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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.
“Churchill”21 pages
- 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…
EXPLANATORY NOTES
SERIES: As the performance data for each aircraft model vary greatly with the series, it has been necessary to specify a series
designation for each aircraft model listed. An attempt has been made to select that series in widest use in all theaters during
the period December 1941-August 1942.
NORMAL CREW: Except for those aircraft whose design definitely limits the number of crew members that may be carried, the above figures
indicate the size of the crew generally used.
RANGE: The specific range listed on the left side of the column is an idealistic range in statute miles based on an arbitrary load
within practical limits of the aircraft. No allowance is made for warm-up, take-off, climb to altitude, reserve, wind, etc.
Optimum altitudes and cruising speeds are used and bombs are assumed dropped at halfway point. The load carried a t this
range is listed at the right side of the column.
SERVICE CEILING: That altitude at which the rate of climb decreases to 100' per minute. These figures are based on design gross weight.
ARMAMENT: Typical gun installation showing number of guns and caliber. Where two installations are given, both were in general use
within the series.
BOMB LOAD: Maximum practical load (all bombs of one size). When combination is listed, figures indicate the number and size of both
internal and external bombs that can be carried simultaneously. For cargo types, figures given apply to pay load: the number
of troops or passengers plus crew or, in lieu thereof, pounds of cargo.
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