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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 6 0 1 - 1 0 (Fortress I) Bombing Operations, I z Sept. 1941. 198. Report of Interview with Maj. E.P. Mechling, 7 Oct. 1941. 199. Brandt, as in n. 194. zoo. A Sperry employee reported that bombardiers had dropped fewer than twenty-five practice bombs. (Ltr., Arnold to Air Attachk, London, Combat Employment of B-17 Airplanes, I Oct. 1941.) 201. CM, London to C/AAF, 24 July ‘941. 202. Summary of B - I ~ ’ s ,as in n. 197. 203. Arnold to Air Attachk, as in n. zoo; and 1 s t ind., Military Air Attachk to Arnold, 16 Oct. 1941. 204. CM-664, London to AGWAR, 205. Memo for C/AS, Notes on a Conference with T w o British Fighter Pilots and T w o British Bomber Pilots, 26 206. CM-303, Chaney to AGWAR, 24 Dec. 1941. 207. Memo for C/AS from AC/AS, A-3, Notes on a Conference with British Pilots, 2 Jan. 1942. 208. Memo for Gen. Raymond E. Lee from Chaney, Comments on Analysis of Bomb Damage to Key Points, 5 Sept. 194’1. 209. CM-70, Arnold to Chaney, 6 2 1 0 . Memo for Col. George from Maj. S.E. Anderson, Research Regarding Bomber-Fighter Combats in Europe, 1 5 211. Memo for C/AAF from AWPD, Equipment Necessary for Daylight Pene- tration, 23 Oct. 1941. 212. Arnold had suggested the devel- opment of a multi-seat fighter in 1934. (Ltr., Lt. Col. H.H. Arnold to C/AC, 26 Nov. 1934.) For an explanation of British failure to develop a long-range fighter, see interview with Air Marshal Sir Roderick Hill, 14 Sept. 1944. 213. Giulio Douhet, Command of the 214. AWPD/I, Tab 3. I 1 OCt. 1942. NOV.1941. O C t . 1941. O C t . 1941. Air, pp. 3 3 7 f f . 215. Col. Ira C. Eaker to C/AAF, Report on Trip to England, 3 0 Aug.-1 2 16. Requirements for Destroyer Escort Plane, 8 Aug. 1942. 217. Report, Bombing A c c u r a c y Board (F.L. Anderson, H.G. Mont- gomery, Edward Flanick), z Jan. 1942. OCt. 1941. 218. lbid. 219. Memo for C/AS from George, t o Jan. 1942. 2 2 0 . Memo for C/AS from Arnold, Creation of Bombardment Tactical Corn- mittee, 26 Feb. 1941. 221. Ltr., Arnold to Eaker, Initial Directive to Bomber Commander in Eng- land, 3 1 Jan. 1942. 2 2 2 . Eaker, Plan for Bomber Com- mand and Constitucnt Units to Arrive in UK 1942, 2 0 Mar. 1942. z z j . AWPD Division Digest, 2 1 Apr. ‘941. 224. Directive for Eighth Air Force from Gem Eisenhower, z I July 1942. 225. VIII Bombcr Coinniand Diary, I Aug. 1942. 226. CAI-OUT-519 ( z - I z - ~ z ) , Arnold to Chaney, AF 2/207, 1 2 Feb. 1942; His- tory, Eighth Air Force, I, 7. 2 2 7 . Like most such documents, this directive exists in several successive forms. Those consulted here are in File 706 and in History of the VIlI USA- AF Fighter Command, chap. iii, pp. 49- 5 ’ . 228. Ltr., Eaker to Harris, 30 July 1942. 229. Ltr., Harris to Eaker, 3 1 July 1942. According to a competent British source, “the US. and British views on the possibilities of bombing Germany by day had been reconciled” by the end of March 1942. (See Anglo-American Air Collaboration: Information requested by Professor Hopper from Air Ministry Historical Branch.) This document, which came to this author’s hand too late to consult for earlier chapters, has much material concerning early strategic and air plans. 230. New York Times, I I and 16 Aug. 1942. 7 3 7
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