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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. 14 …with the commanding general, who in some instances moved in advance of promptings from Wash- ington…
  • p. 25 …EASTERNAND WESTERNAPPROACHESTO PANAMACANAL ALASKAAND THE ALEUTIANISLANDS PRINCIPALSEAAND AIR ROUTESAS DESIGNATEDBY WASH- ATLANTICFERRYINGAND TRANSPORTROUTESPRIORTO . . . . . . . . . . 297 30' 305…
  • p. 229 …the importance of the Far East Air Force in American strategy, the Air Staff in Wash…
  • p. 292 …Even so, there was in Wash- ington too little intelligence concerning the fluid tactical situation to…
  • p. 302 …The suggestion had been carried out in 1941 with the establishment of the U.S. Special…
  • p. 306 …work permanently with the British Joint Intelligence Committee in Wash- ington. The Combined Military Transportation Committee…
  • p. 389 …to delay the take-off was granted only after an appeal to Wash- ington.’O 3…
  • p. 442 …the time and attention of U.S. officers at Brisbane and of headquarters in Wash- ington…
  • p. 443 …Accidents delayed three planes en route, and one of the P-40’s was completely “washed…
  • p. 454 …promise of weakening the enemy. Attention already had been given in Wash- ington to establishment of…
  • p. 554 …In China, he found the procurement of necessary equipment, even be- fore the outbreak of war…
  • p. 636 …After further negotiations in Wash- ington, the Arnold-Towers-Portal agreement was adopted on z I…
  • p. 693 …Accordingly, Wash- ington was requested to send immediately 50 intelligence officers for training by the RAF…
  • p. 747 …before the Committee on Military Af- fairs, House of Representatives (Wash- 23. See, for instance, William…
  • p. 772 …The exact date of the arrival of air units is not known, as the latter source…
  • p. 799 …The road from Haiphong, Indo- China, to Yunnan was closed by the Vichy government in 1940…
  • p. 814 …Overseas (Ferrying), Air Min- istry, Memorandum on the Movement by Air of US. Forces to the…
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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