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BOX B1-B205 Command Assignment Papers, 1918-1965
Official correspondence of letters received and copies of letters sent, teletype messages, flight orders, mission reports, strategic plans and operation reports, speeches, diaries, appointment calendars, miscellaneous documents, semiofficial and personal correspondence and miscellaneous nonofficial papers.
Arranged according to LeMay's command assignments and organized within by topic or type of material.
BOX B1 I Air Corps, General Headquarters Air Force, Army Air Force 1928-1943
Flight books, 1928-1932
(2 vols.)
Roster of students, Air Corps Primary Flying Schools, Sept. 1922-Oct. 1932
Celestial air navigation text, 1937
Navigator's log, 1939
Court martial file, Langley Air Force Base, 1939-1940
BOX B2 II ETO (305th Bombardment Group and 3rd Bombardment Division) 1943-1944
Personal correspondence, Feb. 1943-June 1944
Official documents
Plans
Tactical Planning Characteristics and Performance Chart Material Command, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio
Orders
8th Fighter Command
Order 371 "Fullhouse"
Order 372 "Royalflush" and "stud" with support and mission reports
Order 406-1407, and 8th Air Force field order 778 with intelligence summary
3rd Bomb Division
Order 245 and mission reports
Emden mission (2 Oct. 1943)
305th Bombardment Group
Narrative reports of operations for field orders
Nos 58-59, 64-65, 69, 71, 74, 77, 79, 82, 87, 90, 95, 99, 100
BOX B3 Nos. 105, 108-119, 113-114, 117, 120, 123-126, 129-130, 135, 137
BOX B4 139-141, 143-145, 147
Manuals (doctrines and guides )
3rd Bomb Division
Combat crew handbook
Communications
Group S-2 manual, 20 Mar. 1944
Lead crew handbook
Management control manual for stations, 1 Mar. 1944
Tactics and Techniques of Bomber Formations
Tactical Doctrine, 4th edition, 25 Apr. 1944
BOX B5 Mission reports, 24 June 1943-25 May 1944
1943
Hűls, 24 June
St. Nazaire, 28 June
Le Mans, 29 June
La Pallice, 4 July
Le Bourget, 14 July
Amsterdam, 18 July
Hamburg, 18 July
Trondheim and Bergen, 24 July
Hanover, 26 July
Oschersleben, 28 Jul
Warnemunde, 29 July
Kassel, 30 July
Bonn, 12 Aug.
Merville and Lille, 15 Aug.
Abbeville, 16 Aug.
Regensbjurg, 17 Aug. (includes photographic report)
Ostende, 19 Aug.
Evreox and Conches, 24 Aug.
Brussels and Menlan, 31 Aug.
Stuttgart, 6 Sept.
Watten, 7 Sept.
Chievaes and Cambrai, 9 Sept.
Bordeaux and Cognac, 16 Sept.
Kerlin and Vannes, 23 Sept.
Marienburg and Gdynia, 9 Oct. (includes photographic report)
Doren, 11 Nov.
Rjuken, 16 Nov.
Gelsenkirchen, 19 Nov.
Solingen, 30 Nov.
Crossbow, undated
Bordeaux, 5 Dec.
Emden, 11 Dec. See same Container, Bordeaux
Kiel, 13 Dec.
Bremen, 20 Dec.
Cognac, 31 Dec.
Paris, 31 Dec.
BOX B6 1944
Muenster, 4 Jan.
Merignac-Elberfield, 5 Jan.
Ludwigshaven, 7 Jan.
Frankfurt, 29 Jan.
Brunswick, 29 Feb.
Berlin
Brunswick, 14 Mar.
Augsburg, 19 Mar.
Munich, 18 Mar.
Crossbow, 19 Mar.
Frankfurt, 20 Mar.
Berlin, 23 Mar.
Brunswick, 14 Mar.
Augsburg, 19 Mar.
Munich, 18 Mar.
Crossbow, 19 Mar.
Frankfurt, 20 Mar.
Berlin, 23 Mar.
Crossbow, 26 Mar.
Bordeaux, 27 Mar.
Chartres and Chateaudun, 28 Mar.
Quackenbrock, 8 Apr.
Poznan, 9 Apr.
Courselles, 10 Apr.
Stettin, 11 Apr.
Augsburg, 13 Apr.
Rostock, 20 Feb.
Berlin, 18 Apr.
Werl-Lippstadt, 19 Apr.
Crossbow, 20 Apr.
Ham, 22 Apr.
Frederickshaven, 24 Apr.
Dijon-Longvic, 25 Apr.
Thionville, 27 Apr.
Berlin, 27 Apr.
Metz, 1 May
Berlin-Liege, 7 May
Berlin, 8 May
Brussels, 8 May
Laon, 9 May
Brussels, 11 May
Zwickau, 12 May
Osnabruck, 13 May
Berlin, 19 May
Baussels-Liege, 20 May
Kiel, 22 May
Chaumont-Etamps, 23 May
Berlin, 24 May
Brussels, 25 May
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