N O T E S T O P A G E S 6 0 1 - 1 0
(Fortress I) Bombing Operations, I z
Sept. 1941.
198. Report of Interview with Maj.
E.P. Mechling, 7 Oct. 1941.
199. Brandt, as in n. 194.
zoo. A Sperry employee reported
that bombardiers had dropped fewer
than twenty-five practice bombs. (Ltr.,
Arnold to Air Attachk, London, Combat
Employment of B-17 Airplanes, I Oct.
1941.)
201. CM, London to C/AAF, 24 July
‘941.
202. Summary of B - I ~ ’ s ,as in n. 197.
203. Arnold to Air Attachk, as in n.
zoo; and 1 s t ind., Military Air Attachk to
Arnold, 16 Oct. 1941.
204. CM-664, London to AGWAR,
205. Memo for C/AS, Notes on a
Conference with T w o British Fighter
Pilots and T w o British Bomber Pilots, 26
206. CM-303, Chaney to AGWAR,
24 Dec. 1941.
207. Memo for C/AS from AC/AS,
A-3, Notes on a Conference with British
Pilots, 2 Jan. 1942.
208. Memo for Gen. Raymond E. Lee
from Chaney, Comments on Analysis of
Bomb Damage to Key Points, 5 Sept.
194’1.
209. CM-70, Arnold to Chaney, 6
2 1 0 . Memo for Col. George from
Maj. S.E. Anderson, Research Regarding
Bomber-Fighter Combats in Europe, 1 5
211. Memo for C/AAF from AWPD,
Equipment Necessary for Daylight Pene-
tration, 23 Oct. 1941.
212. Arnold had suggested the devel-
opment of a multi-seat fighter in 1934.
(Ltr., Lt. Col. H.H. Arnold to C/AC,
26 Nov. 1934.) For an explanation of
British failure to develop a long-range
fighter, see interview with Air Marshal
Sir Roderick Hill, 14 Sept. 1944.
213. Giulio Douhet, Command of the
214. AWPD/I, Tab 3.
I 1 OCt. 1942.
NOV.1941.
O C t . 1941.
O C t . 1941.
Air, pp. 3 3 7 f f .
215. Col. Ira C. Eaker to C/AAF,
Report on Trip to England, 3 0 Aug.-1
2 16. Requirements for Destroyer
Escort Plane, 8 Aug. 1942.
217. Report, Bombing A c c u r a c y
Board (F.L. Anderson, H.G. Mont-
gomery, Edward Flanick), z Jan. 1942.
OCt. 1941.
218. lbid.
219. Memo for C/AS from George,
t o Jan. 1942.
2 2 0 . Memo for C/AS from Arnold,
Creation of Bombardment Tactical Corn-
mittee, 26 Feb. 1941.
221. Ltr., Arnold to Eaker, Initial
Directive to Bomber Commander in Eng-
land, 3 1 Jan. 1942.
2 2 2 . Eaker, Plan for Bomber Com-
mand and Constitucnt Units to Arrive in
UK 1942, 2 0 Mar. 1942.
z z j . AWPD Division Digest, 2 1 Apr.
‘941.
224. Directive for Eighth Air Force
from Gem Eisenhower, z I July 1942.
225. VIII Bombcr Coinniand Diary, I
Aug. 1942.
226. CAI-OUT-519 ( z - I z - ~ z ) , Arnold
to Chaney, AF 2/207, 1 2 Feb. 1942; His-
tory, Eighth Air Force, I, 7.
2 2 7 . Like most such documents, this
directive exists in several successive
forms. Those consulted here are in File
706 and in History of the VIlI USA-
AF Fighter Command, chap. iii, pp. 49-
5 ’ .
228. Ltr., Eaker to Harris, 30 July
1942.
229. Ltr., Harris to Eaker, 3 1 July
1942. According to a competent British
source, “the US. and British views on
the possibilities of bombing Germany by
day had been reconciled” by the end of
March 1942. (See Anglo-American Air
Collaboration: Information requested by
Professor Hopper from Air Ministry
Historical Branch.) This document, which
came to this author’s hand too late to
consult for earlier chapters, has much
material concerning early strategic and
air plans.
230. New York Times, I I and 16
Aug. 1942.
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