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THE ABC OF D-DAY When an invasion is in the cards, Stat Control shuffles the deck lor the right answers Let's suppose a date has neen set for the beginning of the Battle of Japan. Intelligent planning requires a readily available source of accurate and complete information. The Air Staff wants to know exactly what, when, where uud how-e-whnt subordinate units arc able to do, \1'11en the required numbcr of four-enginc bombers and fourengine pilots will be sent to the proper stations, where supplies and equipment mav be speedily loea ted, and how deficiencies in the number of trained crews will affect the success of a mission. These arc thc uuk uown factors in the air war equation that hav« to be answered in the cr uciblc of combat. \Var 1Il0\TS fast and so do aircraft. Conditions change hourly. Data must be swift, concise. Reports have to be gathcreel. digested and presented in a clear, life-size picture. Figllfes must be at fmger-tip level, reduced to a common denominator. The accent must be on speed, ximpl icitv, system. \\Tho undertakes to furnish such factual material? \ Vho serves as the Army Air Forces' "Information, Please"? \\Tho collects, compiles, analyi'.es and tabulates the flood tide of facts that swirl into headquarters? The questions arc purely rhetorical, for thcv have alrc.rclv been answered. They \\:ere answered ('JIl J\Iarch 9, 19-E, 52 when the Office of j\[anagemcnt Control was uskcd to set up it\ Statisticd Control Divisinn. And just how well the reply \\'as made is shown in the ascendant superiority of American air tactics O\'Cf its opposition. The fledgling organization was gi\"Cn a man-size mission. Unlike most youngsters who plague their elders with continued and prodding inquiries on topics of unlimited rangc, Statistical Control found itself from the vcrv first on the answer end of a rapid-fire 'quiz. Each month Statistical Control's various branches arc required to furnish for usc in AAF Headquarters 21:; reports on status and location of aircraft and equipme-nt, combat operations and training, as well as l , :;00 replies to requests for special information. How is the task performed? Try to imagine a great ne\\'spaper with star reporters posted all over the globe, wlicrever an airplane flies under USAAF command. These reporters arc statistical officers, and their duties arc to cover the planes, personnel and operations of their outfits and transmit their "stories" on six duilv and weekly forms to the "desk" in Washington. ]
;nl,nlc Amcric.m airmcu just ;IS surclv ;i' the Litest adv.mcc- in mcd iciu« or th~~ Ill\lot safet:-, :lpplJancc, '} .ikc :1 look at D.(Liy in 1;.Ilr0pc .md 'cc hIm Statistical Control knocked the ~lllssll'ork out of str;ltegl .uul sLlckcd l lu. dcck so that defcat I;light he dealt tel t hr: cncmv. , lirvt l;lnl~' thc problem of who hll to I':ngland to L1\' thc prclimin.rrv [:ronnch\Ork. \LIj. Ccn. Ilngh J. Knerr. Gcmra] Spaat/'.' dcpntl in chargc of .rc]- '1ImistratioI1, \Ias quir]; to scusc thc . c rv rca I :lssistmcc this rcporting xvst cru would prO\i(le in putting the thl';lter's 'upph h ou-.c in order heforc the inv.r- -ion hcg;m. Ilis onlv concern \\';IS how '(Ion it' could lx. pbced in opcrutiou. .vccorcli ng1l', .\ L!jor St ucbncr took off rn :1 hurried round-trip flight to thc Stl to to .nra nge for the ncccssa rv Llhulating-In:lchine cq u ip nu-u t and PCI:' -onncl. And :;I Clals from the d.rtc on .vhich it \\;IS (lecidl'd to invt.ill the ,\'S' (Continucd on P;lgc flO) Ilerc IS vour mou th lv br.uutwixtrr. Chalk up fin' points for c:lch corrcct~lnS\\'l'r. .\ ,core of ()() or ;Ihml' is excellcnt: -:; to S=;. l;ood: fl() to ;U, not too h.ul: hclm\ ()(), hk. Isk, .\m\\crs on 1';1"1' fl() ." . 1. 'lh« .rpprovnu.i tc xt.itutc mile;lgc from t l«: nort lnru tip ()f luvou in the I'hilippilll" to Kvuvh u , III tIll' sOlltl,LTII p;lrt of J:lp;III, 1.S !\. 2:;11 H, 1.111111 " - ,II )1, ,1111 2. Tli« u.uur popul.nlv gl\ln to the B. '-: is thc \. Tn.miuutor H. Crm:ldcr c. C(JJII1ILJl1dcr D, LIiJul\ Lilllllcd 3. The Coood Conduct \lub]I, 1I0t ,,\\;lrtic'd to olTicos. .'\. '1 fIIC B. LI!'c 4. fOflllflS:i i, located off thc Ch incsc co;"t lxtwccu .\, S/J;/Jn;IJ:li :/11(] l'cipilli; H. J IfJll~ J..:(Jll~ a1ld SjJJ~;IP()TC C C:IIlItJlI alld 11:1II(Ji D. SILJIlg1lai aJ1(I JIOllg kOllg S. for clch three \'(';1[, of service cnl i-tcd nuu rn:ci\c 110\\' 1111]('1; of :111increase in b.r-«: p;ly? A.25% H. :;o;;) c. 1(/';;) )1,2U% 6. \\'ho is the P,\O? 7. Corrcaidor fell on \. J)(,(~cllll>cr 2'). iv n H. Scptelll1>cr -, 1'J42 c. ,\/:/\ (" 1')42 D. j:JIlILJf.' W, ]1)42 8. The letter "X" lx-fmc thc numcricul dcsign;ltioll of ;111;IIrCLlft nll;III' the pl.m« is !\.Oil",ldc H. ]\]lcrilllcllta! r: .. \ ,cnicc tcst aircraft Il. L(]lIippcd "ith rad;Jr 9. The dteetill range of the r.nmon in tl u: noxc of the B.2:; is ;IJllJr(l\i- 1I1"tch' !\, :;IJli\;JfCIs H. ,.IiI;Ii\;JfC]s c. :.1 1(1(1 ':IT
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~J 1 AIR FOftCES * OCTOBER 1944
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Rendezvous Who Is He? Dear Editor:
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[us: ,dlat is tIle AAI'I'DC~ It is
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oads and bridges and military imtal
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Here's how controllers direct the p
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sengcr and courier service in areas
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GET WISE Here are a few of the easi
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Airborne soldiers. shown here durin
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Smoke in background is fruin [up.ui
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It has pronounced step characterist
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OCTOBER,1944 The first thing the a\
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YOUR ENEMY All ;Iirer;!ft fllillg o
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->",i" .""tJnil'et hj/'- By Col. Do
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28 011 BOll~aiIldk is quicklv unloa
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the plane landed, a jccp would driv
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THE PHiliPPINES DISTANCES SHOWN IN
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The economic system of the Philippi
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The AAF's homing pigeons are recogn
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Our aviation engineers had to fight
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---- technique • -- - --- . RUNWA
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High Intensity Controlled Lighting
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Attached to a flyer's ear, the Oxim
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Automatic Pilot Trainer-A new train
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3 5 7 Surprised by the friendliness
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TIM ELY A D V ICE FRO M THE A I R I
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R.6 I:>:CJ: the AAF S helicopter, t
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SS I. You on the left, Buddy, appea
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ever .nrivc at a fir',t ~Iid stut i
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p:rinted on the outvi.lc wrt l: ,ih
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tanks and truck-borne infantry and
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FIGHTER CONTROL (Colltilltled from
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Property of tDe Library ARMY INDtJS
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For the Record I)e:lr h!Jtlll Rende
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he Allie's into German-held of the
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H Combat may make you Lazy By Maj.
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..... -; ... The results of two yea
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Production charts show the disaster
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all key points of the factory's 3-+
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HE Fortresses T wings to the took o
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'l'h is was a YClr ago, but these a
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Pulling in His Ne-:I:. Reeelit de,c
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When a radio operator makes a mista
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Lifeline to the US,S R BY HERBERT R
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Ten o'clock of a December morning a
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THE MAN WITH THE PRIVATE BREEZE By
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THE AIR WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFI
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STANDARD FLIGHT INSTRUMENT PANEL E
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technique ••• CO]\;Tl:"UED Ne
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INSTRUMENT PANEL (Continued from Pa
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LIFELINE TO THE US S R ( Cout iuucc
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F\lr:RCF'\~CY FOUrp\lr:,\'T luvpcct
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50 COMBAT MAY MAKE YOU LAZY (Contin
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EN of the AAF-including the hundred
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.I In. ]~rhO:S-':cl the'mll-it:IIT
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August 7. Patton kept moving his he
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l'Iiavigation Training En Masse. Th
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"WE arc not going to bubble over wi
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A wood block support; injured legs
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Burma. A Japanese light antiaircraf
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