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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 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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