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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. 386 …More threatening were Rommel’s forces in North Africa, for the very existence of the air…
  • p. 387 …the route over which the Far East Air Force had received its thirty-five heavy bombers…
  • p. 551 …Formerly commander of the Far East Air Force in the Philip- * See above, pp. 396-97…
  • p. 561 …of an air force, depended upon a line of communications extending across the Indian and At…
  • p. 570 …the American air force would be used in the Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean area…
  • p. 571 …Accordingly, on 24 May the order committing the Tenth Air Force to operations under RAF supervision…
  • p. 577 …involved in estab- lishing and operating an air force in Asia. The report of the Grady…
  • p. 630 …Policy for Disposition of US and British Air Forces.” l6 This memorandum greatly extended the scope…
  • p. 797 …MacArthur argued that now was a pro- pitious moment to rush forces from the Indian and…
  • p. 819 …5 8 - 6 7 Eighth Air Force, I, 326ff.; Achtung Indianer, a history of VIII FC…
  • p. 850 …See also CBI; Air Forces, Tenth AF. 336407 3537 356, 3803 395-96, q857 496 India…
N O T E S T O P A G E S 3 5 2 - 5 9
S/N, 14 Jan. 1942; memo to Rear Adm.
John S. McCain from Maj. Gen. George
E. Stratemeyer, C/AS, 17 Feb. 1943;
History, FC Operations, p. 191. Three
Sikorsky S 4 4 Clippers were nearing
completion and were turned over to the
Navy in 1942. (See also Air Transporta-
tion, 11 [June 19431, 15.)
154. Memo for C/AC from Col. Olds,
4 Dec. 1941.
155. Minutes cited in n. 151; memo to
Rear Adm. McCain from C/AS, 17 Feb.
'943.
156. Contract DA W 535 ac-914, 13
Dec. 1941, and sup. contract # I thereto,
17 Dec. 1941.
157. History, FC Operations, pp. 9-10.
158. For a detailed account of these
early operations to and within the South-
west Pacific Area, see ibid., pp. 9-18.
159. Sup. agreements, 13 Dec. 1941,
to contracts DA W 535 ace415 and DA
W 535 ac-416.
160. Memo for Mr. Brownell from
Gen. Olds, 13 Feb. 1942; memo for Gen.
Arnold from Gen. George, 25 June 1942;
History, FC Operations, pp. 180-81, 197-
98.
161. AAF Historical Study No. 12,
The Tenth Air Force, 1942, pp. 33-34;
History, FC Operations, p. 198.
162. History, FC Operations, pp. 192-
93, 197-98, 218. T W A operated under
contract DA W 535 ac-1062, 24 Dec.
1941, and directive No. I thereto, 1 2 Jan.
1942. (See also T.W.A.'s Contribution to
the W a r and History of T W A Foreign
Contract Service, incl. to ltr., Otis F.
Bryan to Lt. Col. Rex W. Smith, Jr., 25
Feb. 1943.)
163. Memos to Col. Thomas L.
Mosley from J. V. Roscoe, PAA repre-
sentative, 1 1 June 1942; History, FC
Operations, pp. 19697.
164. Ltr., Col. C.R. Smith, C/S A T C
to L. Welch Pogue, 15 Aug. 1942; His-
tory, Caribbean Div., Pt. 2, pp. 144-47.
165. History, Caribbean Div., Pt. 2 ,
pp. '43-449 ' 5 5 .
166. Memo for Col. Mosley from J.V.
Roscoe, 1 1 June 1942; memo for C G
AAF from Col. L.P. Whitter and Capt.
7 0 6
Wm. M. Sheehan, 2 2 June 1942; memo
for Gen. Arnold from Gen. George, 2 5
June 1942; History, FC Operations, pp.
19697, 2 1 8 .
167. History, North Atlantic Div., I,
Pt. I , 294-303, 318; contract DA W 535
ac-1476, 31 Jan. 1942; ltr., Lt. Col. Robert
M. Love to Northeast Airlines, 3 Feb.
1942; Chronology of Inaugural Routes
and Flights, North Atlantic Div., 1 5 Feb.
'945.
168. Contract DA W 535 ac-27361,
4 Apr. 1942; American Airlines Survey
Flight, as cited in n. 137.
169. 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. '942; 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.
170. Northwest Air Route to Alaska,
171. Contract DA W 535 ac-1765, 20
Feb. 1942; ltr., Gen. Olds to Northwest
Airlines, Inc., 7 Mar. 1942.
172. Northwest Air Route to Alaska,
1942-45, pp. 25-30; Summary of North-
ern Division operations with N W A
Equipment, 27 Feb.-zo Apr. 1942, in
A T C Hist. file.
173. Northwest Air Route to Alaska,
1942-459 p. 34.
174. Ibid., pp. 35-36. Letters of intent
were issued to Western Airlines on 16
April and 27 April, but the contract, W
535 ac-28400, was not approved until 17
June 1942.
175. Northwest Air Route to Alaska,
'942-457 p. 34.
176. Contract w 535 ac-29829, 25
June 1942.
177. Northwest Air Route to Alaska,
'941-459 pp. 37-39.
178. Ibid., pp. 39-40.
179. The Air Transport Command in
the Southwest Pacific, 7 Dec. 1941-1
180. R&R, Gen. Arnold to Col.
181. The Air Transport Command in
1942-457 pp. 10-24.
Aug. 1944, pp. 1-13.
George, 29 Mar. 1942.
the Southwest Pacific, n. 15, p. 1 2 .

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