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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.

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“Pacific Ocean”16 pages

  • p. 75 …In the North Pacific only the narrow Bering Strait separated Siberia from Alaska, and farther south…
  • p. 242 …O R+ POI NT HAWAIIAN I SLA PACIFIC OCEAN 196 o w s U I DS
  • p. 322 …any one of many points in both oceans and along our coast lines and against the…
  • p. 332 …The shots seemed designed to punctuate the President’s statement that “the broad oceans which have…
  • p. 387 …Another Indian Ocean route was proposed that would have connected Mombasa with Ceylon or Bangalore, India…
  • p. 480 …Nimitz as commander in chief of the Pacific Ocean Area, whose responsibilities included the maintenance of…
  • p. 489 …Defense of the South Pacific Route It has been indicated elsewhere that the fear of just…
  • p. 515 …Chester Nimitz, commander in chief of the Pacific Ocean Area, could not know of the debates…
  • p. 537 …Pacific Ocean,’ but the division of command between the Army and Navy in the Pacific naturally…
  • p. 630 …T h e United States was asked to provide additional air strength for the Pacific, to…
  • p. 775 …Transport Cornand‘s Ocean Ferry (London, 1945), pp. 5-19; Summary of Information covering the organization…
  • p. 791 …ON1 Combat Narratives, Early Raids in the Pacific Ocean, I Feb.-ro Mar. 1942; RAAF Intel…
  • p. 797 …This action was to be co-ordinated with an operation in the South Pacific against Tulagi…
  • p. 833 …Headquarters, VIII Bomber Command, High Wycombe Prime Minister Pacific Ocean Area New Caledonia Task Force Plan…
  • p. 850 …336407 3537 356, 3803 395-96, q857 496 India-China Ferry, organization, 508 Indian Ocean, 33…
  • p. 856 …I , 432, 477 Pacific Fleet (US.), 137, 19697, 236, 272-73 Pacific Ocean Area, 419, 452…
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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