ULTRA and the Army Air Forces in World War II: An interview with Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Lewis F. Powell, Jr (USAF warrior studies)

Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Lewis F. Powell, Jr., was one of a small group of people specially selected to accept and integrate ULTRA, the most secret signals intelligence from intercepted and decoded German military radio transmissions, with intelligence from all other sources. From May 1944 to the end of the war in Europe, he served as the ULTRA officer on General Carl Spaatz's United States Strategic Air Forces staff. Earlier, Colonel Powell had served as an intelligence officer with the 319th Bomb Group, the Twelfth Air Force, and the Northwest African Air Forces. He finished the war as Spaatz's Chief of Operational Intelligence in addition to carrying out his ULTRA duties. The Air Force is grateful to Justice Powell for his generosity in giving his time and recollections so that his experiences can be of benefit, through the medium of history, to the Service today and in the future. Foreword......Page 5 The Author......Page 8 Introduction......Page 9 Contents......Page 19 Lewis Powell: An ULTRA Memoir......Page 25 The U.S. Military Intelligence Service: The ULTRA Mission......Page 89 Endnotes......Page 123 Bibliography......Page 129 Appendix......Page 0 1-Activities of Intel Section of 319th BG......Page 135 2-Notes Taken at Bletchley Park......Page 140 3-Visit to Operational Air Commands, 5-14-44......Page 192 4-Operational Intel Sect of USSTAF 1-6-44......Page 196 5-Operational Intel Div USSTAF 9-6-45......Page 202 6-Citation for Legion of Merit......Page 214 Index......Page 217 Continuing The Historical Series Of The Us Air Force. This Volume Reviews The Methods Of Intelligence In Use In World War Ii. Edited With An Introduction And Essay By Diane T. Putney. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 105-110.