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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. 173 …At the Roosevelt-Churchill conference at sea in mid-August, Generals Marshall and Arnold had made…
  • p. 226 …Air Service Command under Col. L.S. Churchill. Because of a shortage of experienced officers, only…
  • p. 282 …President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill with their chiefs of staff, then meeting in Washington, had…
  • p. 287 …the arrival in Washington of Prime Minister Churchill, his chiefs of staff, and other high-ranking…
  • p. 290 …stipulated in ABC-I. A t Mr. Churchill’s request, U.S. troops were to relieve…
  • p. 302 …the U.S. forces, and by Mr. Churchill as British Prime Minister and Minister of Defense…
  • p. 303 …Field Marshal Sir John Dill representing Mr. Churchill as Minister of De- fense. Sir John Dill…
  • p. 304 …of such a personal representative of Mr. Churchill might make difficult the maintenance of normal military…
  • p. 425 …O n the same day, Prime Minister Churchill informed Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell of his selection…
  • p. 628 …Western Hemisphere. When the President and Mr. Churchill met with their military staffs in the ARCADIA…
  • p. 630 …strong support in a long cable from Churchill to Roosevelt, delivered on 5 March, in which…
  • p. 636 …first in a gen- eral meeting with Churchill, later among the airmen alone.34Arnold reviewed the…
  • p. 639 …Much had happened in the two months which had passed since Churchill had approved that plan…
  • p. 640 …Duncan, chief of staff for the Eighth Air Force, wrote from Washington to Spaatz that Churchill…
  • p. 641 …postponement was al- most tantamount to refusal. Churchill was back in London by the 27th. In…
  • p. 642 …then back in Washington, that Roosevelt and Churchill “believed” that T O R C H was…
  • p. 661 …Even during the Battle of Britain, Churchill could tell the House of Commons that “there seems…
  • p. 705 …4 1 . ~ ~The following month, Prime Minister Churchill in conference with Messrs. Harry Hopkins and Averell…
  • p. 810 …2 0 August 1940, in R.S. Churchill, ed., Into Battle (London, 1941),p. 2 5…
  • p. 811 …comp., Winston Churchill’s Secret Session Speeches (New York, 1946), p. 85. 161. Larner report, as…
  • p. 845 …L.S., 182 Churchill, Prime Minister Winston, 133, 1369 141, 232, 235-37, 2409 2431 252…
N O T E S T O P A G E S 6 3 6 - 4 1
and XXW; Conference, Col. McGinnis,
CO, VIII AFSC and Col. McMullen,
Foreign Liaison Officer, ASC, 16 May
1942; ltr., Col. Lyon to CG AAF, 19
May 1942.
1 2 3 . Proposed msg., Spaatz to Chaney
for Eaker, 27 Apr. 1942.
124. Ltr., T A G to CG AAF, 27 Apr.
'942.
1 2 5 . Memo for Arnold from Spaatz,
z May 1942.
1 2 6 . VIII BC Diary, 1 1 - 1 2 May 1942.
127. VIII BC Diary, passim.
128. Msg., Black 831, Joint Planners,
Washington to Joint Planners, London,
30 Apr. 1942; ltr., CG Eighth AF to CG
AAF, 26 May 1942; File 706, 5 June
1 9 4 ~ ;memo for CG's AGF, AAF, SOS
from Eisenhower, AC/S WDGS, 18 May
'942.
129. Warning Orders, Hq. AAF to
Hq. Eighth AF, 30 Apr. 1942; ltr., W D
to All Activities Concerned, 13 May
1942; interview with Col. N.P. Beville,
as cited in n. 29; G O 2, Hq. Eighth AF
Staging Area Command, Ft. Dix, N.J.,
1 3 June 1942.
1 3 0 . History, VIII AFSC, chap. ii, p.
3 2 ; VIII BC Diary, 1 2 June 1942; memo
for Col. Craig from Gen. Kuter, 16 June
1942*
1 3 1 . Station List, Eighth Air Force,
3 1 Aug. 1942.
1 3 2 . History, North Atlantic Div.,
1 3 3 . Ibid., pp. 198-99; account of
meeting at Bolling Field with Gen.
George, Col. Giles, and Col. A.D. Smith,
in File 706, 6 June 1942; Report of
the Committee Appointed to take Neces-
sary Action for the Bolero Movement,
I May 1942; ltr., Hq. AAF to Gen. G.C.
Brant, C G Newfoundland Base Com-
mand, 4 May 1942.
134. File 706, 18 Apr. 1942; Re-
port.. . for the Bolero Movement, I May
'942.
1 3 5 . VIII FC Diary, 18 Apr. 1942;
ltr.; Spaatz to Hunter, 28 Apr. 1942;
memo for CG Eighth AF from CG
AAF, 17 May 1942.
136. Memo for CG's Third and
ATC, I, Pt. I, 192-94, 196-98.
74'
28 Oct. 1941; memo for C/S SPOBS
from Col. Davison, 5 Nov. 1941.
108. Memo for A-4, Hq. AAF from
Lt. Col. C.E. Duncan, S/AS, I Z Jan. 1942.
109. Ltr., Eaker to Spaatz, 1 1 Mar.
1942.
110. Ltr., Col. Lyon to C/S Hq.
USAFBI, 13 Apr. 1942; Eaker Diary, 2 3
Apr. 1942; memo for Robert A. Lovett,
AS/W for Air from Arnold, 2 7 Apr.
1942; Eighth AF Extract Diary, 28 Apr.
1942; msg. #1329, USAFBI to AGWAR,
29 Apr. 1942.
I I I . Memo for Lovett from Arnold,
2 7 Apr. 1942; ltr., Brig. Gen. Muir S.
Fairchild, Hq. AAF to Eaker, z May
'942.
I 1 2 . Conference, Gcn. Chanev and
Col. Llewellin, Minister of Aircraft Pro-
duction, n.d., probably late April or
early May 1 9 4 ~ ;ltr., Col. J,lewellin to
Gen. Bolte, C/S Hq. USAFBI, 2 3 May
'942.
1 1 3 . Standing Order #229, Burton-
wood Repair Depot, 3 0 June 1942.
114. Ltr., A.N. Duncan to Spaatz, 16
June 1942.
I 15. R&R, Air Officer, Hq. ETOUSA
to G-4 and G-3, Hq. ETOUSA, 20 June
'942.
116. Ltr, Spaatz to Arnold, 5 July
'942.
117. For a brief discussion of this
subject, see Bomber Command Plan, G-4
Annex, p. 4.
I 18. Ibid.
119. Ltr., Hq. AAF to CG's First,
Second, Third, Fourth, Eighth AF's, 7
May 1942; Accommodations of US.
AAF, as cited in n. 76, p. 3 ; memo for
CG AAF from Col. Eugene H. Beebe, I
June 1942.
120. Ltr., Eaker to Spaatz, 18 May
'942.
121. Ltr., Col. J.H. Hicks to Gen.
Lyon, 8 June 1942; ltr., Col. J.H. Hicks
to C G Air Service Command, 2 6 June
'942.
1 2 2 . Memo for A-4, Hq. AAF from
Col. George, 19 Jan. 1942; VIII BC
Diary, 27 Feb. 1942; ltr., Eaker to
Arnold, 11 Mar. 1942; JOMUS, Secs. XI1

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