N O T E S T O P A G E S 5 5 2 - 6 6
because it tallies neither with I Bomber
Command assessments nor with those
made by COMINCH.
82. Memo for S/W from Bowles, 7
Aug. 1942.
83. Ltr., Marshall to King, 14 Sept.
1942, TAB XIVA, in Bowles report;
memo for C G AAF from McNarney, 7.2
Sept. 1942, Tab XIV C, in Bowles report.
84. GO 84, First AF, 15 Oct. 1942;
memo by Maj. F. E. Bauer, zo Nov.
1942; ltr., Col. F. C. Milner to C G
AAFAC, 2 8 Dec. 1942; memo by Milner,
2 8 Dec. 1942; ltr., Mai. Gen. G.E. Strate-
meyer to Air Marshal L.S. Breadner,
RCAF, 9 June 1943; all correspondence
in AAFAC files 2 1 1 , 2 1 1 . 1 , 2 1 2 .
85. JCS 38th Mtg., 20 Oct. 1942; notes
on JCS 38th Mtg., attached to JCS 93/1.
I.
2.
7.
NOTES TO CHAPTER 16
ABC-I, 2 7 Mar. 1941, par. 13.
JCCSS-I, 24 Dec. 1941.
ABC-4/6, 10 Jan. 1942; JCCSS-11,
13 Jan. 1942.
4. ABC-I: 32 squadrons of bombers
and fighters, more in 1942. RAINBOW
No. 5 , Concentration Plan (approved 19
August 1941): 3 groups HR, I group MB
for England: z groups of pursuits for
Northern Ireland, I for Scotland. RAIN-
BOW No. 5 , Basic Plan, Revision No. I ,
19 November 1941: 3 groups HB, z
groups MB, 3 groups of pursuits for the
British Isles.
5 . Memo for AC/S, WPD, Revision
of Joint Army and Navy Basic W a r
Plan, 31 Oct. 1941.
6. JCCSs-I.
7. R&R, Arnold to Spaatz, Conversa-
tion with Portal, I Jan. 1942; ltr., Arnold
to Portal, z Jan. 1942.
8. Memo for AC/S, W P D from
AC/AS, A-3, Air Corps Garrison Desig-
nated as BR, 5 Jan. 1942.
9. Memo for AAG from AC/AS,
A-3, Priority and Organization of Task
Forces, 15 Jan. 1942.
10. CCS zd Mtg., 27 Jan. 1942.
11. CCS 40, 16 Feb. 1942; draft memo
7 3 2
for C/AAF, Plan to Move z HB Groups,
n.d.
12. VIl’I Bomber Command Diary, 4
Feb. 1942.
1 3 . In the memo cited in note 8 above,
the 29th and 44th Bombardment groups
(H) were designated for BR.
14. Ltr., Portal to Arnold, 14 Jan.
‘942.
15. Ltr., Arnold to Portal, 14 Jan.
‘942.
16. CCS 47, 2 2 Feb. 1942.
17. CCS 56, 5 Mar. 1942.
18. Memo for Col. Craig from E.E.P.
[artridgel, Conference, 6 Mar. 1942; CCS
y6/1, 6 Mar. r g q .
19. Memo for C/AAF from D.D.
Eisenhower, AC/S, Establishment of
USAAF in the UK, 4 Mar. 1942.
20. Memo for the C/S, Air Support
of a Continental Invasion from the Brit-
ish Isles (to accompany W P D App., Sec.
V of Plan for Operations in N.W.
Europe, Mar. 2 7 , 1942), 30 Mar. 1942.
2 1 . CPS 26/1, 3 Apr. 1942.
22. C.O.S. (42) r3d Mtg. ( O ) , War
Cabinet Chiefs of Staff Committee, part
of C.O.S. (42) 112th Mtg., 9 Apr. 1942.
23. Ibid.
24. C.O.S. (42) 97 (O), 13 Apr. 1942;
C.O.S. (42) 118th Mtg., 14 Apr. 1942.
The substance of these papers is con-
tained in CM-2400, Amembassy to
MILID, 14 Apr. 1942.
2 5 . CM-70, “Former Naval Person” to
President, 17 Apr. 1942.
26. CPS 26/2/D, 28 Apr. 1942.
27. C.O.S. (42) 23d Mtg., 9 Apr.
1942; ltr., Eaker to CG USAFIB, 26 Apr.
1942.
28. File 706, 15 May 1942.
29. Memo for Adm. Stark from
Arnold, 2 3 Apr. 1942.
3 0 . Memo for Arnold from AC/AS,
Plans, British Offer to Equip with Spit-
fires our Pursuit Units going to Great
Britain, 22 Apr. 1942; CCS 69, 4 May
1942. The Air Staff did not favor this
proposal.
31. Memo for Marshall from FDR, 6