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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 627-36
training of technical personnel, memo for
Gen. Chaney, CG SPOBS from Maj.
Gordon P. Saville, I Dec. 1941.
70. VIII BC Diary, 15 May 1942;h . ,
Eaker to CG Eighth AF, 19 June 1942.
71. History, Eighth Air Force, I,
285-88.
72. Ltr., Eaker to CG USAFBI, 9
May 1942;ltr., Eaker to Duncan, 10 May
'942.
73. Ltr., Eaker to Duncan, 10 May
1942.
74. History, Eighth Air Force, I,
280-83.
75. Ltr., Eaker to CG Eighth AF, 19
June 1942.
76. Accommodations of US. Army
Air Forces in the United Kingdom.
Notes of Meeting in the Air Ministry on
28.5.42.
77. Ltr., Eaker to CG USAFBI, 17
May 1942.
78. History, Eighth Air Force, I,
79. Ltr., Eaker to CG USAFBI, 17
June 1942.
80. Ltr., Spaatz to Eaker, 22 May
I942*
81. AAFRH-2, p. 77; G O 28, Hq.
AAB, Bolling Field, 4 July 1942.
82. History, VlTI Air Force Com-
posite Command, 4 July 1942-15 Feb.
83. Among the special missions during
1941-42 were those of General Brett,
Brig. Gen. Ralph Royce, Col. S.C. God-
frey, Maj. G.P. Saville, Col. J.H. Hicks,
and Col. Eugene H. Beebe.
84. Interview with A/Cdre. Sharp,
DC/S, Eighth AF by B.C. Hopper, 1 2
Oct. 1943; VIII BC Diary, I July, 14
Aug. 1942.
85. Bomber Command Plan, pp. 11-12.
86. AWPD/I, Tab 5 (a), Sec. 11, Pt.
111, App. 11, p. I.
87. Ltr., Harris, RAFDEL to Arnold,
I I Dec. 1941.
88. See, for instance, memo for C/S
SPOBS from Col. Donald Davison, Engi-
neer, SPOBS, 5 Nov. 1941;Lt. Col. Edgar
E. Glenn, Report on Visit to Northern
2 8 & 9 2 .
1944,pp. 13-16.
740
Ireland, 27 Nov. 1941;memo for CG
AFCC and CG AAF from Col. S.C.
Godfrey, Engineer Officer, AFCC, n.d.
but probably Dec. 1941.
89. Ltr., Chaney to WD, 17 Dec.
'94'.
90. Ltr., Eaker to Spaatz, I Mar. 1942;
ltr., Eaker to Arnold, 5 Mar. 1942.
91. Sources in n. 90; also Eaker Diary,
4, 1 1 Mar., 6 May 1942.
92. Accommodations of US. AAF, as
cited in n. 76.
93. R.A.F. Stations T o Be Handed
Over T o Americans, A/M (Tentative
List).
94. Air Ministry, Joint Organization
and Maintenance (United States) (S.D.
348), June 1942 (JOMUS), Sec. XLIII.
95. History, Engineer Sec., as cited in
n. 29, p. I.
96. History, USSTAF, 111, chap. i,
23-25, 54-61.
97. Bomber Command Plan, p. 3; VIII
BC Diary, 14 July 1942;Eaker Report,
p. 2 .
98. Ltr., L.G.S. Reynolds, Air Min-
istry to Sec., US. Embassy, London, 27
June 1941.
99. Ltr., C/AAF to Brett, 19 Aug.
194'.
roo. Ibid.
1 0 1 . Msg. $49, AGWAR to SPOBS,
1 1 Sept. 1941.
1 0 2 . Memo for Brett from SPOBS, I
Oct. 1941;ltr., McNarney to Brett, 6
103.Msg. $857, SPOBS to AGWAR
104.Msg. #498, Arnold to Brett, 7
105. Memo for McNarney from Brett,
106.Letter of Intent, Col. W.F.
Volandt, Hq. AAF to Lockheed Corp.,
3 Jan. 1942; msg. #248, AGWAR to
SPOBS, 28 Dec. 1941;msg. $672, SPOBS
to AGWAR, 28 Feb. 1942;Contract #DA
W535 ac-1507, War Dept. and Lockheed
Aircraft Corp.
107. Memo for McNarney from Brett,
OCt. 1941.
(Brett to Arnold), 24 Oct. 1941.
NOV.1941.
1 2 NOV.1941.

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