

Frankland, Noble, 156<br />

French <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong>, 15, 158,397<br />

Friedman, William F., 63-64,94<br />

Fuller, H. H., 35<br />

Fuque, Stephen D., 36<br />

Galland, Adolph, 244<br />

Garcia, James D., 334<br />

Gates, Byron E., 26<br />

bombardment advisory committee, 152<br />

Geerlings, Gerald K., 135<br />

Geheimchreiber (Fish), 61,76<br />

General Electric, 3 1<br />

General Motors, 3 1<br />

George, Harold L., 43, 149<br />

German <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> (GAF), 33-34<br />

air campaign countering, 146-49<br />

Allied underestimates of stiength of,<br />

14649,203-5,235,408<br />

assessments of preparedness of, 35,38<br />

in Battle of Britain, 399,410<br />

communications security in, 77<br />

dawn attack against Allied air bases,<br />

235-36<br />

domination of by Allies, 229-30<br />

effectiveness in Tunisia, 160<br />

fighter strength, production, late 1943,<br />

. 192<br />

fighting value estimates, pre-OVER-<br />

LORD, 228<br />

in Italy, 177-78<br />

losses, spring 1944,207-8<br />

rebuilding of, 33-34<br />

reduction of, 194345, 172-73<br />

replacement rates, late 1943, 204<br />

489

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