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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.
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N O T E S T O P A G E S 3 4 5 - 5 2 140. Ltr., Col. Milton W. Arnold to 141. Ibid. 142. Ltr., Maj. Gen. Carl Spaatz to CG VIII Fighter Command, 7 May 194:; ltr., Col. Charles A. Hoek, Acting Dir. of War Organization & Movement, to CG Eighth Air Force et al., 17 May 1942. 143. Memo for C G AAF from Brig. Gen. H.L. George, 3 June 1942. 144. R&R, Maj. Gen. H.L. George to AFACT, 18 Sept. 1942; ltr., Col. Milton W. Arnold to C G ATC, 6 Aug. 1943. 145. History, North Atlantic Div., I, Pt. I, 41-42, 44-41; ltr., Col. C.R. Smith to C G 23d Ferrying Wing, 19 June 1942; directive memo for C G A T C from Maj. Gen. M.F. Harmon, C/AS, 22 June 1942. 146. Memo for C/AC from Col. Olds, 4 Dec. 1941;ACFC Daily Diary, 9, 10 Dec. 1941; minutes of meeting in Gen. Arnold's office, 9 Dec. 1941, in A T C 337; History, FC Operations, pp. 3-5, 183-88. 147. For an excellent discussion of the basic advantages of initially using the airlines, see ltr., Gen. George to C G AAF, 26 Apr. 1944. See also History, FC Operations, pp. 8, 188-92; Reginald M. Cleveland, Air Transport at W a r (New York, 19461, pp. 42-56. 148. Cleveland, Air Transport at W a r , pp. 14-20. r49. History, FC Operations, pp. 2 22-23. 150. Executive Order f8974, 1 3 Dec. 194'. 1 5 1 . Minutes of meeting of Special Aviation Committee, 14 Dec, 1941, in ATC Hist. file. 1 5 2 . These figures were supplied by the Civil Aeronautics Board, 20 Jan. 1947, and include all aircraft except those of Panagra, which operated over Latin- American routes exclusively. A larger number, 434, is given in Air Transporta- tion, I1 (June 1943)~16, which number is divided as follows: domestic, 358; transoceanic, 10; to Latin America, 53; Hawaii, 6; Alaska, 7. 153. Minutes cited in n. 1 5 1 ; ACFC Daily Diary, 16 Dec. 1941;ltr., S/W to C G ATC, 6 Aug. 1943. 705 126. History, North Atlantic Div., I, 127. History, 8th Weather Sq. in 128. Ibid., pp. 8, 10. 129. Ltr., Capt. Elliott Roosevelt to TAG, 15 July 1941;memo for C/S from Gen. Amold, 28 July 1941; ltr., Capt. Elliott Roosevelt to T A G , 3 Aug. 1941 (Report # 3 ) ; ltr., Capt. Elliott Roosevelt to T A G , 3 Aug. 1941 (Report #4). 130. History, North Atlantic Div., I, 1 3 1 . Ibid., 85-91; ltr., Lt. Col. J.K. Gerhart, Inspecting Officer, to CG Eighth Air Force, I June 1942, and 3d ind., Lt. Col. Robert M. Love to Dir. of Air Base Services, z July 1942; memo for CG AAF from Brig. Gen. H.L. George, 3 June 1942. 132. History, North Atlantic Div., I, Pt. I , 103-16; Annex #4, Opns. Orders $7-A, Hq. VIll Fighter Command, 18 June 1942. 133. History, North Atlantic Div., I, Pt. I , 486-591. 134. Ibid., 2 2 , 86-88, 290-94. 135. Ibid., 294-303, 318; contract DA w 535 ac-1476, 3 1 Jan. 1942; ltr., Lt. Col. Robert M. Love to Northeast Air- lines, 3 Feb. 1942; Chronology of Inau- gural Routes and Flights, North Atlantic Div., 1 5 Feb. 194s. 136. History, North Atlantic Div., I, Pt. I , 311-15; contract DA W 535 ac- 1062, 24 Dec. 1941, and directive No. 9 thereto, 4 Apr. 1942; Pilot's Report, T W A Survey Trip, 13-24 Apr. 1942; memo to Col. Mosley from M/Sgt. Joseph H. Walsh, 8 May 1942. 137. American Airlines Survey Flight, North Atlantic Route, 24 A p r . 9 May 1942, incl. to ltr., Lt. Col. Robert J. Smith to Capt. Crocker Snow, 3 June 1942. 138. History, North Atlantic Div., I, Pt. 1, 323-24, 332-34. 139. lbid., 192-94, 196200;R&R, Gen. Arnold to ACFC, 26 Mar. 1942;ltr,, Gen. Arnold to Lt. Col. Milton W. Arnold, 9 May 1942; ltr., Col. Milton W. Arnold to CG ATC, 6 Aug. 1943. Pt. I , 93, 401-2. Greenland, pp. 2-7. Pt. I, 131-33, 410-12.
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