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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. 173 …At the Roosevelt-Churchill conference at sea in mid-August, Generals Marshall and Arnold had made…
  • p. 226 …Air Service Command under Col. L.S. Churchill. Because of a shortage of experienced officers, only…
  • p. 282 …President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill with their chiefs of staff, then meeting in Washington, had…
  • p. 287 …the arrival in Washington of Prime Minister Churchill, his chiefs of staff, and other high-ranking…
  • p. 290 …stipulated in ABC-I. A t Mr. Churchill’s request, U.S. troops were to relieve…
  • p. 302 …the U.S. forces, and by Mr. Churchill as British Prime Minister and Minister of Defense…
  • p. 303 …Field Marshal Sir John Dill representing Mr. Churchill as Minister of De- fense. Sir John Dill…
  • p. 304 …of such a personal representative of Mr. Churchill might make difficult the maintenance of normal military…
  • p. 425 …O n the same day, Prime Minister Churchill informed Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell of his selection…
  • p. 628 …Western Hemisphere. When the President and Mr. Churchill met with their military staffs in the ARCADIA…
  • p. 630 …strong support in a long cable from Churchill to Roosevelt, delivered on 5 March, in which…
  • p. 636 …first in a gen- eral meeting with Churchill, later among the airmen alone.34Arnold reviewed the…
  • p. 639 …Much had happened in the two months which had passed since Churchill had approved that plan…
  • p. 640 …Duncan, chief of staff for the Eighth Air Force, wrote from Washington to Spaatz that Churchill…
  • p. 641 …postponement was al- most tantamount to refusal. Churchill was back in London by the 27th. In…
  • p. 642 …then back in Washington, that Roosevelt and Churchill “believed” that T O R C H was…
  • p. 661 …Even during the Battle of Britain, Churchill could tell the House of Commons that “there seems…
  • p. 705 …4 1 . ~ ~The following month, Prime Minister Churchill in conference with Messrs. Harry Hopkins and Averell…
  • p. 810 …2 0 August 1940, in R.S. Churchill, ed., Into Battle (London, 1941),p. 2 5…
  • p. 811 …comp., Winston Churchill’s Secret Session Speeches (New York, 1946), p. 85. 161. Larner report, as…
  • p. 845 …L.S., 182 Churchill, Prime Minister Winston, 133, 1369 141, 232, 235-37, 2409 2431 252…
N O T E S T O P A G E S 1 4 6 - 5 8
in AWPD/I, Misc.; R&R, C/AS to 9. History, First Air Force, Project I,
OCAC, Further Expansion of AAF, 6
Oct* ‘9419 in III-B-I-81 m; inter-
Views With COl. R.D. Hughes, 1 5 Sept.
19439 and Brig. Gen*Has. Hansel1, 5 Oct*
‘9439 both at London, B*C*
Hughes added these to those
listed in the text as collaborators on
A w D / I : Cole O d l e Anderson, CaPt.
Ball, Capt. Moss, and himself. The im-
portance of Hansell’s contribution is
indicated by a memo, An Air Estimate
of the Situations for the Employment of
the Air Striking Force in Europe ( A B C
I ) , forwarded through General Chaney
of SPOBS.
Vol. I, Organizational Development.
10. Ibid.; History, Air Defense Corn-
mand; History, Third Air Force, 1941-
1944, pp. 6-10; History, 111 Fighter
Command, 29 Apr.-6 Dec. 1941, pp. I-
31; History, IV Fighter Command, 18
Dee. 1940-31 Dee. 1 ~ 4 4 ,pp. I-Io; His-
tory, I Interceptor Command, z June
1941-25 M~~ 1942,vol.1.
I I . Fourth Air Force Historical Study
111-1, Defense Plans 2nd Operations in
the Fourth Air Force through the Year
’94’, vO1* I*
12. History, Army Airways Commu-
nications System, 1938-45, pp. I 15-28.
13. History, I Interceptor Command.
14. History, First Air Force, 111, Pt.
10, 4-7.
15. Ltr., Newfoundland Base Com-
mand to TAG. 28 AUP. IOAI: 1st ind.
139. AWPD/I.
140. Tab 2.
141. Tabs 7-9.
142. Tab 2, par. 5.
143. Tab 2 , par. 6 .
144. Tab 3.
145. Tab 4.
1 ~ 6 .Tab ID.
147. Tabs 11-12.
148. Tab 1 3 .
149. USSBS, Summary Report (Euro-
pean War),3 0 Sept. 1945.
150. See articles on “New Moves to-
ward an AEF,” Chicago Daily Tribune,
19 Aug. 1941; and “More Steps toward
an AEF,” ibid., 27 Nov. 1941.
NOTES TO CHAPTER 5
I . AC Field Manual 1-5, Employment
of Aviation of the Army, 1 5 Apr. 1940.
2. Biennial Report of C/S to Sec. of
War, I July 1941-30 June 1943.
3 . AC Field Manual 1-5.
4. History, Air Defense Command, 2 6
5 . Edgar McInnis, T h e War: Second
6. History, Air Defense Command.
7. As cited in AAF Historical Study
No. 19, Civilian Volunteer Activities in
the AAF, pp. 8-10.
8. History, Air Defense Command.
Feb. 1940-2 June 1941.
Year (New York, 19411,pp. 6ff.
682
Y I .
(ltr., GHQ to’ TAG, 28 Aug. 1 9 4 1 ) ~
16. History, First Air Force, 111, Pt.
10, 7-11.
17. Memo for DC/S for Air from
AC/S, WPD, 26 June 1941; ltr., Maj.
Gen. G.C. Brant to Arnold, 3 0 Oct. 1941;
ltr., AC Weather Det., Newfoundland
Air Base to C/AC, 7 Oct. 1941.
18. Ltr., Adm. Harold R. Stark to
C/S US. Army, 8 Nov. 1941.
19. Ltr., Arnold to Maj. Gen. G.C.
Brant, 27 Nov. 1941.
20. Report of the South Greenland
Expedition, 17 Mar+ June 1941;memo
for Spaatz from Capt. Paul C. Oscanyan,
6 Sept. 1941.
2 1 . Memo for C/S from Sec. of Air
Staff, 25 July 1941.
2 2 . Extract, tel. conversation, Mr.
Lovett and Gen. Brett, 14 Apr. 1941;
memo for C/NO from C/S, z May 1941.
23. Ltr., T A G to C/S GHQ, 1 5 July
1941.; A G 320.2 (11-5-41) MC-C-M,
Activation of Greenland Base Command,
24. Approved Garrisons, Overseas
Bases, 9 Oct. 1941.
2 5 . History, Army Airways Commu-
nications System, 1938-45, p. 128; His-
T A G to C/S GHQ, 1 3 NOV.1941.
26 NOV.1941.

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