Intelligence Report (4 of 4), July 17, 1939-May 31, 1945

Containers:

02.0047 - Box 4, Folder 004

Scope and content:

A: Fifteenth Air Force: Markersdorf Airdrome Attack 070844. 9 Pages. B: Fifteenth Air Force: Manzell/Dornier Works, Friedrichshafen, Germany 080344. Report on the effectivenessof the 15th AF attack on Manzell. 9 pages. C: Several different files in microfilm from 0637-0650. Discussion of bombing Salzburg-Berchtesgaden, 042545, to prevent resistance there. Use of Oblique photos as target material to eliminate smoke screen occlusion, 021045. lk Bombs are being rations on monthly allotments, only 12k left in theater. 022845. Maps of Target areas in Central Europe/Southern Germany and Austria. 8 pages. D: Air Mail: Miscellaeous material including: schedules, routes, distances, maps. E: Observations in China, 071739, report by Ralph Royce, Lieut. Col. Air Corp. (Serving with Chennault). F: Several different files in microfilm from 0610-0616. Summary of Early Returns for Week Ending 011544. Aircraft Failures and Early Returns 013044. List of officers and enlisted men in several African satellite AFBs. G: Economic Intelligence Weekly Report No. 1 (053145). Brief overview of conditions along the Ruhr River valley; discussion of food rationing in Berlin; German Rubber Control during the war; and miscellaneous notes. H: Special Intelligence Report by Lt. Col. L. B. Deville May 1944. Deville discussed the air defense network around Naples, which he says is particularly effective against the Germans and that is why they do not attack there. He also advocates the use of barrage balloons.

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