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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 3 6 - 4 5
ACFC to Opns. Div., 3 Jan. 1942; CM-
IN, Cairo (Fellen) to T A G (Adler for
Arnold), 8754 Amseg, 3 Feb. 1942; His-
tory, FC Operations, pp. 99-100.
94. History, FC Operations, pp. IOO-
1 0 1 , and docs. cited in n. 9, p. 1 0 1 .
95. Memo for Gen. Harmon from
Col. George McCoy, Jr., 28 May 1942.
96. Foreign Ferrying Deliveries, Jan.-
June 1942 and July-Dec. 1942; History,
FC Operations, pp. 133-42.
97. History, FC Operations,. pp. 78-
79, 105-6; History, Caribbean DIV., Pt. 2 ,
98. Stettinius, Lend-Lease, pp. 154-56.
99. History, FC Operations, pp. 107-8.
100. R&R, Asst. for Opns. to ACFC,
1 2 Feb. 1942; ltr., Gen. Olds to Pan
American Airways, Inc., et al., 19 Feb.
‘942.
1 0 1 . History, FC Operations, p. 108.
102. Foreign Ferrying Deliveries, as
cited in n. 96; PAAF Current Consoli-
dated Airplane Report.
pp* 1-36? 55-60.
103. AAFRH-8, p. 61.
104. Foreign F e r r y i n g Deliveries,
July-Dec. 1942; ltr., Col. C.R. Smith to
Exec. Munitions Assignments Board, I I
June 1 9 4 2 .
105. Ltrs., AAF to C/AC, 9 and 19
Jan. 1942; docs. cited in History, FC
Operations, n. I I , p. 113, and n. 2 2 , p. 122.
106. History, FC Operations, pp. I 12-
17; interview with Lt. Col. W.R. Stark
by Mrs. M.G. Radsch, 10 Apr. 1946.
107. History, FC Operations, pp. IZI-
2 2 ; Foreign Ferrying Deliveries, Jan.-
June IWL.
108. History, FC Operations, pp. 122-
25; ltr., Lt. Col. John E. Barr to CG
Tenth Air Force, 19 June 1942; Foreign
Ferrying Deliveries, Jan.-June 1942 and
July-Dec. 1942.
109. Foreign Ferrying Deliveries, as
in n. 108.
I 10. History, FC Operations, pp. 109-
12; AAFRH-8, pp. 69-75, 85, 96-113.
I I I . Ltr., Sec. of State to S/W, I
Feb. 1941;memo for Gen. Arnold from
Maj. E.H. Alexander, 2 1 Mar. 1941;
memo for Gen. Arnold from H.T.
704
Lewis, O.W. Coyle, and Maj. E.H.
Alexander, 24 Mar. 1941; Atlantic Bridge,
pp. 26-27; History, North Atlantic Div.,
ATC, I, Pt. I , 68-71.
112. Memo for Gen. Spaatz from
Capt. T.N. Charles, 1 3 Mar. 1941;memo
for C/S from Gen. Brett, 1 2 Apr. 1941;
memo for C/S from Acting AC/S,
WPD, 3 June 1941; memo for C/AC
from Col. Robert Olds, 23 June 1941;
memo for T A G from Acting AC/S,
WPD, 10 July 1941; memo for AWPD
from Gen. Spaatz, 26 Aug. 1941; memo
for C/S from AAF, 23 Sept. 1941.
113. Ltr., Sec. of State to S/W, I Feb.
1941;memo for Gen. Arnold from Maj.
E.H. Alexander, 2 1 Mar. 1941.
114. Memo for Gen. Arnold from
Maj. E.H. Alexander, 2 1 Mar. 1941.
1 1 5 . History, North Atlantic Div., I,
Pt. I , 85-86.
116. Zbid., 85-89; ltr., Capt. Elliott
Roosevelt to TAG, 6 July 1941; Atlantic
Bridge, pp. 27-29.
117. Ltr., Sec. of State Cordell Hull
to Danish Minister Henrik de Kauffman,
7 Apr. 1941; ltr., Kauffman to Hull, 9
Apr. 1941;Peace and W a r : U S . Foreign
118. Memos for C/S from Acting
AC/S, WPD, 3 and 10 June 1941; ltr.,
T A G to C/S, 10 July 1941; History,
North Atlantic Div., I, Pt. I , 103.
119. History, North Atlantic Div., I,
Pt. I , 104.
120. Ltr., AAF to Capt. Elliott Roose-
velt, 1 1 Aug. 1941; ltr., Capt. Elliott
Roosevelt to TAG, 8 Sept. 1941;memo
for Col. Olds from Capt. J.H. Rothrock,
6 Sept. 1941.
121. History, North Atlantic Div., I,
Pt. I , 105-6.
122. Zbid., 100-101.
123. Ibid., 107-13; ltr., Capt. Elliott
Roosevelt to TAG, 8 Sept. 1941.
124. History, North Atlantic Div., I,
Pt. I , 12-15, 78-83, 113-16.
125. Zbid., 397;-40X, 405-6; History,
8th Weather Sq. m Greenland, pp. 1-2;
memo for C/AC from Col. Robert Olds,
24 Nov. 1%’.
Polk’)’, 1931-1941, pp. 103-4.

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