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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.

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“King”32 pages

  • 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…
TYPE MODEL & SERIES
HEAVY
BOMBARDMENT
MEDIUM
BOMBARDMENT
LIGHT
BOMBARDMENT
NO. NORM.
ENG. C R E W
B-17 E
B-24 C
B-18 A
B-25 B
B-26 B
A-20 A
A-24
SERVICE
CEILING
2
2
2
ARMAMENT BOMB LOAD
6
5-6
5-6
I S t ACCEPT.
DATE
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2
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2
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2
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RANGE
2000/4000
2 100/5000
2-4
2
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3
6-10
4 I 6-10
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8-.30
2-.30; 2 - 4 0
36600
34000
16 X 1oo&4 X 2 5 0
I x I 0 0 0 & Z x I 0 0
I-.30; 8-.50 2 x 2000
7 - 9 4 x 2000
I
RECONNAISSANCE
& PHOTO
TRANSPORT
Sept. 41
Dec. 41
P-;8 E
p-39 D
P-40 D
Spitfire Vb
F-4
0-47 A
c-39
c-47
c-53
c-75
C-98
2
2
2
4
4
2-4
2-4
3-4
3-5
' 5
None
None
c - 4 7
12 pl. or 3330#
27 pl. or IOOOO#
I I 00/4000
1300/3000
II50/3000
23900
23500
2 1-25000
3-.30
I-.30; 4-40
2-.30; 4-40 or 12-.50
4 x I 1 0 0
6 X 500
2 x 2000
I x I 0 0 0 1 Or torp.
June 38
Aug. 41
Apr. 42
5-25/24"
950/1000 29300
26000
Dec. 40
June 41
FIGHTERS SSo/None
I z ~ / N o n e
Soo/None
800/500
800/500
1000/300
335/None
25000
30800
3 3000
39000
32000
30600
37770
I-.30; 1-.50
I-.30; 1-40
I-.30; 1-.5o
4-.so; I-zomm
4-.30; 2 - 5 0 ; 37mm or
4 - 9
4-.303;2-20mrn
zomm
I x 500
10 X 30
None
None
I x 500
I X 500 & 6 X 2 0
None
'933
Apr. 38
Oct. 41
Feb. 41
July 37
May 4'
P-26 A
P-36 A
I Ioo/None
500/None
None None
2-.30 1 None
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Dec. 35
40000
23200
20600
24000
[ E A S F O A
~ p z ~ / ~ ~ p l - z c r .
1600/6700
S .
Jan. 39
Jan. 42
Oct. 41
SELECTEDLISTOF PLANES IN U S E BY THE AAF, DECEMBERI 94 I-AUGUST 1942

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