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U.S. B-29 operations from, 31–66, 79, 91, 97, 101, 259
China Air Task Force, 33
China-Burma-India Theater (CBI), 31–66, 97, 260
Churchill, Winston S., 19, 41, 67, 204–5, 258
City of Galveston, 191
City of Los Angeles, 165
Clark, J. J. “Jocko,” 133
Clinkscales, Robert, 55, 56
coal, 201–2, 264
Command of the Air (Douhet), 9, 10, 13
Conant, Jennet, 227
Conn, John P., 129
Coral Sea, Battle of the (1942), 118
Coronet, Operation, 163, 199, 200
Corsair (F4U) fighters, xv, 106, 112, 115–16, 119, 123, 125–29, 207, 211–12, 215, 221
Coventry, England, 141
Craig, C. M., 202
Crawford, Chuck, 220
Crawford, James T., 210–11
Crim, Harry, 175, 176, 181–82, 183, 184–85, 187, 188, 190
Crommelin, Charles, 114
Dauntless Dottie, 84
Davidson, James B., 131
Davies, J. H.”Skippy,” 92, 195–96, 199, 287n
D-Day (Normandy invasion) (June 6, 1944), 26, 258, 261
DeCoster, James V., 60
DeMott, Dick, 242, 243–44
destroyers, 188, 190
Dinah Might, 174
dirigibles, 13
dive bombers, 110, 212–13
Dixon, Elmer, 196
Doolittle, James H. “Jimmy,” 1–7, 241, 249
Doolittle’s Raid (1942), 1–7, 33, 48, 68, 80, 102, 107, 111, 187, 279n
Douglas Aircraft, 14–15
Douglas Boston bombers, 32
Douhet, Giulio, 9–11, 12, 13, 16, 22, 25, 102, 270
Dow Chemical Company, 139
Downfall, Operation, 163
Dresden, Germany, 141
DuPont, 139
Dutch East Indies, 30, 54, 78, 178
Eagle radar, 239, 240, 263
Eagleston, Howard, 203
Eaker, Ira, 140
Eckard, Bert, 127
Edmundson, Edward S., 191
Edwards, William C. “Bulldog,” 116
8th Air Force, 78, 84, 138, 230, 239, 241
873rd Bomb Squadron, 160
Einstein, Albert, 224–25
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 268, 301n-2n
11th Air Force, 48, 273–75
“Empire Express,” 274–75
Endo, Saburo, 256
Endo, Sachio, 83–84
Enola Gay (Dimples 82), 223–24, 231–34, 271, 302n
Enterprise, USS, 3, 112, 119, 133
Erwin, Henry “Red,” 165–67
Essex (CV-9), USS, 110, 112, 116, 121, 128, 133, 202, 210–11, 216, 296n
Essex class (CV) carriers, 110, 112, 288n
F-13 reconnaissance planes, 80, 85
F-15 Strike Eagle, xvii
F/A-18 Hornet, xvii
fast carriers, 107, 132–33, 200, 261
Fast Carrier Task Force, xv, 111
Fat Man, 227, 234–36, 298n
Ferebee, Thomas, 232–33
Fermi, Enrico, 224, 225
5th Air Division, Japanese, 157
5th Air Force, 45, 228, 237, 239
Fifth Fleet, 67, 107, 261
Task Force 58 of, 107, 111–33
15th Air Force, 230
15th Fighter Group, 175, 181, 184–86, 188
58th Bomb Wing, 38, 41, 43, 50, 53, 54, 61, 63, 135, 167
fighter planes, 17, 18, 21, 51, 54–55, 80, 83–84, 85, 86, 87–88, 89, 90–91, 93–97, 103, 105, 106, 110, 112, 115–33, 164, 201–3, 207, 211–12, 215–16, 221, 238, 241–45, 254–56
bomber escort by, 174–93
Firefly fighter-bombers, 207
firestorms, 141–42, 149–52, 168–70
First Special Aviation Project, 2
500th Bomb Group, 87–88, 164
505th Bomb Group, 100, 197
506th Fighter Group, 180–81, 182, 188, 192
509th Composite Group, 229–37
531st Fighter Squadron, 176, 180, 189–90
Five-Power Naval Treaty (1922), 108
Fleet Air Wing One, 238
“floating chrysanthemum” (kikusui) attacks, 160
Fluffy-Fuz III, 240, 242
Formidable, HMS, 205, 221
Formosa, 27, 118
14th Air Force, 32
40th Bomb Group, 43, 44, 46, 53, 60–61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 165, 238
49th Fighter Group, 248
444th Bomb Group, 44, 61–62, 65
462nd Bomb Group, 44, 54, 56, 62, 65
468th Bomb Group, 44, 51–52, 54, 55, 56, 61, 63, 65
497th Bomb Group, 78–79, 85, 91, 95, 96, 103
498th Bomb Group, 78–79, 80, 89, 160, 164
499th Bomb Group, 93, 148, 155
Frances (Fran) (P1Y) fighters, 83, 276
Frank, Richard B., 150
Frank (Ki-84) fighters, 127, 128, 185, 276
Franklin, USS, 125, 131, 289n
Friedrichshafen, 10
Fukuoka, Japan, 171–72
Galbraith, John Kenneth, 261
Gardner, Matthew, 112, 119
Genda, Minoru, 126–28, 179, 211
General H.H. Arnold Special, 61
George, Harold L., 19
George (N1K) fighters, 117, 126–28, 211, 276
German Empire, 9, 11
Germany, Nazi, 18, 33, 225, 229, 230, 267
strategic bombing of, xvi, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 37, 57, 138, 141–42, 167, 256, 261, 300n
surrender of, 167, 266
Gertrude C, 55
Göring, Hermann, 18, 142
Gravel Gertie, 92–93
Gray,