1. Warm-Up – 10/13 – 10 minutes
Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions:
Describe the allies position by the summer of 1942.
Describe the Japanese military strength with respect to US and Britain and their aircraft and their production.
Describe Japan’s objectives in the Pacific campaign.
What was the primary weapon used during the Battles of Coral Sea and Midway?
With the loss of aircraft carriers, what did Japan utilize as a means to attack allied ships?

2. Questions / Comments

3. Warm-Up – 10/13 – 10 minutes
Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions:
Describe the allies position by the summer of 1942.
Describe the Japanese military strength with respect to US and Britain and their aircraft and their production.
Describe Japan’s objectives in the Pacific campaign.
What was the primary weapon used during the Battles of Coral Sea and Midway?
With the loss of aircraft carriers, what did Japan utilize as a means to attack allied ships?

4. The Pacific Campaign Japanese / Allied Strength
After the attack on Pearl Harbor – Japan launched simultaneous attacks on Midway Island, Wake Island, Guam, Hong Kong, Thailand, Burma and Dutch East Indies.
Allies had been pushed all the way back to Australia by the summer of 1942
Japan had achieved its original war plan

5. Warm-Up – 10/13 – 10 minutes
Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions:
Describe the allies position by the summer of 1942.
Describe the Japanese military strength with respect to US and Britain and their aircraft and their production.
Describe Japan’s objectives in the Pacific campaign.
What was the primary weapon used during the Battles of Coral Sea and Midway?
With the loss of aircraft carriers, what did Japan utilize as a means to attack allied ships?

6. The Pacific Campaign Japanese / Allied Strength
Militarily, Japan was stronger than Britain or the US.
Britain was totally occupied with Germany, so they couldn’t help in the Pacific.

7. The Pacific Campaign Japanese / Allied Strength
Japan had 2,400,000 well- trained men and 3,000,000 reserves.
They had 7,500 aircraft and were making 400 more every month.

8. Warm-Up – 10/13 – 10 minutes
Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions:
Describe the allies position by the summer of 1942.
Describe the Japanese military strength with respect to US and Britain and their aircraft and their production.
Describe Japan’s objectives in the Pacific campaign.
What was the primary weapon used during the Battles of Coral Sea and Midway?
With the loss of aircraft carriers what did Japan utilize as a means to attack allied ships?

9. The Pacific Campaign Japanese / Allied Strength
Japanese objectives were all the same in each:
Air superiority
Follow with invasion
Japanese controlled the air that made the Allies impossible to resupply
The Allies would then surrender

10. Warm-Up – 10/13 – 10 minutes
Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions:
Describe the allies position by the summer of 1942.
Describe the Japanese military strength with respect to US and Britain and their aircraft and their production.
Describe Japan’s objectives in the Pacific campaign.
What was the primary weapon used during the Battles of Coral Sea and Midway?
With the loss of aircraft carriers what did Japan utilize as a means to attack allied ships?

11. The Pacific Campaign Air Power Stops the Japanese Advance
Battle of Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway were naval battles but were fought entirely by aircraft.
The aircraft carrier was the primary weapon

12. The Pacific Campaign Air Power Stops the Japanese Advance
US began to turn the tide against the Japanese using aircraft carriers as the primary weapon
The battle to retake the Pacific was just beginning and the upcoming island- hopping campaign would get worse before better.
This was a determined enemy.

13. Warm-Up – 10/13 – 10 minutes
Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions:
Describe the allies position by the summer of 1942.
Describe the Japanese military strength with respect to US and Britain and their aircraft and their production.
Describe Japan’s objectives in the Pacific campaign.
What was the primary weapon used during the Battles of Coral Sea and Midway?
With the loss of aircraft carriers what did Japan utilize as a means to attack allied ships?

14. The Pacific Campaign Air Power Stops the Japanese Advance
Late in 1944 with the loss of carriers the Japanese started using kamikazes
Over 5,000 airmen gave their lives aiming to sink US aircraft carriers
Produced heavy damage and many US causalities

15. Questions / Comments

16. THIS DAY IN AVIATION October 13
1860 — Successful aerial photos taken by William Black from a balloon, Boston, Massachusetts.

17. THIS DAY IN AVIATION October 13
1922 — Liberty Engine Builder's Trophy Race won by a speed of mph.

18. THIS DAY IN AVIATION October 13
1931 — Canadian pilot Godfrey Dean performs the first loop in an autogiro, at Willow Field, near Philadelphia.

19. Questions / Comments

20. October 2015 Mighty 8th Museum Chapter 5 Quiz 4 5 Chapter 4
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY 4 5
Chapter 4
US Enters War
Pearl Harbor 6
European Campaign
North Africa 7
Theories of Early Air Power 8
D-Day
Chap 4 Quiz 9
Mighty 8th Museum 10 11 12
Pacific Campaign 13
Island Hopping 14
Doolittle Raid
Atomic Bomb
Chap 4 Test
1st Quarter Ends
Grades Due 15
Lessons Learned 16
FLIGHTLINE 17 18 19
Chapter 5
Military Developments
Separate Air Force
Wartime Advances 20
Jet Propulsion
“Vengeance Weapons”
Helicopters 21
Berlin Airlift
Korean War 22
Korean War 23
Chapter 5 Quiz
HALF-DAY SCHOOL 24 25 26
Commercial Aviation
General Aviation 27
Aviation R & D 28
Vietnam War
Phase 1 and 2 29
Phase 3 and 4 30
Chap 5 Quiz 31

21. Questions / Comments

22. Chapter 4 – Air Power Goes to War

23. Today’s Mission Requirements
Identify in writing the reasons the Japanese-held islands located in the southwest Pacific had to be captured by the Allies.
Describe in writing Major General Kenney’s strategy that led to the flexibility of air power and its use in the Pacific Campaign.
EQ:
What were some of the aviation developments during the 5 year period of WWII that influenced the Aviation Industry for years to come?

24. Island Hopping Campaign
Video of the Day
Island Hopping Campaign

25. The Pacific Campaign On the Offensive: Island Hopping Through the Southwest Pacific
The war in Europe was fought over a large land base roughly 1/3 the size of the US
War in Pacific involved fighting over several hundred separate island scattered over millions of square miles.

26. The Pacific Campaign On the Offensive: Island Hopping Through the Southwest Pacific
As islands were conquered, the US would build airfields and then use them to support flying and refueling missions.

27. The Pacific Campaign On the Offensive: Island Hopping Through the Southwest Pacific
If the Allies could control the islands they could begin strategic bombing of the Japanese islands.

28. The Pacific Campaign

29. The Pacific Campaign On the Offensive: Island Hopping Through the Southwest Pacific
The Battle for the islands of the Mariana’s (Guam, Saipan, and Tinian)
The Fighting was intense
Japanese casualties
40,000
US casualties
Over 25,000

30. The Pacific Campaign The Flexibility of Air Power
After victories on Guam, Saipan and the Marinas islands, long-range bombing could now take place.

31. The Pacific Campaign The Flexibility of Air Power
General Douglas MacArthur was in charge of the island-hopping campaign.
He had two goals:
Retain control of the Philippines
Capture the islands necessary to launch a bombing campaign against Japan

32. The Pacific Campaign The Flexibility of Air Power
The Pacific Campaign was a second priority behind the European campaign, and MacArthur felt the elements of his command were inadequate.

33. The Pacific Campaign The Flexibility of Air Power
The air forces were in bad shape. There were only 150 American planes and 70 Australian aircraft that worked.
The aircraft were spread all over the Pacific.
Replacements and supplies were a problem and morale was low.

34. The Pacific Campaign The Flexibility of Air Power
Major General Kenney was MacArthur’s air commander.
He used a different strategy for the Pacific theatre.

35. The Pacific Campaign The Flexibility of Air Power
He bombed from low altitudes and attached parachutes to the bombs so the airplane had time to get out of the way. – Para-frag bombs

36. The Pacific Campaign The Flexibility of Air Power
He also had the bombs filled with white phosphorous, which caused streams of fire to shoot out from the bombs. – “Kenney cocktail”
Jungles, aircraft, buildings, and troop shelters would catch fire and be destroyed.

37. The Pacific Campaign The Flexibility of Air Power
Two main objectives for the new weapons:
Attacking shipping cut off the bases from supplies
Attacking the bases destroying the aircraft and supplies on the ground

38. The Pacific Campaign The Flexibility of Air Power
The function of the air force was to clear the air and destroy the enemy’s bases
This would allow Allied ground forces to invade and take control of the islands.

40. The Pacific Campaign The Flexibility of Air Power
The Japanese had to be stopped from invading Australia – getting troops there by ship would take over two weeks
Transport aircraft, including converted B-17s, were moving them in at 600 per day

41. The Pacific Campaign The Flexibility of Air Power
The Battle of Bismarck Sea located north of New Guinea marked the beginning of the end.
Gen Kenney launched a coordinated attack with all aircraft he had.

42. The Pacific Campaign The Flexibility of Air Power
P-38 Lightnings fought the Japanese escorts for air superiority
While battle was high in the sky B-17s came under to bomb Japanese ships
Under them, B-25s and Australian Beauforts came in with torpedos

43. The Pacific Campaign The Flexibility of Air Power
A follow-up attack was conducted by 12 more B-25s who skipped 500-lbs into the sides of the Japanese ships – like skipping rocks on a lake

44. The Pacific Campaign The Flexibility of Air Power
13 men killed, 12 wounded, and 6 aircraft lost – the Air Force sunk 12 of the 18 ship convoy.
The Japanese resupply was now cutoff – without supplies they could not hold off US forces

45. The Pacific Campaign The Flexibility of Air Power
Kenney’s techniques and the cutting off of Japanese supplies contributed to the Allies’ victories in the Pacific.

46. The Pacific Campaign The Flexibility of Air Power
After victories on Guam, Saipan and the Marinas islands, long-range bombing could now take place.

47. The Pacific Campaign The Flexibility of Air Power
Iwo Jima was the next and most important island for the next stage in the island hopping campaign and the eventual bombing of Japan

48. Questions / Comments

49. Today’s Mission Requirements
Identify in writing the reasons the Japanese-held islands located in the southwest Pacific had to be captured by the Allies.
Describe in writing Major General Kenney’s strategy that led to the flexibility of air power and its use in the Pacific Campaign.
EQ:
What were some of the aviation developments during the 5 year period of WWII that influenced the Aviation Industry for years to come?

50. The Pacific Campaign On the Offensive: Island Hopping Through the Southwest Pacific
As islands were conquered, the US would build airfields and then use them to support flying and refueling missions.

51. The Pacific Campaign On the Offensive: Island Hopping Through the Southwest Pacific
If the Allies could control the islands they could begin strategic bombing of the Japanese islands.

52. Today’s Mission Requirements
Identify in writing the reasons the Japanese-held islands located in the southwest Pacific had to be captured by the Allies.
Describe in writing Major General Kenney’s strategy that led to the flexibility of air power and its use in the Pacific Campaign.
EQ:
What were some of the aviation developments during the 5 year period of WWII that influenced the Aviation Industry for years to come?

53. The Pacific Campaign The Flexibility of Air Power
He bombed from low altitudes and attached parachutes to the bombs so the airplane had time to get out of the way. – Para-frag bombs

54. The Pacific Campaign The Flexibility of Air Power
He also had the bombs filled with white phosphorous, which caused streams of fire to shoot out from the bombs. – “Kenney cocktail”
Jungles, aircraft, buildings, and troop shelters would catch fire and be destroyed.

55. The Pacific Campaign The Flexibility of Air Power
Two main objectives for the new weapons:
Attacking shipping cut off the bases from supplies
Attacking the bases destroying the aircraft and supplies on the ground

56. Questions / Comments

57. Lesson Closure - 3 – 2 - 1
2. List 2 things you have questions about today’s lesson.
3. List 3 things you learned today.
1. Create (1) quiz question with answer about today’s lesson.

58. Questions / Comments

59. SAFETY FIRST.
SAFETY ALWAYS.

60. Safety Rules – Safety Monitor Brief
Must Use Safety Glasses
Use of Cutting tools is Dangerous – AT ALL TIMES – knives only out when cutting
Must Use Cutting Mats
All Areas will remain clean and organized
Plane Captains will insure All Areas will be cleaned and all items put back in proper locations 10 minutes prior to class ending
Class safety monitor will insure areas are clean and safe at all times

61. SAFETY FIRST.
SAFETY ALWAYS.

62. Questions / Comments

63. Across
3. This country's defeat was the priority
4. Aircraft used to escort B-17s
7. Served as the Prime Minister of Britain
8. Known as the "Father of the RAF"
9. The bombing of these made fuel scarce
Down
1. Group of women that ferried aircraft
2. German Field Marshall known as the Desert Fox
4. American who said Navy should have at least 20 aircraft carriers
5. This was the Top Secret bombsight used in precision bombing
6. Air power priority strategy that isolates the battle area