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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.
“The Invaders”15 pages
N O T E S T O P A G E S 2 9 2 - 3 0 3 131. Memo for Arnold from Saville, 3 1 Jan. rgqt. 132. 1st ind. (ltr., C/AAF to CSigO, 8 Feb. 1942)~OCSigO to C/AAF, 1 1 Feb. 1942. 1 3 3 . Memo for C/AAF from AWPD (Col. George), z Feb. 1942. 134. Ltr., CG I Interceptor Command to CG First Air Force, 18 Feb. 1942. 1 3 5 . Memo for Arnold from Eisen- hower ( W D OPD), 1 5 Apr. 1942. 136. For a detailed account of estab- lishment of a V H F net, see Fourth Air Force Historical Study 111-2, pp. 234-50. 137. “Longhairs and Short Waves,” Fortune, Nov. 1945. 138. Ibid. 139. A G 371 (12-19-41) MSC-E-M, Creation of Eastern Theater of Opera- tions, 20 Dec. 1941.See also GO I , East- ern Theater of Operations, 21 Dec. 1941, Doc. 10, in History, First Air Force, Vol. I. 140. A G 320.2 (12-30-41) MSC-C-M, Allocation of AAF Units and Associated Services, and the Assignment of Air Bases and Observation Airdromes may be found as Doc. I, in Fourth Air Force Historical Study 1-2, or as Doc. 1 1 , in History, First Air Force, Vol. I. 141. See Fourth Air Force Historical Study 1-2, pp. 208 ff. 142. A G 381 (3-11-42) MC-E-M, Defense of Continental US., 18 Mar. 1942. 143. For the initial organization of AAF, see AAF Reg. 2 0 - 1 , 3 1 Mar. 1942. 144. H i s t o r y , F i g h t e r C o m m a n d School, Mar.-Nov. 1942, pp. 24ff. 145. On the effects that dispersion would have had, see History, Third Air Force, to June 1944, pp. 135-37. 146. Fourth Air Force Historical Study 111-2, chap. i. 147. Fourth Air Force Historical Study 111-2, chap. iii. 148. Ibid., pp. ~wff. 149. Ibid., pp. 25 ff. 150. zzd Recommendation of Perma- nent Joint Board on Defense, as sum- marized in ltr., T A G to C/AAF and others, I Feb. 1942. 1 5 1 . Quoted on title page of National Service Handbook, Committee on Public Information (Washington, 1917). 1 5 2 . See p. 2 2 of Watson-Watt re- port, as cited in n. 119. 1 5 3 . See Fourth Air Force Historical Study I1I-2, chap. ii. 154. New York Times, 20 Apr. 1942. 155. Minutes of S / W Conference, 18 156. Ibid. 157. Ibid., meeting of 2 5 May 1942. 158. Fourth Air Force Historical Study 1-2, p. 61. 159. Minutes of S / W Conference, 8 June 1942. See also Fourth Air Force Historical Study 1-2, p. 62. 160. AAF Historical Study No. 42, Air Defense of the Panama Canal, I Jan. 1939-7 Dec. 1941. 161. No complete transcript of the report by Watson-Watt was available, but a digest, with many direct quotations, is in History, Sixth Air Force, Mar. 1942 -May 1943, pp. 26ff. 162. Memo for Roosevelt from Stim- son, 14 Mar. 1942. 163. lbid. 164. History, Sixth Air Force, p. 219. 165. Memo for Arnold from Eisen- hower (OPD), received at AAF Hq., 29 Apr. 1942. 166. History, Sixth Air Force, pp. ‘94-97. 167. Minutes of S / W Conference, zy June 1942. General Arnold announced that “we are equipping [bombers] with ASV at the rate of two per day.” 168. Watson-Watt report, as quoted in History, Sixth Air Force, pp. 26ff. 1%. Ibid. 170. AAF Historical Study No. 4, Alaskan Air Defense and the Japanese Invasion of the Aleutians, pp. 22-27. May 1942. 171. Ibid., p. 28. 172. The reinforcement preparations are described in Fourth Air Force His- torical Study IV-2, Processing Functions 699
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