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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…
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.
1942.
1942.
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