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This is Volume One of The Army Air Forces in World War II, titled Plans and Early Operations, January 1939 to August 1942, edited by Wesley Frank Craven and James Lea Cate. The University of Chicago Press first published it in 1948, and the Office of Air Force History reprinted it in 1983. The front matter explains how the AAF historical program was set up during the war. The index covers Pacific, Atlantic and European operations, and nothing in the text concerns unidentified aerial phenomena.
“Independence Day”9 pages
T H E A R M Y A I R F O R C E S I N W O R L D W A R I 1 form to these general rules, the United States should: ( I ) allocate to Great Britain for the RAF and Dominion air forces aircraft according to an accompanying schedule for regions where U.S. air forces could not operate; * and ( 2 ) assign to theaters of British or combined * A N N E X A: Allocations of Aircraft Other Than Fleet Air Arm T y p e s to Great I. All aircraft allocated to Great Britain up to 31st May 1942 shall remain at the disposal of the British Government, including 19 B.17 Fortress, 6 B.24 Liberator and 24 B.25 which have at different times been temporarily transferred on loan to U.S. Air Forces from British allocations, but excluding 387 Bostons from British allocations transferred to Russia. 2 . The following aircraft (excluding Flying Boats) will be allocated to Great Britain from production in the United States in 1942. Britain B.24 June 28 July 6 Aug. 4 Sept. 4 Oct. 4 Nov. 4 Dec. 4 BOS- ton Hud- Balti- Ber- Venge- B.34 A.toC son more muda ance P.39 P.40 p.51 - 47 60 34 60 I 0 0 80 - 37 80 60 39 60 150 40 - 49 78 60 57 60 50 40 17 19 96 60 63 61 60 50 40 63 5 2 42 60 48 IOO 60 50 - 20 24 1 2 60 61 167 60 50 - - - - 60 61 1 1 7 70 50 - Total 1942 54 IOO 181 355 * 420 363 625 2 5 0 b 500 z o o c (a) Includes zoo troop carrying and transport versions. (b) In exchange for 150 Spitfires to equip and maintain one group. (c) In exchange for zoo Spitfires to equip and maintain a second fighter group. The figure of 200 P.51 may be increased as a result of a review later in 1942. 3. Additional allocations of types included in para. 2 above up to 1st April 1943 will be as follows: B.24 Boston Hudson Baltimore Bermuda Vengeance B.34 pa39 p.40 P.5 I 4 a month or enough to meet attrition on 80 U.E. Nil '9 45 I 8 0 387 418 (a) Nil 50 a month Nil (b) (a) British would accept 3/4 of this figure to enable U.S. to meet their S.W. Pacific commitments. (b) Subject to revision if additional production is created using Merlin 61 engines. 4. British squadrons using American aircraft operational under this agreement on 1st April 1943 shall be allocated the aircraft necessary to meet their attrition and that of their supporting O.T.U.'s after that date. 568
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