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

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NOTES TO CHAPTER 1
I . Howard E. Coffin, quoted in New
2 . A.W. Sweetser, T h e Americun Air
3. Zbid., pp. 230-31.
4. Zbid., chap. 5 .
5. N e w York Times, 10 June 1917.
6. Dr. C.D. Walcott of NACA, quoted
in Sweetser, op. cit., p. 45.
7. E.S. Gorrell, T h e Measure o f Amer-
ica’s World W a r Aeronautical Effort
(Northfield, Vt., 19401, p. 2 .
York Times, 14 June 1917.
Service (New York, 1 9 1 9 ) ~pp. 66-68.
8. Sweetser, op. cit., p. 16.
9. G.W. Mixter and H.H. Emmons,
U.S. A r m y Aircraft Production Facts
(Washington, 1919), p. 5 .
10. J.J. Pershing, My Experiences in
the World W a r (New York, 19311, I,
27.
1 1 . Sweetser, op. cit., p. 46.
1 2 . Zbid., p. 54; Mixter and Emmons,
op. cit., p. 5 .
13. J.M. Spaight, T h e Beginnings of
Organized Air Power: A Historical
Study (London, 1 9 2 7 ) ~p. 239.
14. Sweetser, op. cit., p. 93, n. I , quot-
ing the legislation.
15. Spaight, op. cit., pp. 238-45, based
largely on Sweetser.
16. Sweetser, op. cit., pp. 190ff.
17. Zbid., chaps. vi and vii.
18. Ibid., pp. 210-17.
19. Zbid., pp. 218-19, 238; Spaight, op.
20. Sweetser, op. cit., pp. 220ff.
2 I . Zbid., pp. 240, 247-48. Spaight , ( o p .
Cit., pp. 279-88) summarizes statistics
from various sources.
22. Sweetser, op. cit., pp. 232-33.
23. Pershing, op. cit., I, 161-62.
cit., pp. 2 4 6 5 1 .
24. M.M. Patrick, T h e United States
in the Air (New York, 1928), p. 1 5 .
2 5 . H.A. Toulmin, Jr., Air Service,
A.E.F., rp18 (New York, 1927), pp. 74-
78. 26. Patrick, op. cit., p. 16.
2 7 . Gorrell, op. cit., p. 29 (table);
Pershing, op. cit., 11, 61.
28. Patrick, op. cit., pp. 1-16; Toul-
min, op. cit., chap. vi.
29. Patrick, op. cit., p. 17. Here he
gives the previous goal as 354 squadrons.
30. Gorrell, op. cit., p. 29.
3 1 . Final Report of Chief of Air Serv-
ice, A.E.F. (Washington, 1921).
3 2 . Details in this section are taken
from the best of the Mitchell biographies:
Isaac Don Levine, Mitchell, Pioneer of
Air Power (New York, 1943).
3 3 . For quotations see ibid., 92-94.
35. Zbid., pp. 97-100,
36. Zbid., p. 108.
3 7 , Final Report.. ., A.E.F., passim.
Another summary of the participation of
American air units in the war will be
found in [Clayton L. Bisselll Brief His-
tory of the Air Corps and Its Late De-
velopment (Air Corps Tactical School,
Langley Field, Va., [19271), pp. 33-65.
38. William Mitchell, “The Air Serv-
ice at St. Mihiel,” World’s W o r k ,
XXXVIII (Aug., 1919), 360-70; Final Re-
port ..., A.E.F.
39. Quotations and general concept of
the battle taken from William Mitchell,
“The Air Service a t the Argonne-Meuse,”
World‘s W o r k , XXXVIII (Sept. 1919),
5 5 2 - 6 0 ; Final Report.. . , A.E.F.
40. Quoted in Special AAF Historical
Study, Review of Aerial Warfare for the
Scientific Advisory Board (Jan. 1945),
p. 3.
34. ]bid., pp. 95-97.
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