T H E A R M Y A I R F O R C E S
Bomber offensive: diversion from, 574,
6 j4; organization and command, 575;
plans for, 240, 557-611, 656, 668;
principles of control, 575; strategy
launched, 564; targets, 565
Bombsight types, 439, 598-99, 601
Borabora, 436
Borinquen Field, 329; “battle of,” 275-76
Rostock, Vice Marshal W.D., 420
Boston (Mass.), 280
Boston (RAF), use by US. units, 640,
Bostrom, Lt. F.P., 2 0 0 , 418
Bougainville, 447-48
Bound, Lt. G.L., 386
Bowles, Dr. EL., 549, 551-52
Bovingdon, 627-28
Bradford, Maj. W.R., 406
Bradley, Maj. Gen. Follett, 161, 530
Brady, Brig. Gen. F.M., 203-4, 377, 388,
Brahniaputra R., 5 1 I
Rrampton Grange, 646
Brandon, Lt. H.N., 2 0 0
Brant, Maj. Gen. G.C., 157
Brazil, 1 2 0 , 124, 240, 299, 319-22, 329-30,
Bremerton, 298
Brereton, Maj. Gen. L.H.: CG FEAF,
176, 182, 184-85, 187-88, 190, 204-9,
225, 229, 23’9 3399 3419 370-71, 377,
395-96, 404; CG MEAF, 510-13; C G
Tenth AF, 484-85, 492-93, 495-96, 500,
5 0 2 - 5 , 507
Brest, 561, 600
Brett, Maj. Gen. G.H.: C/AC, 115, 326-
27, 634-36, 63811; CG USAFIA, 226,
230-31, 331, 3 3 3 ; DC/S ABDA, 370-
71, 386, 388, 391, 395-967 407, 411-12,
Brisbane, 228, 2 3 0 , 372, 376, 384-85, 411-
Bristol, 638
Britain: Air Commission, 3 2 2 ; aircraft
types, 88, 93, 95, 107-9. 320, 382, 410,
432, 479, 596, 604, 634; Atlantic ferry-
ing organization, 313-14, .317; base-
destroyer exchange, 121; chiefs of staff,
374, 561, 571-93; Chiefs of Staff Comm.,
252-53,578,588; collaboration with US.
planners, 130, 135-so1 234-67, 410, 557-
668; co-operation with AAF in CBI,
226, 371, 488-96, 499, 503-4; co-opera-
tion in SWPA, 18-81, 184, 189, 2 1 3 ,
Borneo, 2 3 2 , 372, 376-78, 380, 388, 394
658
3957 484, 492, 4953 499
3 5 5
4191 421-227 4849 492
12’ 4229 4357 483
136, 139, 142-447 2327 237-38, 252, 3677
768
I N W O R L D W A R I 1
223, 366-483; defense in Battle of,
92-100; divergence of opinion with
AAF on employment of bombers, 591-
61I , 655, 662-63; establishment of
Eighth AF in UK, 612-53; Expedi-
tionary Force, 90, 94, 592; Fleet, 138,
367; Joint Directif, 608-10; Joint Intel-
ligence Comm., 256; Joint Planning
Staff, 144; Joint Staff Mission, 252-53,
266, 577; intelligence, 5 3 1 , 600, 623-24,
651; labor, 632, 650; lend-lease aid, 1 0 3 ,
634; Ministry of Aircraft Production,
314, 632, 636-37, 639; Ministry of War
Transport, 256; Purchasing Commis-
sion, 129; review of strategy, 594; in
submarine war, 514-15; transport and
ferrying, 313-17, 3 2 0 , 342; Under Sec.
of State for Air, 1 3 3 ; War Cabinet,
1 3 2 ; in World War I, 6-8, 12-16, 76.
See also Air Ministry; Fleet Air Arm;
RAF.
127-35.,2367 2457 314, 318-19, 337-387
British Columbia, 298
British Guiana, 121, 124, 162, 193, 320,
3297 536
Brooke, Gen. Sir Alan, 2 5 3
Broome, 399
Brown, Lt. H.M., 199
Brown, Col. R.R., 508
BR Task Force, 560-61, 613
Buckner, Brig. Gen. S.B., Jr., 167, 276,
Buddicum shops, 663-64
Budget, Bur. of, 29, 57, 2 6 2
Buin, 448
Buitenzorg, 392
Buns, 449, 483
Burma, 232-33, 241,244, 339, 367, 371, 388,
395-973 47’9 488-907 492-953 497-5039
quest, 485
464
508, 5 1 0 , 561; evacuation, 502; Jap con-
Burma Road, 244-45, 485-86, 488-90, 499
Burnett, Sir Charles, 2 3 0
Burrows, Col. P.E., 337
Burton-on-Trent, 638
Burtonwood, 63637, 639, 650-51
Bushey Hall, 646
Bushy Park, 645, 648
Butler, Brig. Gen. W.O., 307, 464
C
C-39, air transport to Labrador, 347
C-47: characteristics, 502; in China, 499;
flight to UK, 347, 641-45