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The Army Air Forces in World War II, Vol. 1 (archived PDF)

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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.

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“King”32 pages

  • p. 303 …of Naval Opera- tions; Adm. Ernest J. King, Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet; Gen. George…
  • p. 316 …So far as the Navy is concerned, Admiral King, as you know, is not only Chief…
  • p. 493 …Admiral King believed that the mines offered a tempting bait to the Japanese who were currently…
  • p. 526 …Hence Admiral King placed a bid for suffi- 461
  • p. 527 …t this stage of the war Admiral King had accepted the belief that his carrier planes…
  • p. 538 …plan by 2 9 June, when Admiral King submitted to the Joint Chiefs a proposal that…
  • p. 607 …type * O n 5 March 1942, Admiral King wrote to General Arnold as follows: “The experience…
  • p. 608 …s.’l A formal request by Admiral King to the Chief of the Army Air Forces…
  • p. 609 …In a letter of 9 March 1942 to Admiral King, he proposed “the estab- lishment of…
  • p. 614 …In June, Admiral King expressed the official Navy position on this point with the utmost clarity…
  • p. 615 …In a memorandum to Admiral King, General McNarney, Deputy Chief of Staff, on 26 May outlined…
  • p. 616 …viewed as a temporary deta~hment.?~ Admiral King’s reaction to these cautious proposals was expressed…
  • p. 618 …the same words as used by Admiral King a month earlier: the answer to the antisubmarine…
  • p. 621 …On 14 September, General Marshall wrote to Admiral King: “Experience with the First Bomber Command in…
  • p. 622 …T o General Marshall’s proposal of 14 September, Admiral King had replied that, although he…
  • p. 641 …54 A week later General Marshall, Admiral King, Harry Hopkins, and a small staff flew to…
  • p. 645 …that scheduled to operate from the United King- dom. Dry topic or no, organization must figure…
  • p. 684 …the principal air task in the United King- dom had long been conceived as strategic bombardment…
  • p. 707 …establishment of base depots in the United King- dom became the basis of action in January…
  • p. 724 …Implicit in all of the arrangements being made in the United King- dom was the belief…
  • p. 788 …Force, Pt. I ; Fleet Adm. Ernest J. King, First Official Report to the Secretary of the…
  • p. 793 …Memo for Adm, King from C/S, 17 Mar. 1 % ~ . 34. JPS 2I/j/D, 7…
  • p. 795 …4 Aug. 1942. 108. Zbid. 109. Adm. King’s Report on Battle of Midway, incl. in…
  • p. 797 …306, 29 June 1942; memos for Adm. King from Mar- shall, 26 June 1942, and for…
  • p. 802 …1942; CM-IN-0629, Chung- king to AGWAR, # # z , 3 Apr. 1942; memo for Gen. Arnold…
  • p. 805 …Ltr., Arnold to King, 2 5 Feb. 1942. certain evidence from all Allied and enemy sources…
  • p. 806 …Memo for King from McNarney, 26 May 1942. 7 1 . Ltr., King to Marshall, 10 June…
  • p. 807 …Ltr., Marshall to King, 14 Sept. 1942, TAB XIVA, in Bowles report; memo for C G…
  • p. 808 …to notes from Mar- shall and Adm. King). 3 2 . A I c m o for…
  • p. 814 …Forces to the United King- dom, App. A, 19 Aug. 1942. 50. Ltr., Col. H.L…
  • p. 851 …C.E., 48-50 Killin, Pfc, 219 Kilner Board, 1 2 0 Kimbolton, 63 I King…
  • p. 854 …in Chief, 515, 5 2 2 , 544. (see also King); controversy over air power vs. battleship…
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.
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