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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.

  • 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…
N O T E S T O P A G E S 1 3 0 - 4 6
95. Address to the Congress, in Peace
96. “Lend-Lease Act,” 1 1 Mar. 1941,
97. AAFRH-6.
98. E.R. Stettinius, Jr., Lend-Lease,
W e a p o n for Victory (New York, 1944)~
and W a r , pp. 608-11.
ibid., pp. 627-30.
p. 89.
99. Events, p. 275.
100. United States-British Staff Con-
versations: Air Collaboration (short title,
A B C z ) , 29 Mar. 1941.
1 0 1 . Radio address, in Peace and W a r ,
1 0 2 . Draft A M Historical Study,
Logistical Plans and Problems, 1941-43,
with Special Reference to Build-up of
the Eighth Air Force, p. 3.
1 0 3 . Munitions Requirements of the
AAF for the Defeat of Our Potential
Enemies (short title, AWPD/I), Tabs I
and 14.
PP. 599-608-
104. AAFRH-6.
105. B.H. (41) 10, Conference on
British-US. Production, Victory Re-
quirements, Interim Report, 17 Sept.
‘94’.
106. B.H. (41) 14, Conference on Brit-
ish-US. Production, Victory Require-
ments, Report by Planning Committee,
19 Sept. 1941;B.H. (41) zd Mtg. of War
Cabinet, 20 Sept. 1941.
107. See sources in n. 106.
108. Stettinius, op. cit., pp. 125-26.
109. AAFRH-6.
110. Ltr., Roosevelt to Stimson, 18
Sept. 1941,in WP I-General.
I I I . Release of Airplanes and Related
Equipment for Defense Aid, 9 Sept. 1941
(short title, AWPD/z).
1 1 2 . See the following exchange of
letters in WP I-General: FDR to Stim-
son, 18 Sept. 1941; Stimson to FDR, 23
Sept.; FDR to Stimson, 14 Oct.; Stimson
to FDR, 16 Oct. and 2 1 Oct.
1 1 3 . AAFRH-6.
114. Ibid.
1 1 5 . Ibid.
I 16. United States-British Staff Con-
versations (short title, ABC-I), 27 Mar.
‘941.
I 17. Ibid., Annex 111, US.-British
Commonwealth Joint W a r Plan.
118. r have fouvd no record of ap-
proval of ABCI, but both RAINBOW
No. 5 and AWPD/I are specifically
based on it.
119. Memo for Col. Eaker from H.S.
Hansell, 3 1 Oct. 1939.
120. Joint Army and Navy Basic War
Plan, RAINBOW No. 5, 30 Apr. 1941;
War Department Operations Plan,
RAINBOW No. 5 . The latter was ap-
proved by the Chief of Staff on 19
August 1941.
1 2 1 . Radio address, 27 May 1941, in
Peace and W a r , p. 664.
1 2 2 . By the S/W, z June 1941;by the
S/N, 29 May.
123. Joint Army and Navy Basic W a r
Plan, RAINBOW No. 5 (Rev. No. I ) .
124. Memo for AC/S, W P D from
Brig. Gen. Carl Spaatz, C/AS, Revision
of Rainbow No. 5 , Where It Pertains to
Air Action, n.d. (after 19 Aug. 1941).
1 2 5 . N e w York Times, 1 7 Aug. 1941.
126. Text in Peace and W a r , pp.
127. N e w York Times,17 Aug. 1941.
128. General Strategy, Review by the
British Chiefs of Staff, 3 1 July 1941,
signed by Dudley Pound, J. G. Dill, C.
Portal.
129. N e w York Times, 5 and 8 July
‘941.
130. J.B. No. 3 2 5 (Serial p 9 ) , 25 Sept.
1941,Joint Board to SPOBS, Comments
on General Strategy, Review by the
British Chiefs of Staff.
7 I 8-19.
131. Ibid.
132. AL (41) 8th Mtg., War Cabinet,
1 3 3 . Joint Board Estimate, p. 15.
134. App. I. Estimates based on “Two
Ocean Navy” plus t o per cent tonnage
plus additional aircraft.
135. Joint Board Estimate, p. 15.
136. App. 11.
137. AWPD/I, Tabs 1 3 and I .
138. Data for this paragraph taken
from: memo for the C/AS, Notes on
Preparation of AWPD/r, 18 Nov. 1941,
American Liaison, 21 Nov. 1941.
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