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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 3 1 6 - 2 1
Between the United States of America,
Great Britain, ard Canada Concerning
the Defense of Newfoundland, Signed
March 27, 1941, Exec. Agreement Series
235 (Washington, 1942).
27. Memo for Comdr. D.W. Tomlin-
son from Gen. Arnold, 1 3 May 1941.
28. Air Transport Command in Cen-
tral Africa and the Middle East, Pt. I
(29 May 1941-30 June 194t), pp. 5-18;
AAF Reference History No. 8, The
AAF in the Middle East: A Study of
the Origins of the Ninth Air Force, pp.
1-15; Stettinius, Lend-Lease, pp. 146-48.
29. Memo for Chiefs of All Divs.
from Col. G.E. Stratemeyer, 1 2 May
1941; memo for Comdr. Tomlinson from
Gen. Arnold, 1 3 May 1941; ltr., Maj.
E.R. Quesada to Mr. Dean G. Acheson,
Asst. Sec. of State, 1 3 May 1941.
30. Memo for Comdr. Tomlinson
from Gen. Arnold, 1 3 May 1941;memo
for Gen. Brett from Comdr. Tomlinson,
15 May 1941; memos for record, G.E.S.
[Col. G.E. Stratemeyer], 14, 15, 16 May
1941,in AAG 373.tA.
3 1 . Memo for record, G.E.S., 2 3 May
1941;memo for C/S from Gen. Arnold,
24 May 1941;CM-OUT, Arnold to Mili-
t a r y Attachk, London, 24 May 1941;
R&R, Exec. OCAC to Col. Ferson, 2 5
May 1941;ltr., Gen. Arnold to Mr. Juan
Trippe, 27 May 1941; all the above in
AAG 373.2A.
3 2 . William A.M. Burden, T h e
Struggle for Airways in Latin America
(New York, 1943)~pp. 23, 26-35, 54-6q;
Oliver J. Lissitzyn, International A i r
Transport and National Policy, Studies
in American Foreign Relations No. 3
(New York, 194z), pp. 310, 352; Matthew
Josephson, Empire of t h e Air, Juan
T r i p p e and t h e Struggle f o r W o r l d Air-
w a y s (New York, 1943), pp. 30-31, 61-
76, 149-62. A useful summary of the
development of commercial aviation in
South America is given in History, South
Atlantic Div., Pt. I , pp. 55-69.
3 3 . Contract between U.S.A. and Pan
American Airports Corp., z Nov. 1940;
A Consolidated Brief of the Agreements
and Contracts Constituting the Airport
Development Program (ADP), in ATC
Plans Div. files; History, South Atlantic
axordance with British usage, while the
latter-which is true ferrying-became
known as air transport or air uansporta-
tion.
13. R&R, Gen. Arnold to Gen. Brett,
3 Apr. 1941; memo for AS/W from Gen.
Brett, 25 Apr. 1941;memo for DC/S for
Air from Col. G.E. Stratemeyer, 16 May
1941; memo for DC/S for Air from
OCAC, 29 May 1941.
14. Administrative History, Ferrying
Command, 2 9 May 1941-30 June 1942,
pp. 27-30; History, FC Operations, 29
May-7 Dec. 1941,pp. 18, 33-34.
1 5 . History, FC Operations, 29 May-7
Dec. 1941,pp. 29-32. See especially Table
1, P. 30.
16. Ibid., p. 3 2 .
17. See source cited in n. I I ; Admin-
istrative History, Ferrying Command,
29 May 1941-30 June 1942, pp. 10-12.
18. Zbid., pp. 30-35; History, FC Op-
erations, 29 May-7 Dec. 1941,pp. 4 6 5 7 ;
Pilot’s Report, Trip # I ; CoPilot’s Report,
Trip # I ; memo for C/AAF from AC
Ferrying Command, 2 3 Oct. 1941.
19. Report, Capt. Elliott Roosevelt,
zIst Recon. Sq. to TAG, 8 Sept. 1941;
memo for Col. Olds from Capt. J.H.
Rothrock, 6 Sept. 1941.
2 0 . Flight Report, Trip #14, Special
Mission # I , 1 3 Sept.-3o Oct. 1941.
2 1 . Pilot’s Report, Trip # I S , Special
Mission $ 2 ; History, FC Operations, 29
May-7 Dec. 1941,pp. 65-68.
22. E.R. Stettinius, Jr., Lend-Lease,
W e a p o n for Victory, p. 93.
23. Distances given, expressed in
round numbers, are taken from route
maps in various pilot handbooks pub-
lished by h A F Aeronautical Chart
Service.
24. History, South Atlantic Div., Pt.
z (May-Nov. 1942), pp. 5 6 6 3 .
2 5 . R&R, C/AS to OCAC Intel., 2 1
Oct. 1941;R&R, OCAC Intel. to ACFC,
29 Oct. 1941; History, South Atlantic
Div., Pt. I , pp. 128-30.
26. U.S. Dept. of State, Leased Naval
and A i r Bases: Agreement and Exchanges
of Notes Between the United States of
America and Great Britain and Protocol

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