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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. 303 …of Naval Opera- tions; Adm. Ernest J. King, Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet; Gen. George…
  • p. 316 …So far as the Navy is concerned, Admiral King, as you know, is not only Chief…
  • p. 493 …Admiral King believed that the mines offered a tempting bait to the Japanese who were currently…
  • p. 526 …Hence Admiral King placed a bid for suffi- 461
  • p. 527 …t this stage of the war Admiral King had accepted the belief that his carrier planes…
  • p. 538 …plan by 2 9 June, when Admiral King submitted to the Joint Chiefs a proposal that…
  • p. 607 …type * O n 5 March 1942, Admiral King wrote to General Arnold as follows: “The experience…
  • p. 608 …s.’l A formal request by Admiral King to the Chief of the Army Air Forces…
  • p. 609 …In a letter of 9 March 1942 to Admiral King, he proposed “the estab- lishment of…
  • p. 614 …In June, Admiral King expressed the official Navy position on this point with the utmost clarity…
  • p. 615 …In a memorandum to Admiral King, General McNarney, Deputy Chief of Staff, on 26 May outlined…
  • p. 616 …viewed as a temporary deta~hment.?~ Admiral King’s reaction to these cautious proposals was expressed…
  • p. 618 …the same words as used by Admiral King a month earlier: the answer to the antisubmarine…
  • p. 621 …On 14 September, General Marshall wrote to Admiral King: “Experience with the First Bomber Command in…
  • p. 622 …T o General Marshall’s proposal of 14 September, Admiral King had replied that, although he…
  • p. 641 …54 A week later General Marshall, Admiral King, Harry Hopkins, and a small staff flew to…
  • p. 645 …that scheduled to operate from the United King- dom. Dry topic or no, organization must figure…
  • p. 684 …the principal air task in the United King- dom had long been conceived as strategic bombardment…
  • p. 707 …establishment of base depots in the United King- dom became the basis of action in January…
  • p. 724 …Implicit in all of the arrangements being made in the United King- dom was the belief…
  • p. 788 …Force, Pt. I ; Fleet Adm. Ernest J. King, First Official Report to the Secretary of the…
  • p. 793 …Memo for Adm, King from C/S, 17 Mar. 1 % ~ . 34. JPS 2I/j/D, 7…
  • p. 795 …4 Aug. 1942. 108. Zbid. 109. Adm. King’s Report on Battle of Midway, incl. in…
  • p. 797 …306, 29 June 1942; memos for Adm. King from Mar- shall, 26 June 1942, and for…
  • p. 802 …1942; CM-IN-0629, Chung- king to AGWAR, # # z , 3 Apr. 1942; memo for Gen. Arnold…
  • p. 805 …Ltr., Arnold to King, 2 5 Feb. 1942. certain evidence from all Allied and enemy sources…
  • p. 806 …Memo for King from McNarney, 26 May 1942. 7 1 . Ltr., King to Marshall, 10 June…
  • p. 807 …Ltr., Marshall to King, 14 Sept. 1942, TAB XIVA, in Bowles report; memo for C G…
  • p. 808 …to notes from Mar- shall and Adm. King). 3 2 . A I c m o for…
  • p. 814 …Forces to the United King- dom, App. A, 19 Aug. 1942. 50. Ltr., Col. H.L…
  • p. 851 …C.E., 48-50 Killin, Pfc, 219 Kilner Board, 1 2 0 Kimbolton, 63 I King…
  • p. 854 …in Chief, 515, 5 2 2 , 544. (see also King); controversy over air power vs. battleship…
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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