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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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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. 68 I
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