The Army Air Forces in World War II, Vol. 1 (archived PDF)

N O T E S T O P A G E S 3 9 1 - 9 6
Feb. 1942; History, 27th Bomb. Gp.;
Sum. of Activities, 1 2 Feb. 1942.
71. History, 27th Bomb. Gp.
72. History, 17th Pursuit Sq.; Sum. of
Activities, 17 Feb. 1942, which places the
time of attack a t 1020.
73. Msg., ABDACOM to Barnes,
USAFIA, 4 Feb. 1942; Gen. Sir Archi-
bald Wavell, Despatch on Operations in
South-West Pacific, 15 Jam-25 Feb. 1942.
74. Msgs. in History, Fifth Air Force,
Pt. I: #13, Brett to C G USAFIA, 5 Feb.
1942, Doc. 749; Batavia to Army, Mel-
bourne, 9 Feb. 1942, Doc. 748; #zr, Brett
to USAFIA, 1 3 Feb. 1942, Doc. 757. See
also msg. #14, Brett to USAFIA, 12 Feb.
1942; msg. #zo, Brett to USAFIA, 1 2
Feb. 1942; The Java Sea Campaign, pp.
75. The Java Sea Campaign, pp. 3 6
37; msg., ABDA &A, ABDACOM to
USAFIA, 16 Feb. 1942.
76. History, 17th Pursuit Sq.; GO 27,
Hq. Allied Air Forces, 1 1 July 1942; GO
1 1 , Hq. Fifth Air Force, 30 Sept. 1942;
Gambonini diary; 19th Gp. Opns. Rec-
ord; 19th Gp. Diary; History, 27th
Bomb. Gp.; Sum. of Activities, 19 Feb.
1942; GO 2, Hq. S W P Command, 15
Feb. 1942; GO 20, Hq. Allied Air Forces,
20 June 1942. JANAC, Jap Losses does
not list any shipping sunk by army air-
craft on these days.
77. Msg. #z6 from Java, 20 Feb. 1942;
19th Gp. Opns. Record; GO 40, GHQ,
3 Oct. 1942; GO 20 and 38, Hq. Fifth
AF, 12 Oct. and 2 Dec. 1942; History,
17th Pursuit Sq.; Gambonini diary; Sum.
of Activities, 19 Feb. 1942.
78. USSBS Intrs. 479 and 113, Capts.
M. Genda and M. Fuchido.
79. T h e warning had come from
General Marshall who stated that there
were indications that enemy carrier op-
erations might be expected on the
northeast coast of Australia. (Msg. #235,
Marshall to C G USAFIA, 2 [ ? I Feb.
80. Ltr., Oestreicher to Wurtsmith,
21 July 1942, Doc. 932, in History, Fifth
Air Force, Pt. I.
81. Ibid.; msg. #309, Melbourne to
T A G , z z Feb. 1 9 2 .
36-37.
1942.)
7 ’ 2
8 2 . GO 27 and 62, GHQ, I Sept. and
23 Dec. 1942; msg. #309, Melbourne to
T A G , 2 2 Feb. 1942; ltr., Oestreicher to
Wurtsmith, 2 1 July 1942, Doc. 932, in
History, Fifth Air Force, Pt. I ; Report
of Air Attack on Base Section No. One,
24 Feb. 1942, Doc. 799, ibid.
83. Msg. #78, Melbourne to MILID,
20 Feb. 1942; msg. #293, Melbourne to
AGWAR, 20 Feb. 1942; msg. #298, Mel-
bourne to T A G , 20 Feb. 1942; msg.
#308, Melbourne to T A G , 2 1 Feb. 1942;
Doc. 799, as cited in n. 82.
84. The Java Sea Campaign, pp. 40-
44; 19th Gp. Opns. Record; 19th Gp.
Diary; Sum. of Activities, 20 Feb. 1942,
which records FEAF losses for the day
as “five B-I~’s, five P-40’s and two dive
bombers.. .to combat activity, anti
aircraft and straffing inflicted by enemy
action.” JANAC, Jap Losses does not
confirm the transport claimed sunk.
85. History, 17th Pursuit Sq.; ltr.,
Maj, W.F. Smith to Mrs. Sprague, 14
Apr. 1942; Gambonini diary; History,
27th Bomb. Gp.; 19th Gp. Opns. Record;
Sum. of Activities, 20 Feb. 1942.
86. 19th Gp. Diary; 19th Gp. Opns.
Record; Sum. of Activities, 20 and 2 2
Feb. 1942.
87. Msg. #AG 381, Brett to Arnold,
18 Feb. 1942.
88. Msg. #ABDA 448A, GHQ Java
to T A G , sgd. Brett, 18 Feb. 1942; msg.
#z, Brett to Marshall, 20 Feb. 1942; msg.
#s, Java to AGWAR, 2 1 Feb. 1942.
89. Msg. #ABDA 530, Java to TAG,
sgd. Brett, 23 Feb. 1942.
90. Msg. $12, Brett to AGWAR, 2 2
Feb. 1942; GO 18, Hq. FEAF, 24 Feb.
1942; Sum. of Activities, 24 Feb. 1942;
msg., ABDA to Arnold, sgd. Naiden, 25
Feb. 1942; T h e Brereton Diaries, pp. 98-
99. Brereton states here that Brett gave
him his choice of theater, Australia or
India, and that he chose India.
91. Msg. #DBA 19, CCS to ABDA-
COM, 20 Feb. 1942; The Java Sea Cam-
paign, P. 44.
92. Memo for C/S from AAF Hq.,
20 Feb. 1942; msg. #409, Arnold to Brett,
24 Feb. 1942. Actually it had been in-
tended in Washington that both Brett