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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. 303 …of Naval Opera- tions; Adm. Ernest J. King, Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet; Gen. George…
  • p. 316 …So far as the Navy is concerned, Admiral King, as you know, is not only Chief…
  • p. 493 …Admiral King believed that the mines offered a tempting bait to the Japanese who were currently…
  • p. 526 …Hence Admiral King placed a bid for suffi- 461
  • p. 527 …t this stage of the war Admiral King had accepted the belief that his carrier planes…
  • p. 538 …plan by 2 9 June, when Admiral King submitted to the Joint Chiefs a proposal that…
  • p. 607 …type * O n 5 March 1942, Admiral King wrote to General Arnold as follows: “The experience…
  • p. 608 …s.’l A formal request by Admiral King to the Chief of the Army Air Forces…
  • p. 609 …In a letter of 9 March 1942 to Admiral King, he proposed “the estab- lishment of…
  • p. 614 …In June, Admiral King expressed the official Navy position on this point with the utmost clarity…
  • p. 615 …In a memorandum to Admiral King, General McNarney, Deputy Chief of Staff, on 26 May outlined…
  • p. 616 …viewed as a temporary deta~hment.?~ Admiral King’s reaction to these cautious proposals was expressed…
  • p. 618 …the same words as used by Admiral King a month earlier: the answer to the antisubmarine…
  • p. 621 …On 14 September, General Marshall wrote to Admiral King: “Experience with the First Bomber Command in…
  • p. 622 …T o General Marshall’s proposal of 14 September, Admiral King had replied that, although he…
  • p. 641 …54 A week later General Marshall, Admiral King, Harry Hopkins, and a small staff flew to…
  • p. 645 …that scheduled to operate from the United King- dom. Dry topic or no, organization must figure…
  • p. 684 …the principal air task in the United King- dom had long been conceived as strategic bombardment…
  • p. 707 …establishment of base depots in the United King- dom became the basis of action in January…
  • p. 724 …Implicit in all of the arrangements being made in the United King- dom was the belief…
  • p. 788 …Force, Pt. I ; Fleet Adm. Ernest J. King, First Official Report to the Secretary of the…
  • p. 793 …Memo for Adm, King from C/S, 17 Mar. 1 % ~ . 34. JPS 2I/j/D, 7…
  • p. 795 …4 Aug. 1942. 108. Zbid. 109. Adm. King’s Report on Battle of Midway, incl. in…
  • p. 797 …306, 29 June 1942; memos for Adm. King from Mar- shall, 26 June 1942, and for…
  • p. 802 …1942; CM-IN-0629, Chung- king to AGWAR, # # z , 3 Apr. 1942; memo for Gen. Arnold…
  • p. 805 …Ltr., Arnold to King, 2 5 Feb. 1942. certain evidence from all Allied and enemy sources…
  • p. 806 …Memo for King from McNarney, 26 May 1942. 7 1 . Ltr., King to Marshall, 10 June…
  • p. 807 …Ltr., Marshall to King, 14 Sept. 1942, TAB XIVA, in Bowles report; memo for C G…
  • p. 808 …to notes from Mar- shall and Adm. King). 3 2 . A I c m o for…
  • p. 814 …Forces to the United King- dom, App. A, 19 Aug. 1942. 50. Ltr., Col. H.L…
  • p. 851 …C.E., 48-50 Killin, Pfc, 219 Kilner Board, 1 2 0 Kimbolton, 63 I King…
  • p. 854 …in Chief, 515, 5 2 2 , 544. (see also King); controversy over air power vs. battleship…
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137. CCS 75, 5 June 1942.
138. JCS, 19th Mtg., 9 June 1942.
139. CCS 24th Mtg., 10 June; JCS
20th Mtg., 15 June; CCS 25th Mtg., 16
June; JCS zist Mtg., 23 June; CCS 30th
Mtg., z July; JCS 29th Mtg., 18 Aug.
‘942.
140. CM-OUT-1697 (6-5-42), Mar-
shall to USFOR, W D 1 1 2 0 , 8 June 1942.
141. Memo for Eisenhower from
Arnold; Itrs., Arnold to Chaney, to Lee,
and to Hartle, all dated 10 June 1942.
142. CM-IN-6792 (6-21-42), London
to AGWAR, 2 2 3 8 , 2 1 June 1942.
143. R&R, Directive for General
Spaatz as CG of Eighth Air Force,
AFDAS to AFAEP, 1 7 June 1942; memo
for Spaatz from Arnold, zo June 1942.
144. Memo for Eisenhower from Mar-
shall, Lerter of Instruction, 20 June 1942.
145. Ltr., Eisenhower to CG Eighth
AF, 2 1 July 1942.
146. Ltr., Spaatz to C G ETOUSA,
1 2 Aug. 1942.
147. Ltr., Arnold to Spaatz, 30 July
‘942-
148. Ltr., Spaatz to CG ETOUSA, 14
Aug. 1942; G O 29, Hq. ETOUSA, 2 1
149. CM-OUT-j76 ( z - z I - ~ ~ ) ,Arnold
to Chaney, AF 2/353, 2 1 Feb. 1942.
1 5 0 . Ltr., Harris to Eaker, 3 1 J”ly
‘942.
1 5 1 . ABC-I, par. 12.
152. Liddell Hart, The Defence of
Britain (New York, 1939).
153. Speech on the War Situation
delivered to the House of Commons on
2 0 August 1940, in R.S. Churchill, ed.,
Into Battle (London, 1941),p. 2 5 3 .
154. General Strategy Review by the
British Chiefs of Staff, 3 1 July 1941,
par. 29.
1 5 5 . Quoted in Report [informall by
Lt. Col. G. DeF. Larner, 2 8 Apr. 1942.
156. General Strategy, as cited in n.
157. Serial 236, Employrnent by the
US. Navy of Aircraft Engaged in Op:
erations over the Sea, [British] Naval
A u ~ .1942.
‘54. par. 3637.
7 3 5
118. Ltr., Eaker to Asa N. Duncan,
10 May 1942.
119. CM-667, London to AGWAR,
27 Feb. 1942.
120. Memo for C/S USAAF in British
Isles from Arnold, 26 Feb. 1942.
1 2 1 . Memo for C/AAF from Eisen-
hower, Establishment of USAAF in the
UK, 4 Mar. 1942.
122. Memo for AC/S, W P D from
C/AAF, Establishment of USAAF in the
UK, I I Mar. 1942. A buck slip attached
to this memo, dated 6 March, carries this
penciled note from “HHA”: “In view
of activities yesterday, I think this action
to be OK for the present.”
123. Ltr., Arnold to Eaker, 5 Mar.
‘942.
124. Ltr., Marshall to CG USAFBI,
19 Mar. 1942.
125. CM-875, London to AGWAR,
24 Mar. 1942.
126. cM-150, Marshall to Chaney, 30
Mar. 1942.
127. CM-OUT-1181 (4-8-42), Mar-
shall to USFOR, W D 2 3 5 , 7 Apr. 1942.
1 2 8 . CM-OUT-2 141 (4-1z-42), Arnold
to Marshall, USFOR Rzgo, I I Apr. 1942.
129. CM-1261, Chaney to AGWAR,
24 Apr. 1942.
130. CM-1342, Chaney to AGWAR,
I May 1942; CM-IN+q87 (j-2-42),
Chaney to AGWAR, 1363, z May 1942.
1 3 1 , CM-IN-26gg ( ~ - I o - ~ z ) ,London
to AGWAR, 1474, I D May 1942.
1 3 2 . G O I , Hq. Eighth AF (Bolling
Field), 5 May 1942.
1 3 3 . Progress Report of VIII Air
Support Command, I Z May 1943.
134. Memo for CG AAF from Spaatz,
Organization of US Forces in the British
Isles with Particular Reference to the
Relationship of the Eighth Air Force to
the RAF, n.d.
1 3 5 . Memo for Eisenhower from Har-
mon, Organization of the US Forces in
the British Isles, 25 May 1942.
136. Memo for AC/S, OPD from Col.
J.E. Hull, European Sec., Theater Gp.,
OPD, Organization of US Forces in
British Isles, 4 June 1942.

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