Poland, 208 invasion of, 221 Polish Airlines (LOT), 208 Pownall, “Baldy,” 89 Pratt, Admiral, 138-139, 148, 151-152 Pratt and Whitney engines, 216 1830’s, 193, 222, 241, 255 Hornet, 78, 80, 96, 104, 140, 187, 204, 208 2800’s, 194 two-row radial (R-1535), 188, 192 standardization of, 254-255 Wasp, 72-78, 98, 140, 154, 169, 187, 193, 196, 285 Wasp, Jr., 241 Wasp Major, 285 Pratt and Whitney Tool Company, 51, 66, 72-75, 154, 170, 177, 182, 196-198, 200, 202-203, 216-217, 219, 229, 251, 258, 263, 285 American addition for, 234, 238 British plant of, 224-228 as charge of Navy, 243 French plant of, 222, 226 War Plans Division, 218, 222, 226, 234 Press, the, 59-60, 67, 270, 274, 276, 290 Prestone, 197 Price Adjustment Act, 246, 274 Price Adjustment Board, 254 Profit control, 221, 246 Profiteering, 163, 210, 228, 245, 249, 265, 273, 275 Profits, 161-162, 274-277, 303 Propellers, 77-78, 154-157, 160, 204, 208, 241 controllable-pitch, 166-171, 174, 179 metal, 78, 164-165, 186 Public speakers, 283 Pursuit planes, 217-218 Putnam, Carleton, 297, 300 Putnam, George Palmer, 104 Q _Queen Elizabeth_, flagship, 4, 259 Quisenberry, Alma, 23 R Radford, Vice Adm. Arthur, 63, 292 Radio commentators, 242 Railroads, early expansion of, 280 government subsidizing of, 280-281 Ramsey, Vice Adm. de Witt C. (“Duke”), 63, 291 Ramspeck, Bob, 294 Rantoul, Illinois, 25 Rayburn, Sam, 271, 284, 302 Ream Field, 117 Reconversion, 256, 260-262, 272, 275-276 Reconversion Act, Section 102, 286 Reed, Sylvanus, 155-156 Reed Propeller Company, 155 Reeves, Rear Adm. Joseph M. (Bull), 111-112, 114-129, 131-133, 135-143, 145-146, 148, 151-152, 182-183, 193, 252 Reeves, Mrs., 118 Renegotiation, 246 Rentschler, Frederick B., 29-32, 36, 50-55, 66-67, 75, 77, 109-112, 153-157, 164, 167, 172-174, 182, 185, 205, 219, 229, 237-239, 247, 260-264, 278 Republic Aviation, 199 Rescue craft, 22 Reuther, Walter, 247-248 Richardson, “Captain Dick,” 174, 177 Richardson, Capt. H. C., 22 Richardson, Comdr. L. B., 243 Richthofen, Baron von, 58 Rickenbacker, Capt. Eddie, 191, 297-298, 301, 306 Ripley, Joseph P., 264 Roberts Board, 252 Rolls Royce engines, Merlin, 194 racing-plane, 196 Rome-Berlin-Tokyo axis, 211-212 Roosevelt, Franklin D., 181-182, 186, 221, 229, 246, 249, 256 airplane program of, 229, 233, 237, 251 Roosevelt, Theodore, quoted, 1 ’Round the world flight, first, 98 Rowe, Gordon, 118, 122 Royal Aeronautical Society, London, 94, 208 Russell, Frank, 80, 269 Russia, 211-212, 289 attacked by Germany, 247 blockade of Berlin by, 307 (_See also_ Soviet) Ryan, Claude, 105 S Sabena, 207 San Diego, California, 2, 112-113, 117-119, 128, 130, 133-134, 152, 156, 193, 202 _San Diego Union_, 113