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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 2 1 7 - 2 4 Capt. Kawakita bhihara, n.d.; 94, Comdr. Yutaka Isawa, 1 2 Oct. 1945; 331, Capt. Mitsugo Ihara, 10 Nov. 1945; 387, Capt. Kameo Sonokawa, 14 Nov. 1945; 424, Capt. Bunzo Shibata, 18 Nov. 1945. 68. Ltr., Eubank to CG FEAF, as in n. 65. 6.T M 1-10. 70. History, Fifth Air Force, Pt. I , p. 17; 19th Gp. Operations Record; Summary of Activities, 10 Dec. 1941, 1430 which records “Discussion of situation by Staff: In view of the fact that Paratroops have been landed in many places in the islands, General Brereton is of the opinion that it is highly dangerous to allow Bombard- ment to remain in this vicinity after dark.” Under 11 Dec. 1941, 0030, appears “Telephonic orders to move all B-17’s southward prior to daybreak and execute dawn attack on targets in Linguayan Port.” (See also 1 1 Dec. 1941, 1009.) 71. History, 24th Pursuit Gp.; Obert statement; Sheppard and Gilmore state- ment; combat reports of Capt. William M. Rowe, in A-2 Library. Operations of the Japanese Navy in the Invasion of the Philippines indicates that thirty-four fighters and twenty-seven bombers were sent against Nielson, Nichols, and Camp Murphy, twenty-seven bombers against Cavite and the same number against shipping at Manila, and eighteen fighters against Del Carmen. Japanese pilots claimed fifty planes shot down and fifty-three heavily damaged or burned. 71. Memo for CIS by Acting AC/S, G-2, 10 Dec. 1942. 73. It should be added that prior to the attack on Cavite, American pursuits had intercepted another formation of Jap planes over central Luzon and shot two down, and that later on Filipino pilots flew their obsolete P-26’s against an enemy formation. (Sheppard and Gilmore statement; GO 48 and 27, Hq. USAFFE, 21 Dec. 1941 and 16 Feb. 74. History, 24th Pursuit Gp.; msg., Manda to AGWAR, 1 2 Dec. 1941. 75. Msg., Manila to WD, 11 Dec. 1941;msg., Manila to AGWAR, 1 2 Dec. 1941; Hart, Narrative of Events; GO 48 and 27, Hq. USAFFE, 21 Dec. 1941, and 1942.) 16 Feb. 1942; msg., Arnold to C G USAFFE, 24 Dec. 1941. 76. 19th Gp. Operations Record; msg. $1712, Manila to TAG, 1 5 Dec. 1941; GO 16, Hq. FEAF, Bandoeng, I Feb. 1942; GO 2 , Hq. Southwest Pacific Com- mand, Lembang, 1 5 Feb. 1942; G O 12, Hq. Allied Air Forces, 2s May 1942. 77. History, 24th Pursuit Gp.; GO 52, Hq. USAFFE, 24 Dec. 1941. 78. History, Fifth Air Force, Pt. I , p. 20, and statement of Col. Ray Elsmore, Doc. 30a, App. FI. A few days after the war began, one P-40 was dispatched to Mindanao to serve as a personal recon- naissance plane for General Sharp, in com- mand on that island. On 4 January, nine P-40’s left Bataan for Del Monte. Five of these planes arrived; and about a week later two P-35’s arrived. (Obert state- ment; History, 24th Pursuit Gp.) 79. 19th Gp. Operations Record; Els- more statement. 80. History, 27th Bomb. Gp. 81. Msgs., MacArthur to Marshall, 10 Dec. 1941; Manila to WD, 1 3 Dec. 1941; #40, Manila to T A G , 2 2 Dec. 1941. 82. Memo for MacArthur from Brere- ton, 14 Dec. 1941. 83. Msg. #787, T A G to C G USAFFE, 1 5 Dec. 1941; ltr. to CG AFCC, incl. to R&R, OPD to Air Service Command, 15 Dec. 1941; ltr., T A G to CG M C C , 23 Dec. 1941; msg. #750, Adams to Mac- Arthur, 23 Dec. 1941. 84. Msgs., Manila to W D and TAG, 19 Dec. 1941; $13, 20 Dec.; #30 and #544, 2 1 Dec.; #3 and $34, 2 2 Dec.; Brief Chronology of the Philippine Campaign, Col. Ray Elsmore’s personal papers, Doc. 8 2 , in History, Fifth Air Force, Pt. I , App. 11; Sutherland interview, as cited in n. 50. 85. 19th Gp. Operations Record; msg. #41, Manila to TAG, 23 Dec. 1941; GO 16, Hq. FEAF, Bandoeng, 1 2 Feb. 1942; GO z, Hq. SWP Command, Lembang, 15 Feb. 1942. 86. G O 2, Hq. SWP Command, Lem- bang, 15 Feb. 1942; GO 10, Hq. Fifth Air Force, 2 2 Sept. 1942; GO 16, Hq. FEAF, Bandoeng, 1 2 Feb. 1942; GO 38, 69 1
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