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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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“The Wash”17 pages

  • p. 14 …with the commanding general, who in some instances moved in advance of promptings from Wash- ington…
  • p. 25 …EASTERNAND WESTERNAPPROACHESTO PANAMACANAL ALASKAAND THE ALEUTIANISLANDS PRINCIPALSEAAND AIR ROUTESAS DESIGNATEDBY WASH- ATLANTICFERRYINGAND TRANSPORTROUTESPRIORTO . . . . . . . . . . 297 30' 305…
  • p. 229 …the importance of the Far East Air Force in American strategy, the Air Staff in Wash…
  • p. 292 …Even so, there was in Wash- ington too little intelligence concerning the fluid tactical situation to…
  • p. 302 …The suggestion had been carried out in 1941 with the establishment of the U.S. Special…
  • p. 306 …work permanently with the British Joint Intelligence Committee in Wash- ington. The Combined Military Transportation Committee…
  • p. 389 …to delay the take-off was granted only after an appeal to Wash- ington.’O 3…
  • p. 442 …the time and attention of U.S. officers at Brisbane and of headquarters in Wash- ington…
  • p. 443 …Accidents delayed three planes en route, and one of the P-40’s was completely “washed…
  • p. 454 …promise of weakening the enemy. Attention already had been given in Wash- ington to establishment of…
  • p. 554 …In China, he found the procurement of necessary equipment, even be- fore the outbreak of war…
  • p. 636 …After further negotiations in Wash- ington, the Arnold-Towers-Portal agreement was adopted on z I…
  • p. 693 …Accordingly, Wash- ington was requested to send immediately 50 intelligence officers for training by the RAF…
  • p. 747 …before the Committee on Military Af- fairs, House of Representatives (Wash- 23. See, for instance, William…
  • p. 772 …The exact date of the arrival of air units is not known, as the latter source…
  • p. 799 …The road from Haiphong, Indo- China, to Yunnan was closed by the Vichy government in 1940…
  • p. 814 …Overseas (Ferrying), Air Min- istry, Memorandum on the Movement by Air of US. Forces to the…
G L O S S A R Y
Sea-Search Attack
Australia
Projected plan to combine United States
and British plans for seizure of Dakar,
Casablanca, and Tunisia
Secretary of War
Southwest Pacific Area
The Adjutant General
Twin engine
Task force
Technical manual
Plan for Allied landings in North and
Training Regulation
Plan to set up a model air defense sector in
America with Royal Air Force aid
Plan to provide Army Air Forces night
fighter squadron with Royal Air Force
equipment and training
United States Army Forces in British Isles
United States Army Forces in Far East
United States Army Forces in Australia
United States Army Forces in Britain
United States Army Forces in South Pacific
United States Forces
United States Strategic Bombing Survey
Very high frequency
Wing Commander
Western Defense Command
War Department General Staff
Eighth Air Force Headquarters a t Bushy
War Plans Division, War Department
Northwest Africa, November 1942
Park
General Staff
SSA
SUMAC
SUPER-GYMNAST
s/w
SWPA
T A G
TE
TF
T M
TORCH
T R
TRIGGER
TURBINLITE
USAFBI
USAFFE
USAFIA
USAFIB
USAFISPA
USFOR
USSBS
VHF
w/c
W D C
WDGS
WIDEWING
WPD
X Task force to move heavy bombers to
Australia
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