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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 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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