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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.
“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
support initially. Essential agreement as to policy in this respect was
reached by zo*August, three days after the VIII Bomber Command
had flown its first mission. The document, which reached its final form
on 8 September, is worth quoting in full:
Joint AmericanlBritish Directif On Day Bomber Operations
Involving Fighter Co-operation
A I M
Britain is to achieve continuity in the bombing offensive against the Axis.
ALLOCATlON OF RESPONSlBlLlTY
2 . The primary instrument for night air bombardment is the British
Bomber Command. Day bombardment will be the primary responsibility
of the 8th Air Force.
I . The aim of the day bombardment by Allied Air Forces based in Great
METHODS OF ACHlEVlNG T H E A I M
3. Night bombardment methods will remain as defined in present Air
Ministry directifs to the British Bomber Command. The method of achiev-
ing the aim of day bombardment is by the destruction and damage of precise
targets vital to the Axis war effort.
DEVELOPMENT OF DAY OFFENSIVE
phases:-
4. The day bomber offensive is to be developed in the following three
(a) Phase I
American day bomber forces under British fighter protection rein-
forced by American fighter forces are to attack suitable objectives within
the radius of action of British fighter cover.
(b) Phase t
American day bomber forces under British and American fighter
protection are to attack suitable objectives within the radius of action of
British and American fighter types. In this phase, the direct protection of
the bomber forces is to be provided by American fighter forces. British
fighter forces are to be used principally for diversionary sweeps and with-
drawal cover. During this phase the range characteristic of the American
type fighter aircraft is to be exploited to increase the depth of penetration
of the bomber force and also to widen the frontage of attack. It will be the
responsibility of the 8th Air Force to develop the tactics of deep penetration
of the enemy day fighter defence.
(c) Phase 3
The 8th Air Force will develop its full day bomber offensive re-
ceiving such support and co-operation as may be required from the British
short-range fighter force.
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