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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. 47 …s Independent Force, the whole of the French Air Division (strategic reserve), and Italian and Portuguese…
  • p. 113 …Japanese Air Power The Japanese air forces, divided into separate army and navy air arms, had…
  • p. 119 …naval air service, and a colonial air force.” For their air doctrines, the Italians depended almost…
  • p. 120 …In its first “combat” test during the thirties the Italian Air Force faced no real opposition…
  • p. 121 …The hope was not fulfilled, for numerous weaknesses in the Italian Air Force rapidly came to…
  • p. 122 …The fundamental weakness of the Italian Air Force was not in its theory of air power…
  • p. 197 …naval forces, and within prescribed boundaries to destroy any German and Italian naval, air, and ground…
  • p. 386 …More threatening were Rommel’s forces in North Africa, for the very existence of the air…
  • p. 554 …Chennault, who since 1937 had been serving as special adviser to the Chinese Air Force. Known…
  • p. 705 …Brett, Chief of the Air Corps, to England for study of the problem. Specifically, he was…
  • p. 752 …USSBS, Japanese Air Power. 9. Notes on the Italian Air Force, in special file of Brig…
  • p. 805 …History, First Air Force. 44. History, Caribbean Air Force, 8 May 1941-6 Mar. 1942, p…
  • p. 851 …E S Italian Air Force: 82-85; development, Italian East Africa, 84 Italy, Air Ministry, 82…
  • p. 857 …See Italian Air Force. Reinforcements. See theaters. Renault works, 593 Replacement Control Depot, ~ z t h…
N O T E S T O P A G E S 6 1 0 - 1 8
231. Ltr., Spaatz to Stratemeyer, 14
2 3 2 . Ltr., Brig. Gen. H.S. Hansel1 to
Sept. 1942.
the author, 24 Feb. 1947.
NOTES TO CHAPTER 17
I . AAF Reference History No. 2,
Origins of the Eighth Air Force, p. 191.
2. R&R, A-I to AWPD, 6 Jan. 1942.
3. Ltrs., Arnold to CG AFCC, 8 and
10 Jan. 1942.
4. Ltr., T A G to CG AFCC, 19 Jan.
1942.
5. Memo for AC/S G-3, WDGS
from C/AAF, 20 Jan. 1942.
6. Ltr., Hq. AFCC to C G s First and
Third AF's, 2 3 Jan. 1942.
7. G O 7, Hq. Third AF, I Feb. 1942
(corrected copy); TWX, Hq. Third AF
to CO Savannah Air Base, 29 Jan. 1942.
8. List of Eighth AF Units and Dates
of Arrival in Concentration Area.
9. Ltr., CG AFCC to CG Eighth AF,
3 1 Jan. 1942.
10. Ltr., Col. Asa N. Duncan, CO
Eighth AF to C/AAF, 1 2 Feb. 1942.
1 1 . Memo for C/AS from Col.
Harold L. George, AWPD, 2 5 Feb. 1942.
12. CCS 5 / z , 3 Mar. 1942.
1 3 . Ltr., Hq. Eighth AF to CO VIIl
FC, 19 Feb. 1942.
14. Ltr., CG Eighth AF to CG Third
AF, 27 Mar. 1942.
1 5 . Ltr., Dir. of War Organization
and Movement to CG Eighth AF, 3 1
Mar. 1942.
16. R&R, A-3 to AWPD, 27 Feb.
1942, and AWPD to A-3, 28 Feb. 1942.
17. R&R, Items of Interest from
Special File 706, 3 1 Mar. 1942; ltr., Hq.
AAF to CG's First, Second, Third,
Fourth, Eighth AF's, 4 Apr. 1942.
18. See source in n. 14.
19. Ltr., Hq. AAF to CG Third AF,
20. Memo for Gen. Kuter from
21. Ltr., Eisenhower, OPD to AGO,
18 Apr. 1942.
Spaatz, 1 5 Apr. 1942.
23 Apr. 1942.
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22. G O I, Hq. Eighth AF (Bolling
Field), 5 May 1942.
23. See diaries and journals of CG,
C/S, and staff sections of Eighth AF for
the period.
24. G O 15, Hq. Eighth AF (Bolling
Field), 28 Apr. 1942.
25. G O 28, Hq. AAB, Bolling Field,
26. Ltrs., AGO to CG Eighth AF, 1 5
and 27 May 1942; GO 32, Hq. Eighth
AF, 18 Sept. 1942.
27. A-I Diary, Hq. Eighth AF (Bol-
ling Field), passim; memo for Col.
Harold A. McGinnis, CO VIII AFSC
from Col. A.J. Lyon, 2 May 1942; ltr.,
Col. McGinnis to Eaker, 5 June 1942.
See also diaries of CG, C/S, and staff
sections of Eighth AF for period,
28. Training Memo 3, Hq. ETOUSA,
1 5 Sept. 1942; Memo 50-3, Hq. VIH
AFSC, 19 Sept. 1942; memo for all staff
sections and departments from Hq.
Eighth AF, 26 Sept. 1942; R&R, Strate-
meyer, C/AS to AC/AS, A-I, 14 Oct.
1942; ltr., Stratemeyer to Eisenhower, 24
29. Interview with Col. N.P. Beville,
Directorate of Personnel, Hq. USSTAF
by Capt. S.H. Stackpole, 1 1 Feb. 1944;
History, Engineer Sec., Eighth AF and
VIII AFSC, 2 3 Apr.-31 Dec. 1942, p. 2;
see also diaries of CG, C/S, and staff
sections of Eighth AF for May and June
1942.
30. Memo for CG Eighth AF from
Col. N. Longfellow, CO VIII BC, 1 5
Apr. 1942; memo, Presentation by Gen.
Spaatz or Lt. Col. Leon W. Johnson, 9
May 1942.
3 I . Eighth AF Extract Diary (Bolling
Field), 2 1 Apr. 1942; memo for Gen.
Spaatz from Lt. Col. J.K. Gerhart, 25
Apr. 1942.
4 July 1942.
OCt. 1942.
32. VIII BC Diary, 11-12 May 1942.
3 3 . Ltr., Eaker to Spaatz, 18 May
34. Ltr., Arnold to Eaker, 3 1 Jan.
35. Diary of Brig. Gen. Eaker, 20 Feb.
36. G O 5, Hq. USAFBI, ZL Feb. 1942.
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1942.
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