N O T E S T O P A G E S 5 7 8 - 8 5
is given in History, SPOBS, chap. i.
Something of the importance attached to
them in the winter of 1941-42 may be
sensed from the great amount of per-
tinent correspondence in AAF Hq. files.
(For TURBINLFTE see especially,
memo for Arnold from C.E. Duncan,
S/AS, Plan to Establish and Train il
Turbiiilite Squadron [N.F.] in the Brit-
ish Isles, 12 Jan. 1942; memo for Arnold
from Kuter, DC/AS, z May 1942. The
one squadron which was dispatched to
England for this purpose was redesig-
nated 15th Bombardment Squadron [L]
and was the first AAF unit to see action
in the ETO. For cancellation of
SHADOW 82, see RetR, Establishment
of a Shadow Organization in N. Ireland,
AFAEP to AFDOP, 2 5 Apr. 1942. On
TRIGGER, see especially, ltr., Mc-
Narney to Portal, 30 Sept. 1941; AWPD
Division Digest, 9 Apr. 1942.)
87. History, SPOBS, chap. ii.
88. Ltr., Ma!. Gen. A.E. Nye, Dir. of
Staff Duties, War Office to Chaney, 2 7
Sept. 1941; Chaney to Nye, n.d., but in
reply.
89. Ltr., Arnold to Chaney, 8 Nov.
1947.
90. Ltr., Chaney to C/S, Command
Arrangements, US Army Forces in Great
Britain, 20 Sept. 1941.
91. Ltr., Lt. Col. H.L. George,
AWPD to Col. H.L. McClelland, SPOBS,
8 Nov. 1941.
92. Ltr., Chaney to Arnold, 5 Dec.
‘941.
93. Ibid., 1x1. I , Graphic Outline of
the Basic Organization of US Forces in
Great Britain.
94. Memo for Gen. McNarney from
Chaney, 6 Dec. 1941.
95. Letter of Instruction No. 2 , 1 1
Dec. 1941.
96. CM, AGWAR to SPOBS, 8 Jan.
1942.
97. Memo for C G AFCC, etc. from
Arnold, Channels of Communications
with Gen. Chaney, 2 Feb. 1942.
98. See the many requisitions for staff
personnel, of which the following are
examples: CM-368, SPOBS to AGWAR,
7 Jan. 1942; CM-429, London to AG-
7 34
WAR, 16 Jan. 1942; CM-465, London to
AGWAR, 24 Jan. 1942; CM-92, London
to AGWAR, 2 1 Feb. 1942; CM-634,
London to AGWAR, 24 Feb. 1942; CM-
726, London to AGWAR, 9 Mar. 1942.
99. History, VIII AFSC, chap. i.
100. Ltr., Eaker to H.L. George, 5
Mar. 1942.
1 0 1 . The chart, Schematic Organiza-
tion US. Army Air Forces in the United
Kingdom, was indorsed: “Concur for
tentative approval. Chart to be referred
to General Chaney for remark. Lt. Gen.
L.J. McNair.”
1 0 2 . Memo for C/S USAAF in Brit-
ish Isles from Arnold as DC/S, 26 Jan.
‘942.
103. Directive for A-I by C/AS,
Activation of AAF Units for British Isles,
1 1 Feb. 1942.
104. CM-OUT-399 (1-24-42), Arnold
to SPOBS, AF 1/401, 24 Jan. 1942.
10s. CM-465, London to AGWAR,
24 Jan. 1942; CM-495, London to AG-
WAR, 30 Jan. 1942.
106. CM-52, Chaney to GHQ, 3 1 Jan.
1942; memo for A G from C G GHQ,
Organization of US Army Forces in the
UK, 3 Feb. 1942.
107. CCS 40, 16 Feb. 1942.
108. Ltr., Arnold to Eaker, Initial
Directive to Bomber Commander in Eng-
land, 31 Jan. 1942.
109. CM-OUT-472 (26-42), C G
AAF to SPOBS, AF 2/105, 5 Feb. 1942.
1 1 0 . Details Which Must Be Accom-
plished by Bomber Command Advance
Echelon, n.d.
I I I . Memo for JSP, 24 Feb. 1942.
1 1 2 . C M - O U T - ~ I ~(2-12-42), Arnold
113. CM-634, CM-635, CM-636, all
114. Ltrs., Eaker to George, 5 Mar.
1 1 5 . Ltr., Eaker to Spaatz, I Mar.
116. lbid.
117. Ltr., Eaker to George, 5 Mar.
to SPOBS, AF 2/207, 1 2 Feb. 1942.
London to AGWAR, 24 Feb. 1942.
1942; Eaker to Spaatz, I Mar. 1942.
1942.
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