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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 4 0 6 - 1 4 statement; Lt. Col. William J. Kennard, Report on Philippine and Australian Ac- tivities, 14 Nov. 1942, in AAG, Reports of Air Surgeon; Rowe combat report; statement of Col. Ray Elsmore, Doc. 30 a, in History, Fifth Air Force, Pt. I ; G O 37, Hq. USAFIA, 5 Apr. 1942; G O 2 6 , GHQ SWPA, 28 hug. 1942. 8. Elsrnore statement; msg. #zo, Mac- Arthur to TAG, 7 Jan. 1942; msg. $116, Ft. Mills to AG, 24 Jan. 1942; Supple- mental Report on Airfields, I Mar. 1942, Doc. 30, in History, Fifth Air Force, Pt. I ; unrecorded interview with Col. Cecil E. Combs by Maj. R.L. Watson, 19 Jan. 1945. 9. Elsmore statement. 10. Msg. # z ~ z ,MacArthur to Roose- velt, 11 Feb. 1942; msgs., Hq. USAFFE, Ft. Mills to Sharp, Del Monte for Mac- Arthur, sgd. Marshall, 15 and 16 Mar. 1942. I I. Msg. # z ~ z ,Ft. Mills to TAG, Mac- Arthur for Roosevelt, 11 Feb. 1942; msg. #5, Australia to Marshall, 2 1 Mar. 1942; msg., Hq. USAFFE to Del Monte for MacArthur, sgd. Marshall, 15 Mar. 1942; memo for Gen. Brett by Gen. Royce, 6 Apr. 1942, in AFSHO files; Hmory, 435th Sq.; G O 37, Hq. USAFIA, 5 Apr. 1942. rz. USSBS (Pacific) Intr. 503, Vice Adm. S. Fukudome, 9 Dec. 1945. 13. CPS 24, 14 Mar. 1942. See also USSBS, Employment of Forces under the Southwest Pacific C o m a n d , Feb. '947, P. 4, 14. CCS 18/1, 13 Mar. 1942. 15. JCS 5th Mtg., 9 Mar. 1942; JCS 6th Mtg., 16 Mar. 1942; study prepared by Strategy and Policy Gp., OPD, at- tached to JCS 152/1, IZ Dec. 1942. 16. It should be noted that Darwin and Port Moresby were merely outposts, and at this time were not expected to hold out long against an enemy attack. The main Australian forces were to be disposed for protection of the vital Bris- baneMelbourne area. (CPS 24, 14 Mar. 1942; USSBS, Employment of Forces, as in n. 13.) In the Darwin area, there were no more than twenty-two heavy antiair- craft guns and six 6-inch coastal guns; and at Port Moresby only ten antiaircraft guns and two coastal guns. (CPS 24, 14 Mar. 1942.) 17. Msg., Washington to CG USA- FIA, 12 Mar. 1 9 4 2 , Doc. 278, in History, Fifth Air Force, Pt. I. 18. Msg. 8510,sans origine to TAG, sgd. Brett, 8 Mar. 1942. 19. Brett's operations officer later sub- mitted a modified plan to include six areas with combat squadrons located as follows: Darwin-Daly Waters, Clon- curry-Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth. Curiously, al- though pursuit units were to be located at Darwin, Brisbane, and Sydney, none were to be placed at Townmille. (Memo for C/AS by Col. Ross G. Hoyt and concurred in by A-I, A-2, and A-4, 24 Mar. 1942.) 20. GO 16, Hq. USAFIA, 24 Feb. '942- 21. Shipment of A/C from the US., Doc. 283, in History, Fifth Air Force, Pt. I; msg. #754, Australia to AGWAR, 22. History, V Fighter Command, chap. 1; History, 41st Fighter Sq.;Flying Time of the 49th Pursuit Group, Doc. 926, in History, Fifth Air Force, Pt. I. 23. AAF Historical Study No. 9, The AAF in Australia, to the Summer of 1942, pp- 37-43. 24. Shipment of A/C from the U.S., as cited in n. 21; msg. #754, Australia to AGWAR, 18 Mar. 1942. 25. Msg., Brett to AGWAR, 26 Feb. 1942; 435th [Bomb. Sq.] Overseas; His- tory, 19th Bomb. Gp.; interview with Col. Richard H. Carmichael, 5 Dec. 1942; memo for Chief AAF by Col. Vanden- berg, 16 Feb. 1942; msg. $570, Brett to AG, 9 Mar. 1942; msg. #3/219, Ulio to CG USAFIA, 11 Mar. 1942. 26. History, 43d Bomb. Gp.; inter- view with Col. Harold R. Wells, 2 1 May 1943; History, 63d Bomb. Sq.; History, 19th Bomb. Gp.; memo for Chief AAF by Eisenhower, 19 Mar. 1942; memo for WPD by C/AS, 20 Mar. 1942; msg. #TOT, Marshall to USAFIA, 16 Mar. 1942; msg. $1188, Brett t o TAG, 27 Mar. 1942. 27. Histories, 3d and 27th Bomb. 18 Mar. 1942.
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