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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 4 1 - 4 9
Fourth AF's from A.N. Duncan, 15 May
1942.
137. Ltr., W D to CG ATC (later
Troop Carrier Command), 3 June 1942.
138. File 706, May 1942, passim;
VIII FC Diary, 21-25, 30 May 1942.
139. File 706, I June 1942,
140. Ibid., 4 June 1942; War Diary of
97th Bomb. Gp., 2-16 June 1942; inter-
view with Col. Raymond F. Rodell, Hq.
AAF, 6 Jan. 1947; memo for T A G from
Col. C.C. Chauncey, 4 June 1942.
141. File 706, 10 June 1942; ltr.,
T A G to CG Eighth AF, 9 June 1942.
142. Ltr., Spaatz to Eaker, 6 June
'942.
143. File 706, 9 and 25 June 1942; Sta-
tion List and Strength Report, Eighth
AF, 3 0 June 1942.
144. Ltr., Eaker to Arnold, 17 June
1942; ltr., Spaatz to Arnold, 14 Aug.
'942.
145. Daily Activities Report, G-3,
Hq. Eighth AF, 16-17 Aug. 1942.
146. Msg., Spaatz to Arnold, in
File 706, 1 5 June 1942.
147. Operations Orders #7A, Hq. VIII
FC, Grenier Field, Manchester, N.H., 18
June 1942.
148. History, North Atlantic Div., I,
Pt. I, 216.
149. Ibid., pp. 216-26.
150. Ltr., Capt. A.A. Lurie, I & S
Officer, Hq. 1403d AAF Base Unit,
EDATC to CG EDATC, 19 Apr. 1945.
151. Eaker Diary, 27 July 1942.
152. History, North Atlantic Div., r,
Pt. I, 213.
153. Ltr., Spaatz to Lt. Col. E.P.
Curtis, Hq. AAF, 23 July 1942; ltr.,
Eaker to Arnold, 2 3 July 1942.
154. Hisrory, 14th Fighter Gp. (TE);
Summary of History, 64th Troop Carrier
Gp., 4 Dec. 1940-21 Nov. 1942; History,
92d Bomb. Gp. (H), pp. 2-3; History,
301st Bomb. Gp., 24 May-I Oct. 1942,
pp. 5-10.
155. History, North Atlantic Div., I,
Pt. I, 227-28, 254-58.
156. Ibid., pp. 283-87.
157. Ltrs., Spaatz to Arnold, 20 July
7 4 2
and 16 Sept. 1942; R&R, Col. R.W.
Harper to Hq. AAF, Plans, 3 Oct. 1942;
History, North Atlantic Div., I, Pt. I,
281-83.
158. G O 4, Hq. Eighth AF, 18 June
'942.
159. Ltr., CG Eighth AF to CG
ETOUSA, 25 June 1942.
160. G O 3, Hq. VIII BC, 15 June
1942.
161. G O 5 , Hq. VIII BC, 27 July
1942.
162. History, 1st Bomb. Wing, Actv.
to 17 Aug. 1942, pp. 21-22; History, zd
Bomb. Div. (and zd Bomb. Wing), Actv.
to 3 1 Dec. 1943, pp. 1-4; G O 6, 11, and
1 3 , Hq. VIII BC, 13 Aug., z and 7 Sept.
1942.
163. Station List, Eighth AF, 31 Aug.
'942.
164. Memo for CG's, Eighth AF, V n I
BC, VIII AFSC, and SOS, ETOUSA
from CO VIII FC, 24 July 1942; G O 2 ,
Hq. VIII FC, 28 July 1942.
165. Station List, Eighth AF, 31 Aug.
1942.
166. Interview with Brig. Gen. Rob-
ert C. Candee by B.C. Hopper, 21 Oct.
1943; GO 4 and 7, Hq. VIII GASC, 17
and 20 Aug. 1942.
167. Station List and Strength Report,
Eighth Air Force, 18 Aug. 1942.
168. G O 15 and 19, Hq. Eighth AF,
31 July and 2 5 Aug. 1942; Station List,
Eighth AF, 31 Aug. 1942.
169. History, VIII Air Force Com-
posite Command, 6 July 1942-15 Feb.
170. GO 5, Hq. Eighth AF, 5 July
1942; G O 2 , Hq. VIIF AFSC, 6 July 1942.
171. G O 4 and 14, Hq. VIII AFSC, 8
July and 4 Aug. 1942.
172. G O 30, Hq. Eighth AF, 14 Sept.
1942; Memo 160-7, 2 Nov. 1942.
173. G O 29, Hq. ETOUSA, 2 1 Aug.
1942.
174. Ltr., Eisenhower to CG Eighth
AF, 2 1 July 1942.
175. G O 17, Hq. USAFBI, 24 May
1942.
176. Diary, Maj. Gen. J.C.H. Lee, 9
19449 pp. 7-8-

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