Aviation, 9-10, 298 civil, 69, 76, 206 commercial, 110, 174, 179, 212, 276, 279 foreign, 205 overseas, 180, 183, 208-209 (_See also_ Air transport) government agencies concerned with, 279-282, 284, 297 government control of, 205-206 investigations into, 60-62, 181-182, 187, 289-290, 293-298 Lindbergh’s influence on, 103-108 and mass production, 14-15 naval, 5-8, 10, 19-20, 26-27, 68, 70, 278, 291-296 naval, five-year building program for, 71-72, 95 proposed advisory committee for, 276-277, 282, 284-285 appointment of, 289 opposition to, 278-279 service rivalry in (_see_ Army-Navy rivalry) (_See also_ Aircraft; Aircraft industry) Aviation Game, 28 Aviation mechanic schools, during World War I, 5-6 Aviation Writers’ Association, 270 B Baker, George P., 290 Balchen, Bernt, 207 Baldwin, Hanson, 149 Ballanca, Giuseppe, 96 Bankers Trust Company, New York, 302 Battle of Britain, 171 Battle fleet, 151 morale of, 132-133 organization of, 130 Battleships, 134-135, 141-142, 147-148, 152 Bavarian Motoren Werke, 208 Beach, Joe, 251-252 Beatty, Adm. Sir David, 4, 259, 266 Beaverbrook, Lord, 222, 233 _Bee Hive_, 296 Beisel, Rex, 186 Belgium, 207 Bell, Larry, 97 Berle, Adolphe, 294 Berlin Airlift, 296, 310 Berlin blockade, 307 Bermuda, 208, 266 Berrien, Capt. Frank D., 127 Bethpage, Long Island, 199 Beverly Hills, California, 265, 268 “Big Four” airlines, 298, 304 Bingham, Hiram, 61 Biplanes, passing of, 170, 190 Black, Hugo, 181, 187, 263, 271 Bloch, Capt. Claude C., 29, 138 Boeing, William E., 66, 76-77, 105, 110, 153-154, 182, 185, 200-201 Boeing Airplane Company, 48, 73, 76-77, 153, 169, 182-183, 194, 200-201, 251 fighters, 73, 75, 76, 134, 147 mail planes, 40-B’s (Monomail), 76, 169 Stratocruiser, 180 training planes, 98 transports, 169, 171, 208 Bogan, Gerry, 125-127 Bogusch, Harry, 89, 141, 147, 152 Bolling Field, 99 Bomb rack for Corsairs, 257 Bomber escort planes, 195 Bombers, 202 heavy long-range, 194, 251 twin-engined, 198 Borrup, Jack, 55 Boston, Massachusetts, 33 Botta, Lt. Ricco, 23, 38, 48, 78 Brainard, Morgan B., 264 _Breck_, destroyer, 144-145 Bremerton, Washington, 153 Brereton, Louis, 214 Brewster, Owen, 285, 289 Brewster Bill, 285 Bridgeport, Connecticut, 164, 172 _Bridgeport_, destroyer tender, 7, 11, 145 Bristol airplane factory, 188 Bristol Jupiter engine, 56, 193, 196 British Air Ministry, 10, 170, 266, 291 British Committee of Inquiry into Civil Aviation, 206 British Grand Fleet, 4-5, 21, 207, 259, 266 British National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 94 British Purchasing Commission, 224-225 British Spitfire fighters, 171 Brown, Admiral Moffett’s messenger, 60 Brown, Donald L., 55, 182, 185, 213, 216-220, 229, 239, 249