Hoosier, 238
Hornet, 1
Houston, TX, 43
Hughes, Howard, 59
Hungary, Hungarians, 62, 66, 70. See also Royal Hungarian Air Force
armed forces of, 70–71, 143, 198–99, 266
as Axis power, 62, 66, 183, 274
combat in, 62, 90, 107, 132, 151, 163, 172, 185, 189–90, 201, 203, 205, 220, 223, 238, 270, 274
Huns, the, 52
Huth, Joachim-Friedrich, 39–40, 44
I
IAR 80s, 103, 109
IAR 180s, 88, 109
IARs, 90, 103, 109
Idaho, 65
“Il Duce.” See Mussolini, Benito
Imperial Japan, 254
Imperial Navy, 82
India, 261. See also China-Burma-India Theater
Indianers, xiv
Indians, 38
Innsbruck, xi–xiii, 17, 130, 211, 240
Is Everybody Happy?, 74
Isle of Capri, 75
Italian air force, 6, 153
Italy, Italians, xi, 99, 264, 266–67, 269
Allied operations in, 2–4, 8, 13, 18, 20–21, 26, 32–33, 36, 42, 45, 53, 55, 76, 93, 106, 113, 128, 151, 167–68, 171–75, 177, 181, 190, 206–7, 218–20, 232, 239–40, 242, 244, 250, 259, 269
armed forces of, 6, 12, 22, 39–40, 109, 153, 193–94
as base for the Fifteenth, ix, xi, xiv, 3, 5–7, 14, 16, 22, 25–26, 29–30, 43, 49, 74–75, 101, 105, 108, 131–32, 139, 142, 144–45, 151, 166, 174, 176, 180, 184–85, 189–90, 199, 207, 226, 229–30, 254, 259, 260–62, 269, 272
German operations in, 20, 39–40, 123, 153, 190
German surrender of, 176
photography of, 159–60
victory flights in, 245
weather in, 11, 16–17, 25, 29–30, 42, 45, 49, 108, 149, 173, 213, 215
I/ZG76, 70
J
Jack London, 74
Jagdervand (JV) 44. See under Luftwaffe
Jagdflieger, 77–78, 80, 225
Jagdfliegerführer Ostmark, 40
Jagdgeschwader (JG). See under Luftwaffe
Jagdwaffe. See under Luftwaffe
Japan, 1, 73, 82, 92, 96, 254, 260–61
Jarmon, James, 130
Jay, Edward, 71
Jean, Gloria, 73
Jefferson, Thomas W., 242
Jelich, Milosh, 168–69
Jenkins, Larry, 128–29, 281
Jenkins, Robert, 121
Jerries, 125
Jewish, Jews, 107, 176
John Harvey, 16
Johnson, Bruce, 5–7
Johnson, David, 216
Joint Chiefs of Staff, 3, 16, 29, 31, 201, 262
Joint Oil Targets Committee, 129–30
Jones, Bill, 74
Jones, Hugh, 122, 268
Jones, Wilson, 41–42
Junkers, 128, 186, 202
Junkers 52s (J-52s, Ju 52s), 34
Junkers 88s, 16, 106, 140, 202, 236, 238
K
K-17 cameras, 162
K-18 cameras, 162
K-24 cameras, 153
Kameraden, 221–22
Kane, John R. “Killer,” 14, 121
Kansas, 199
Karachi, 194
Karatsonyi, Mihaly “Mike,” 190, 266
Katschke, Kenneth, 200
Keese, William B., 51
Kelly, Thomas C., 212
Kempten, 123
Kennedy, Jack, 265
Kentucky, 33–34
Kepner, William E., 63
Kesselring, Albert, 2, 36–37
King, Ernest J., 218
Kingsley, David R., 110–11, 260
Kirtland Air Base, 187
Kitty Hawk, NC, 173
Klagenfurt, 242
Klemm, Rudolf, 80
Knight’s Cross, 39, 79, 230
Knoblock, Bruce D., 188–89
Koch, Chester, 45
Koenig, Hans-Heinrich, 80
Koldunov, Aleksandr, 200, 265
Konsynski, Benjamin, 14
Korea, 94, 251
Korean Air Lines, 265
Korean War, 263
Kovaleski, Edward S., 242
Kraigher, George, 178
Krakow, 128, 189
K rations, 267
Kriefsgefangenen (“Kriegies”), 232–33, 237, 248
Kurtz, Frank A., 92, 186–87
Kyle, Reuben, 184
L
Lady Be Good, 8
Lake Balaton, 90, 190, 199
Langford, Frances, 74
La Spezia, 13
Latin, 258
Latvia, 96
Lauer, Ford J., 97
Lavelle, John, 262
Lawrence, Charles W., 225, 281
Lay, Beirne, 259
Leadingham, Arthur M., 23
Lecce, 11, 20, 278
Lechner, August, 198
Legg, Richard A. “Dick,” 212
Leghorn, 267
Leigh-Mallory, Trafford, 29
Leipheim, 221
LeMay, Curtis, 8
Leonard, Charles, 265
Leonard, Raymond, 242
Lesina, 206, 278
Lester, Clarence “Lucky,” 123–24
Levine, Robert, 56
Lewis, Ted, 74
“Liberaiders,” 49
“Liberandos,” 8, 14, 23, 106, 167, 169
Liberators (Libs). See B-24 Liberators
Libya, 84
Licata, Dominic, 36
Lightnings. See P-38 Lightnings
Lindemann, Frederick, 88
Linz, 196–97, 212, 224, 241
Little Stud, 58
Litton, William P. “Bill,” 127, 131
Lockheed, 18, 21, 164, 203, 206, 212, 231, 237, 239
Lockheed-Vega, 9
Lockney, Ralph, 242, 244
London, 17–18, 74, 84–85, 92, 225, 244, 259
Los Angeles Olympics (1932), 92
Lost City of Atlantis, 256
Louise, the Red Cross lady, 157
Louisiana, 188–89, 263
Loving, George, 61, 262, 268
Loyalists (Italian), 6, 22, 38
“Luft Four.” See Stalag Luft IV
Luftwaffe, 92, 104, 146, 149, 159, 185, 236–37, 263, 266
Big Week and, 38–49
Bulgaria and, 67, 144
D-Day and, 138
defense by the, 13, 38, 55, 57, 70–71, 77, 86, 123, 142, 164–66, 192, 198, 204–6, 225, 231, 256–57
fights against the Fifteenth, xiv, 4, 15–16, 24, 33, 35, 63, 71–72, 112, 124–27, 153, 219–20, 253
fights against the Fourteenth, 19
Frantic and, 105
fuel shortage and the, 115, 119, 237, 256–58
Jagdwaffe, 42, 77, 113
JG 3, 67, 79, 112, 126
JG 7, 281
JG 52, 117
JG 53, 185
JG 77s, 185
Sturmstaffel, 79
JG 300, 204
JG 301, 67, 112
JV 44, 230, 281
leaders of the, 78
loss rates of the, 80, 192, 268
Luftflotte (Air Fleet) Two, 39
organization of the, x
pilots of the, 20
POW camps, 233
raids by the, 16
reduction in training hours for the, 77, 255
Schlachtgeschwader 10, 238
shortage of men in the, 79
Staffeln, xiii
Stuka Wing 77, 128
Third Gruppe, 128
Thistle aircraft and, 91
Yugoslavia and, 166–67
Luke, Frank, 18
Lusia, 241
Lyon, 138
M
MacArthur, Douglas, 260
Macchi-Castoldi 205s, 39–40
Macchis, 22, 34, 109
MacCloskey, Monro, 171, 173–74
MacVittie, William R., 157
Madjarevic, Bodgan, 166
Magyar, 90,
190, 238
Maine, 186, 265
Maloney, Thomas E. “Tom,” 140–42, 273
Manduria, 45, 65, 85, 94, 132, 278
Manhattan Project, 187
Mann, Farley G., 243
Maquis, 138, 171
Marauders, 37
Mariana Islands, 261
Marine Corps, 28, 159, 262
Marseille, 5, 13, 138, 141
Marshall, George C., 3, 12, 18, 218
“Martin Wiethaupt,” 194. See also Monti, Martin J.
Massachusetts, 238, 242
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 55, 88
Mauldin, Bill, 259
Mauser rifles, 189
Maxwell, Robert W., 175
May Day, 243
Mayer, Egon, 78
Mayer, Frederick, 176
McConnon, James, 269–70
McConnon, John S., 269–70
McCorkle, Charles M., 56
McCorkle, Sandy, 61
McDaniel, Gordon H., 223
McElroy, George, 128
McGovern, George, 208, 240, 265
McGuire, Melvin, 205
McIlheran, R. C., 106
McManus, Leonard M., 173–74, 176
McNichol, George, 20
McQuaid, Frank, 119–20
Me 109s, 62–64, 72, 87, 107, 123–24, 190
Me 110s, 106
Me 163s, 220
Me 210s, 71
Me 262s, 47, 108, 164, 206, 220–22, 225, 227–31, 253, 263, 266, 268
Me 410s, 71
mean point of impact (MPI), 227–28
“Med, the,” 259. See also Mediterranean Theater
Medals of Honor, 111, 260
Mediterranean Allied Air Forces (MAAF), 18, 27, 201
Mediterranean Theater, 100, 128, 159
casualties in the, 13
leaders in the, 2, 18, 27, 40, 133, 137, 178, 273
as lesser theater, 166, 258–60
operations in the, 10, 45, 97, 158, 172, 174, 181–82, 192, 202, 210, 242, 250, 255
polio in the, 128
strategy for the, 4, 156, 171, 218
Megara Airdrome, 192
Memmingen Airdrome, 123, 125
Memphis Belle, The, 260
Merlin engines, 56, 156, 186
Messerschmitts (Me’s), x, xiii
Budapest and, 90
factories for, 14, 17, 23, 45, 47, 221
missions by, 15, 34, 39, 43, 47–48, 57, 60–64, 66, 69–71, 77, 91, 94, 105–6, 108–11, 116–17, 123–24, 133, 142, 145, 153, 158, 163–64, 190, 198, 202, 206, 220, 222, 225, 227–28, 263, 266, 268
resemblance with Mustangs, 60
Messina Strait, 2
MIA, 242, 244, 270, 280
Michael (Romanian king), 136
Mickey Mouse, “Mickey,” 89–90, 197–98
Mielec Airdrome, 128
“Mighty Eighth,” ix, 18, 41, 95, 105, 258–60. See also Eighth Air Force
Mihailovi, Draža, 177–79
Milan, 194, 270
Miller, Edward L., 217
Miller, Harry, 99
Milojevic, Dusan, 167
Minneapolis, MN, 263
Mirgorod, 96, 98–99
Mission 253, 241
Mission 412, 243
Mitchell, Otis, 41–42
Mitchells, 1, 13, 37, 249
Mixson, Marion C., 205
Mohawk, Hiawatha, 105
Mollison, James A., 195, 249
Mondolfo, 244, 279
Monte Cassino, 35–36, 38
Montenegro, 174
Monti, Martin J., 193–94
Moonlight in Vermont, 73
Moosbierbaum, 69, 220
“morale bombing,” 4, 22, 51–53, 66
Moravia, 174
Morehead, James B., 139
Morgan, J. L., 118
Morgan, William R., 195
Mormons, 249
Morocco, 249
Morris, Harry, 238
Morrison, George, 118
Morrison, Joe, 103
Mortensen, Gale, 203, 207, 249, 281
Mortimer Snerd, 21
Moscow, 31, 82, 98–99, 136, 183, 200–1
Mosquitoes “Mossies,” 156, 160
Mount Kasereck, 45
Mount Vesuvius, 267
MTAF, 159
Mullins, John, 264
Mullins, Phyllis, 264
Mumford, John D., 66
Munich, xi, xiii, 5, 39, 164, 196–98, 202, 225, 230–31, 238–39, 255
Munn, Marden, 50
Murphy, Audie, 165
Muse, Hugh, 20
Muslim countries, 36
Mussolini, Benito, 6, 22, 40
Mustangs, xiii, 45
design of the, 56–57
overall statistics of the, 251–53, 262
use by the Fifteenth, 56–62, 64, 66–69, 72, 80, 90, 94, 97–98, 100, 105, 107, 109–10, 116–18, 123–32, 139, 145, 151, 156, 164, 186, 195–200, 202–3, 205, 222, 225, 229, 232, 236, 247, 251–53, 262, 268–69, 271
N
Naples, 75, 142, 151, 159, 194, 267
NATO, 262, 266, 274
Nazi Germany, Nazis, 83, 194, 225, 244, 254, 272
Nebraska, 65
Nelson, Robert, 120
Nelson, Roy W., Jr., 29–30, 213
Neuberg, 225
Never a Dull Moment, 74
New Caledonia, 28–29
New Hampshire, 180
New Mexico, 65, 106, 233
New Year’s Day, 212, 215
New Year’s Eve, 173, 212–13
New Zealand, 38
Nice, 57
Nis, 199–200
Nixon, Richard, 265
Norden bombsight, 110, 216
Normandy, 4, 84, 100, 104, 137
Norris, Roy, 193
North Africa, 11, 18, 22, 25, 36, 98, 128, 261
invasion of, 2, 94, 151, 168
North African Coastal Command, 29
North African Strategic Air Force (NASAF), 2
North American Air Defense Command, 262
North American (company), 9, 56–57, 251
North Sea, 266
North Vietnam, 262
Novak, Alfred, 222
Nové Zámky, 223
O
Oakland, PA, 270
Oberfeldwebel, 236
Obertraubling, 221
Occupation Air Force, 248
O’Connell, Paul B., 242
Odertal, 119, 142, 187, 204–5, 217, 270
Office of Strategic Services (OSS), 170–71, 177–79
O’Hare, Edward “Butch,” 125
Ohio, 154–55, 202
Ohr, Fred, 94
Oil Plan, 220, 255
“oil triangle,” 205
Oklahoma, 141
Olomuc, 270
Operation Anvil-Dragoon, 137
Operation Argument, 38–39, 41, 47–48
Operation Carpetbagger, 170–77
Operation Frantic, 95–97, 101, 105, 131
Frantic One, 97
Frantic Three, 127
Operation Frantic Joe. See Operation Frantic
Operation Freedom, 183–84
Operation Gunn, 145–46
Operation Halyard, 178, 181
Operation Manna, 192
Operation Plunder, 225
Operation Pointblank, 4
Operation Reunion, 146
Operation Strangle, 92
Operation Tidal Wave, 66, 84, 88, 93, 113, 121
Opissonya, 109–11
Oregon, 28
Oregon National Guard, 110, 159
Orlea, Oana, 266
Oswiecim, 217
Ottomans, 184
Oudna Airfield, 5
P
P-38 Lightnings. See also “Fork-tailed Devil”; Gabelschwanz Teufel
use by the Fifteenth, 18–20, 22, 38–46, 55, 59–60, 71–73, 87–88, 102–3, 107–8, 113, 125, 131, 133, 135, 138–42, 150, 153–60, 163–64, 190, 193, 196–97, 199–203, 206–7, 216, 21
8, 225–26, 230–31, 237–40, 251, 256, 264, 278–80
P-38Js, 185
production of, 19, 59
P-39 Airacobras, 151
P-40 Warhawks, 21–22, 33, 58, 252, 263
P-47 Thunderbolts, 22, 33, 39, 56, 58, 60, 138, 252, 263, 280
range of, 21, 55
P-51s, 59–61, 64, 66, 90, 97, 109, 123, 143, 151, 163–64, 186, 190, 916–97, 236, 239, 244, 251–52, 268, 279, 280
Allison engine, 56
benefits of, 56–57, 64
cost of, 59, 251
as game changer, 57–58
P-51B, 196
P-80 Shooting Stars, 206
Pacific Ocean, 271
Pacific Theater, 29, 132, 139, 209, 241–42, 247, 249, 255, 260–61
Padua-Verona, 76, 239, 244
Palermo, 270
Palmer House, 180
Panama Canal Zone, 50, 261
Pan American Airways (“Pan Am”), 178
Panas, John, 216, 248, 281
Panatella, 65
Pantanella, 210, 278
Panther tanks, 230
Panzers, 141
Pape, Nate, 132
Parchim, 222
Paris, 144–45, 173, 259
Parker, Harry, 60–61, 223, 237, 281
Partisans
political opposition to, 177
relationship with Americans, 23, 61, 177–78, 180–81, 199, 222
territory of, 178–81
in World War II, 170, 177–78
Passive Defenses, 93
Pathfinders, 88–89
Pearl Harbor, HI, 82, 120, 166, 268
Pennsylvania, 267, 270
Peterhausen, 41
Petersen, Quentin R., 134
Peters, Jim, Sr., 11
Philco, 88–89
Philippines, the, 92, 251
Phillips, Milford, 135
Phoenix, 83
Photo Joes, 149, 160, 162–63, 165
Piastow, 128
“Pioneer Parachute Company,” 232
Piraeus, 35
Pisa, 175, 267
Pittsburgh, PA, 269
Ploesti
bombing of, 8, 14, 66, 68, 76, 84–113, 120–22, 127, 130–36, 144, 185, 187, 255–56
defense of, 68, 85–113, 130, 257
effects of bombing on, 135–37, 256–58
importance of, x, 64, 83–84, 211, 257
location of, 5, 82–83
scouting of, 154–56, 158
Ploesti Marshalling Yard, 87
Poggiorsini, 232
Poland, Poles, 38, 96–97, 119, 187, 280
Poltava, 96, 99–100, 105
Pomigliano, 194
Popesti, 145–46
Popovich, Eli, 178
Portal, Charles, 29, 85
Potomac, 12
Po Valley, 175–76, 240
POW camps, POWs, 244
Americans in, 61, 146, 236, 248, 266, 274
Bucharest airlift, 266
of the Fifteenth, 250, 263
German camps, 233, 236, 248
Italians in, 108
Russians in, 192
Prague, 5, 69, 242
Pranjani, 179
Pratt & Whitneys (P&Ws), 9, 42, 169, 241
preparation for overseas movement (POM), 241
Presbyterians, 107
Presidential Unit Citation, 172