urn:taro:utexas.cah.00183 A Guide to the Air Force Operations Analysis Section Collection, 1942-1948, 1985, and undated Text converted and initial EAD tagging done by Kristy Sorensen on April 4, 2003 Finding aid written in English. Tue Jul 22 15:29:07 CDT 2003 urn:taro:utexas.cah.00183 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). Descriptive Summary Air Force Operations Analysis Section Air Force Operations Analysis Section Collection, 1942-1948, 1985 and undated 93-301 4 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin This collection consists of published histories of the Eighth Air Force Operations Analysis Section, as well as lists and photographs of members Materials are written in English. Biographical Note

The Eighth Air Force was the first division to have an operations analysis section and its section remained the largest through the war. Section members used mathematical analysis to improve bombing accuracy and efficiency.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of published histories of the Eighth Air Force Operations Analysis Section, as well as lists and photographs of members.

Forms part of the Archives of American Mathematics.

Access Restrictions

Unrestricted Access.

Use Restrictions

The majority of these papers are stored remotely at CDL. Contact reference staff for retrieval from offsite storage.

Preferred Citation

Air Force Operations Analysis Section Collection, 1942-1948, 1985, and undated, Archives of American Mathematics, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

Index Terms Subjects Price, G. Baley (Griffith Baley), 1905 -, collector. United States. Air Force. Air Force, 8th. Operational Analysis Section. Bombing, Aerial. Mathematical analysis. World War 1939-1945. Aerial operations, American. Detailed Description of the Collection Inventory: 93-301/1 Some members of the Operational Research Section, 1942-1945 4RM11 Eleven photographs of the Operations Analysis Section, ca. 1940s 93-301/1 Arps, Leslie H. n.d. Eighth Air Force History of Operations Analysis Section. 151 pp. 93-301/1 Price, G. Baley. 1985. Gremlin Hunting in the Eighth Air Force European Theater of Operations, 1943-1945. 114 pp. 93-301/1 Brothers, Leroy A. 1948. Operations Analysis in World War II. 48 pp. 93-301/1 Price, G.B. & J.W.T. Youngs. 1944. The Oxford Experiment in H2X Bombing. 49 pp.