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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 2 4 - 3 2 Hq. Fifth Air Force, z Dec. 1942; 19th Gp. Operations Record. 87. History, 24th Pursuit Gp.; His- tory, Fifth Air Force, Pt. I , pp. 2627; G O 25, Hq. Allied Air Forces, 4 July 1942; Robb statement; Sheppard and Gil- more statement; Ind, Batman, pp. 154-55. 88. History, 27th Bomb. Gp.; Diary of Lt. Col. James B. McAfee, I Nov. 89. Msg., Ft. Mills to AGO, 28 Dec. 1941; T h e Brereton Diaries, .pp. 63-64; FEAF Hq. Diary, Doc. 28, in History, Fifth Air Force, Pt. I, App. 11; Elsmore statement. 1941-5 OCt. 1942. p Fisher report. 91. Histories, 24th Pursuit Gp., Fifth Air Force, Pt. I, pp. 27-29, and 27th Bomb. Gp.; Robb and Obert statements; Ind, Batman, pp. 167ff. 92. History of USAFIA, Doc. 26, in History, Fifth Air Force, Pt. I, App. H; memo for CNO by Gerow, 1 2 Dec. 1941; msg., MacArthur to WD, 18 Dec. 1941; msg. #40, Melbourne to WD, 18 Dec. 1941; G O 4, Task Force, South Pacific, 19 Dec. 1941. 93. History of USAFIA, as in n. 92; msg. #71, AG to Brig. Gen. John Magru- der, 15 Dec. 1941; memo for T A G by Acting AC/S Gerow, 17 Dec. 1942; msg. #1015, Brett to T A G from Chungking, 2 3 Dec. 1941; msg. #130, Chungking to TAG, 27 Dec. 1941; History, Fifth Air Force, Pt. 2 , I Jan.-6 Mar. 1942, p. I . 94. History of G-4, USAFIA, Doc. 81, in History, Fifth Air Force, Pt. I, App. 11; History of USAFIA. 95. History of G-4, USAFIA, as in n. 94; History of USAFIA; memo for Somervell by Eisenhower, recd. 17 Dec. 1941; msg., MacArthur to AGO, 18 Dec. 1941;History, 27th Gp.; T h e Brere- ton Diaries, pp. 74-75. 96. History, Fifth Air Force, Pt. 2 , I J a n 4 Mar. 1942. See also below, chap. 1 1 . 97. AAF Historical Study No. 45, Development of the South Pacific Air Route. 98. Msg., Marshall to CG USAFIA, n.d., Doc. 48, in History, Fifth Air Force, Pt. I, App. 11; interview with Maj. John 692 T. Trotter by author, 18 Oct. 1944; Gen. Barnes’ Description of Australia, Doc. 5 1 a, in History, Fifth Air Force. Pt. I , App. 11. 99. Barnes’ Description of Australia; msg. 81371, London (Royce) to WD, 16 Dec. 1941. 100. Notes on Conferences Held at Amberley, 28 and 29 Dec. 1941, Doc. 64, in History, Fifth Air Force, Pt. I , App. 11; msg. #612, Adams to CG USAFFE, 27 Dec. 1941; msg. 8865, Adams to CG USAFFE, 3 0 Dec. 1941; History, 7th Bomb. Gp.; ltr., Clagett to C/AS, 24 Dec. 1941, Doc. 12, in History, Fifth Air Force, Pt. I, App. IF. 1 0 1 . Notes on Conferences Held at Amberley; msg., MacArthur to TAG, 15 Dec. 1941. 102. Msg., Marshall to [USAFIA, 2 5 Dec. 19411, Doc. 47, in History, Fifth Air Force, Pt. I , App. 11; msg., Mac- Arthur to AGWAR, 2 s Dec. 1941;msg., Brereton to TAG, OPNAV 251501 CROSS, 26 Dec. 1941;msg., Brereton to T A G (cable from Navy, #CR0369, 26 Dec. 1941); msg., Clagett to Brereton, n.d., Doc. 76, in History, Fifth Air Force, Pt. I , App. 11; Brereton to TAG, f300630, cR0828, 3 1 Dec. 1941; The Brereton Diaries, pp. 6 2 ff. 103. Msg., Clagett to CJS, 3 1 Dec. 1941, Doc. 77, in History, Fifth Air Force, Pt. I, App. 11; msg. #54, Clagett to C/S, 29 Dec. 1941; Arnold to Brett, 25 Dec. 1941.The original route planned for planes with a range of approximately 500 miles: Brisbane or Townsville, Clon- curry, [ Charleville], Daly Waters, Dar- win, Koepang in Timor, Makassar in Celebes, Balikpapan (or Samarinda 11) and Tarakan in Borneo, Del Monte (or Malabang, Zamboanga, Iwahig) . (Msg., MacArthur to AGWAR, 2 Dec. 1942, in AAG 452.1, Phil.) General Brereton indicates in his Diaries, however, that both he and Brett attempted to carry out their mission of supporting the de- fense of the Philippines. ( T h e Brereton Diaries, p. 75.) 104. Msg. #36, Brett to C/S, z Jan. 1942; Notes on Conference Held on 3 Jan. 1942, Doc. 33, in History, Fifth Air Force, Pt. I , App. 11; msg., Brett to Adm.
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