N O T E S T O P A G E S 3 2 6 - 3 5
6 2 . Pilot's Report, South Atlantic
63. Pilots' Reports, South Atlantic
64. CM-IN, MA Cairo to M E I D
65. CM-IN, London (Brett) to
Trip # z .
Trips B3-6.
(Brett for Arnold), $105, 29 Sept. 1941.
AGWAR, 8752, 17 Oct. 1941; CM-OUT,
Arnold to Brett, 18 [ ? I Oct. 1941.
66. History, FC Operations, 29 May-7
Dec. 1941, pp. 95-105; The Sixteen Lib-
erators, in ATC Hist. file.
67. The Sixteen Liberators.
68. Ltr., President to S/W, 3 Oct.
69. Ltr., President to S/W, 29 Oct.
70. Ltr., President to S/W, 24 Nov.
71. See sources in n. 66.
72. Pilots' Reports, South Atlantic
73. History, FC Operations, 7 Dec.
74. Ibid., pp. 79-81.
75. Ibid., p. 84.
76. ACFC Daily Diary, 3 0 Jan. 1942;
memo for C/S from AAF, 3 Feb. 1942;
ltr., Air Marshal D.C.S. Evill to Gen.
Arnold, 5 Feb. 1942; ltr., AAF to C/AC,
1 3 Feb. 1942; ltr., Evill to Arnold, 16
Feb. 1942;ltr., AAF to C/Engrs. and CG
ACFC, 20 Feb. 1942; History, FC Opera-
tions, 7 Dec. 1941-30 June 1942, pp.
84-86.
77. Ltr., Lt. Col. Neil B. Harding et
d., to CG ACFC, 14 Mar. 1942.
78. Report on Reconnaissance of Ad-
ditional Air Routes to Australia, 10 Feb.-
3 Apr. 1942, in ATC A-t library.
79. History, FC Operations, 7 Dec.
1941-30 June 1942, pp. 85-86, and docs.
cited in notes 19-20, p. 86.
80. The prewar movement of heavy
bombers to the Philippines and the con-
struction of the alternate Pacific route
are described in the following studies:
AAF Reference History No. 1 1 , Army
Air Action in the Philippines and
Netherlands East Indies, 1941-42, pp. IZ-
29; AAF Historical Study No. 45, De-
'941.
'94'.
194'.
Trips #DA-2 to DA-5.
1941-30 June 1942, pp. 82-84.
velopment of the South Pacific Air
Route.
81. As early as 1939 plans had been
developed for the use of the South
Atlantic route in ferrying bombers to
the Philippines. (Memo for C/AC from
C/Plans Div., 2 3 Aug. 1939. See also
memo for C/AAF from AWPD, 27 July
1941,and memo, AAF Intel. Div., 27 July
1941, both in AAG 452.1.)
82. For President's orders see ltr.,
C/AAF to CG AFCC, 1 3 Dec. 1941,
incl. with R&R, OCAC, Opns. Div. to
C/Mat. Div., 15 Dec. 1941.
83. Ltr., TAG to CG AFCC, 19 Dec.
1941;ltr., T A G to CG AFCC, 2 3 Dec.
'94'.
84. History, FC Operations, pp. 102,
134; Foreign Ferrying Deliveries, Jan.
through June 1942, in ATC Hist. file.
85. Ltr., T A G to CG AFCC, 19 Dec.
'94'.
86. Ltr., T A G to CG AFCC, 23 Dec.
194'.
87. Ltr., zd Lt. Leonard P. Cohen,
Karachi to CO ACFC, 10 Jan. 1942.
88. Ltr., T A G to CG AFCC, 6 Jan.
'942.
89. History, FC Operations, p. 80.
90. Interview with Lt. Col. Louis T.
Reichers by Maj. Oliver LaFarge, 2 8
Mar. 1944; History, Caribbean Div., Pt.
1 9 pp. 7-73.
91. History, Caribbean Div., Pt. I ,
pp. 73-78; History, FC Operations, pp.
95-97.
92. Lt. Col. Karl Truesdell, Jr., Sum-
mary of Remarks and Recommendations
re Air Corps Combat Command Ferry
Project to X, in ATC 373.5; unrecorded
interview with Col. Horace M. Wade,
DC/S, ATC by John D. Carter, 19 Sept.
1946. Col. Wade, then a first lieutenant,
piloted one of the LB-30's of Project X
to the Far East. The LB-30 crew mem-
bers are listed in ltr., TAG to CG AFCC,
19 Dec. 1941.
93. Memo for W/C A.A. Adams
from Col. Roben Olds, 2 2 Dec. 1941;
CM-IN, Cairo (Fellers) to TAG, #448
Amseg, 29 Dec. 1941; R&R, ACFC to
OCAC Mat. Div., 30 Dec. 1941; R&R,
703