N O T E S T O P A G E S 5 9 3 - 6 0 1
Attach6 for Air to SPENAVO, 30 Sept.
‘941.
158. CM-1965 (2-15-42), MA, Lon-
don to Washington.
159. Ltrs., Eaker to Arnold, 14 Apr.
1941; Arnold to Eaker, 9 Aug. 1941.
160. Quoted in Charles Ead,. comp.,
Winston Churchill’s Secret Session
Speeches (New York, 1946), p. 85.
161. Larner report, as in n. 1 5 5 .
162. Note by Air Marshal Sir Arthur
Harris on the Role and Work of Bomber
Command, WP (42) 374, 24 Aug. 1942.
163. Ltr., Harris to Arnold, 14 Aug.
’942.
164. lbid.
165. J.B. No. 3 2 5 (Serial 7 q ) , JB to
SPENAVO and SPOBS, Comments on
General Strategy Review by British
Chiefs of Staff, 25 Sept. 1941, par. 9.
166. CM-WW707, AIRWHIT to
RAFDEL, personal, C/AS to Harris, 1 2
Feb. 1942; memo for CNO from Comdr.
Forest Sherman, British Air Programme,
18 Aug. 1941; CM-216, London to T A G ,
6 Dec. 1941; CM-CRO61, SPENAVO to
167. Memo for S / W from R.A.
Lovett, AS/W, G-2 Report of Adm.
Ghormley’s Estimate of Bombers as
Offensive Weapons, 17 Nov. 1941 (re
Ghormley’s memo of 14 Nov.).
168. Zbid.; memo for C/AS from
AWPD, Comments on Attached Memo
re Lessons from British Air Offensive, 18
169. Ltr., Eaker to Chaney, 26 Apr.
170. File 706, 26 June 1942.
171. See message to the effect that
bombing was being seriously diverted to
the Battle of the Atlantic by order of
Churchill and against the judgment of
the RAF. (CM, Lee to W D , 18 Apr.
1941.) Cf. WP (42) 374 as cited in note
162 above, in which Harris states that
between April 1941 and March 1942 50%
of Bomber Command’s operations were
against maritime targets.
1 7 2 . General Strategy, par. 3 0 . Cf.
British rejoinder to JB comments on
same in AL (41) 8th Mtg., W a r Cabinet,
C/AC, 29 NOV.1941.
NOV.1941.
‘942.
7 36
American Liaison, Z I Nov. 1941, An-
nex A.
173. General Strategy, par. 30.
174. Bombers’ Battle, by a Wing
Commander (London, 19431, pp. 197-
175. AL (41) 8th Mtg., 2 1 Nov. 1941,
176. Bombers’ Battle, pp. 201-9.
177. H.A. Toulmin, Jr., Air Service,
A.E.F., 1918, chap. xv.
178. William Mitchell, Winged De-
fense, p. 16; Air Service Tactical School,
Bombardment (Washington, 1926), p. 62.
179. ASTS, Bombardment, p. 6; ltr.,
Follett Bradley to Col. W.J. Paul, 10
180. ASTS, Bombardment, p. 6 2 .
181. Ltr., Brig. Gen. H.S. Hansel1 to
author, 24 Feb. 1947.
182. Isaac Don Levine, Mitchell,
Pioneer of Air Power, p. 151; ASTS,
Bombardment, p. 54.
183. Memo for Col. W.J. Paul from
Dr. Chauncey E. Sanders, Relationship
of the Development of AAF Bombing
Doctrine to the Development of the
Modern Bombsight, 10 Mar. 1947.
200.
Annex A.
Apr. ‘947.
184. lbid.
185.Zbid.
186. lbid.
187. AWPD/I, Tab I , par. 5 .
188. lbid.
189. Ibid., par. 6.
190. Zbid., Tab 3 .
191. E.g., Aeroplane, 16 May; I Aug.;
2 2 Aug. 1941.
192. Ltr., Harris to Arnold, z July
‘944.’.
193. Zbid. Cf. CM, London, Harmon
to Arnold, I May 1942.
194. Spaatz Staff Meeting, 10 Sept.
1941, Talk by Brandt on Use of B-17 by
RAF.
195. CM, Lee to W D , 9 July 1942;
CM-57, Chaney to T A G , 2 2 July 1942.
196. Brandt, as in n. 194. Bombers‘
Battle, p. 139, puts this as the first B-17
mission.
197. OCAC, Summary of B-17’s