The US Air Service in World War I
Early Concepts of Military Aviation

The Office of Air Force History
Headquarters USAF

Edited by
Maurer Maurer

1978, Government Printing Office GPO

PART 1 - THE AVIATION SECTION, 1914-1917

1. Aeronautics in the Army
2. Four-Squadron Plan
3. Creation of the Aviation Section, Signal Corps, 18
July 1914
4. Field Service Regulations, 1914
5. Funds for Aeronautics (Fiscal Year 1916),
December 1914
6. Scriven: The Service of Information, 1915
7. Scriven: Annual Report, 1915
8. War College Division: A Proper Military Policy, 1915
9. To Increase the Efficiency of the Military
Establishment, 1916
10. Preparedness for National Defense, 1916
11. National Defense Act of 1916
12. Funds for Fiscal Year 1917, April 1
13. Foulois: The 1st Aero Squadron in Mexico, 1916
14. Scriven: Annual Report, 1916
15. Funds for Fiscal Year 1918, January 1917

PART 2 - AIR SERVICE PLANS & PROGRAMS, APRIL 1917-FEBRUARY 1918
17. Mitchell: Air Policy, 13 June 1917
18. Mitchell: Aeronautical Organization, 13 June 1917
19. Dodd: Aviation Work, 18 June 1917
20. Churchill: Liaison with Artillery, 21 June 1917
21. Churchill: Air Superiority, 21 June 1917
22. Parker: The Role of Aviation, 2 July 1917
23. Board of Officers: Recommendations, 4 July 1917
24. Duties of the Chief of Air Service, 5 July 1917
25. 59-Squadron Plan, 10 July 1917
26. Bolling: Report, 15 August 1917
27. 260-Squadron Plan, 18 September 1917
28. Command in the Zone of Advance, 10 October 1917
29. Gorrell: Strategical Bombardment, 28 November 1917
30. Foulois: Recommendations for Air Service, 1
December 1917
31. Foulois: Report on Air Service Problems, 23 December 1917
32. Command of the Air Service, AEF, 24 December 1917

PART 3 - COMBAT, FEBRUARY-NOVEMBER 1918
35 . Mitchell: General Principles. 30 April 1918
36 . Artillery Adjustment. May 1918
37 . Command of the Air Service. AEF. 29 May 1918
38 . No Independent Air Operations. 29 May 1918
39 . Restatement of the 260-Squadron Plan.
5 June 1918
40 . Infantry Liaison. 15 June 1918
41 . Infantry Liaison in I Corps. June 1918
42 . The Role of Pursuit. June 1918
43 . 358 Squadrons. July 1918
44 . Liaison-A Costly Business. 4 August 1918
45 . Command of the Air Service. First Army. 6 August 1918
47 . Plans for the Initial Phase of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. September 1918
48 . Battle Orders. Air Service. First Army.
September-November 1918
49 . Objectives of Day Bombardment. November 1918
50 . Area vs Precision Bombing. November 1918
51 . Observation Balloons. November 1918
52 . A Combat Service. 11 November 1918

PART 4 - POSTWAR REVIEW
53 . Mitchell: Provisional Manual of Operations. 23 December 1918
54 . Notes on the Characteristics. Limitations. and
Employment of the Air Service. 1919
55 . Sherman: Tentative Manual for the Employment of Air Service. 1919

478 pages. Many b&w photographs. Maps and charts. This volume is part of the historical program of the Air Service, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). The US Air Service in World War I series is part of that monumental compilation of historical narratives and documentary materials that has come to be known as Gorrells History. World War One. Air Force; Military Aviation.

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