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26 December 1944.
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Dear LeMay:
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my rettrrn from your ceremony this morning, I found
t ha t 224 Group, through the energetic action of Squadron
Leader Morrison flying a Beaufighter, destroyed t wo of t he
bombers tha t were in the air l ast ni ght and one of which hi t
Kharagpur . . You ha ve been informed in more complete detail
through pearl information reference l ast night ' s action by
night fighters of 224 Group .
I particularly desire t ha t you know t het Squadron Leader
t!orrison vre.s the unfortunate -pi lot who vra s directed by ground
contr ol t o shoot down your 29 about a week ago . As you knovr,
thi s pilot wes not to blame . He si reply carried out orders.
I did f eel , however , tha t you should know that the boy who
eot tro of the bombers l ast night i s the same pilot .
Major Gen eral Curtis E. I.eMay ,
Commanding General ,
XX Bomber Command ,
A. P. O. 493 , C/o U. S. Army.
Sincerel y ,
GEORGE E. STRATEMEYER,
Ma jor General , U. S. A.,
Commanding.
ER , XXl B0MBER COMMAND
Office of the Commanding General
APO 234, c/o Pos.tmaster
San Franciaoo. california
Major Gene ral St Clair
Commanding General
Continental Air Forces
Washington 25 , DC
Dear General Street:.
Street
14 J une 1945
visits to this command by of
Twentieth Air Force have revealed to me that you, General Born and your
staff were instrumental i n formation of plans whereby t his command will
receive additional combat crews during the next six- month period. Need-
less to say, your. aggressive efforts on our behalf are greatly appreci-
ated since stepped-up crew flow enable greater ut ilizati qn of each
B- 29 aircraft assigned and will assure i ncreased bomb tonnages on tar-
of the waning Japanese Empire.
Headquarters Twentieth Air Force aas indicated that increased crew
f l ow to this command has been possible only by shcrteni ng the training
period, thereby acceptance of l ower quality crews. In review-
in& quality l i mitations which will affect crews deliver ed to us i n Aug-
ust , September and October, I believe eleven (11) weeks of CCTS training
will be adequate for all crew positions with the possible exoept1on of
the flight engi neer and radar operator .
Flight engineers pose the most difficult probl em, since engi neers
on other aircraft have neither neoessary ,engi neering background ex-
perience to make them r eadi ly adaptable to VLR operati on. Flight engin-
eers that are sent to us should be completely and thoroughly Tersed in all
phas es of cruise control , coveri ng fuel consumption at various gross
weights, altitudes and power settings. must know the ai r craft so
int i mately that they can readily dias nose malfunctions and perform neces-
sary in-flight maintenance. Particularly, thew must know every piece of
equi pment , its location a nd function, in the fuel transfer system. And,
other systems are hardly less i mportant . Wi th realizati on that his in-
struction must be intense and that the schedule will not parmi t any but the
strictest if he is to accomplish required training satis-
factori ly, I believe the flight engineer can meet our requirements.
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Also, I feel that every possible effort should be made to provide us
with BTO operators (MOS Gunners given on-the-job radar traini ng
are not oonsidorerl aoooptable . I t is most essential that eaoh orew sent
to this thee.tor have a thoroughly oompetent radar operator-navigator tea.
This team must bo able to naigate aoourately and acoompl i sh area bombing
by radar.
Knowing that you are familiar with our problems , I feel sure you
understand t he importance we attaoh to radar . Our assemblies are often
aooomplished off tho Japanese mainland, out of s i ght of land with
to pin- point the coordi nate but radar and lor an. Our ni ght missi ons re-
quire aoourate radar navigati on to bring eaoh orow to tho des i,nated land-
fall point , thenoe to t he I P with a radar turn to the briefed axis of at-
taok, a radar run and " radar release. ' unfortunatel y, t his training oo.n-
not be aooomplished in the t hea tor if we are to oontinue to inorease the
tempo of our attaoks. Wi th this in mind , I would apnr eoiate your estimate
of tho flight engineer and radar operator capabiliti es and , partioula.rly,
spootfio thereof .
It i s not believed that sub-standard training of bombardiers aod
gunners will seriously aff eot indiyidual orew pr ofi oienoy. Our indoctrin-
ati on program and oontinued profioi enoy t rai ning of t hese orew members
should suffice.
For your informati on, I am inolosing oopies of my replacement orew
traini ng settin& forth t ho mini mum orew member profi oienoies
to be aooomplished before a orew i s oonsidered qualified f or oombat.
Thes e have been used suooessfully to aupplement reoeived in Lhe
United States and to oheok the orew bef ore sendin& it aga1nst the Empire.
I attribute the ourrent low l oss rate of this oommand , as well as ability
to know out targets , direotly to our traini ng pro&ram and to the high
oali bre of tho o rewa that have been fur nished us. It is novr apparent
that only bast efforts of our oombinod program oan hope to sustain
this reoord.
We now have two wings (the 58th and 73d) whioh wi ll begi n relieying
oombat or aw mombe ts from aotive duty this month . These orew membors have
completed tough, arduous tours whioh, in some i nstanoes, began a year ago
and most of those men have exporienoed bail-outs over enemy territory,
ditoh1ng at sea and everything the Jap has i n the way of fi ghter attaoks
and flak fire . They are t irod after having done a apeDdid j ob or initi-
a,ing and sustaining oombat operations against t he Japanese homeland.
With a row except i ons, these oombat orww mombers will be retur nod to the
United States for duty i n your n.rious B-29 trai ning establishments. Thy
have t ho know- how" and should prove valuabl e as augmentations to your
expaDdin& B- 29 training system.
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In olosing, it ooourredto me that, in your new organization,
you may at find yourself slightly at a to understand tully the
reasons behind oertain of our polioies , partioularly in the 9ases where our
theater-tested methods may differentiate from oonoeptions at home. Wi th
this t hought in mind and with an eye to olosest possi ble oooperation in
oollaboratie efforts, I wish to enoourage freQQeat oommunioation,
wit her formal or informal, between us personally, as well as betweenthe
respeotive members of our staffs.
HEADQUARTERS, CONTINENTAL AIR FORCES
ANDREWS FIELD
CAMP SPRINGS, MARYLAND
TMI'ORAlt'l' MAILING Aoottus.
Major General Curtis E. LePM.y
Commanding General
Dear Curt:
XXI Bomber Command
APO 234, c/o Postmaster
San Francisco, Calif'.
16 May 1945
BOL.LING Fln..D
WASHINGTON 20, D. C.
As you know, the Continental Air Forces is charged with
the training of all your folks out there in the Pacific for B-29s.
It has been our growing conviction that what we need badly on our
staff is someone who has had B-29 experience in the field, pref-
erably from your Command and someone in whom you have' explicit
trust.
If you are unable to provide such an individual, we
will naturally have to do the best we can with the talent avail-
able to us in the United States, but I am reluctant to select
such an individual until I have first found out whether you are
in a position to furnish s omeone to head up the Very Heavy Bomber
Section of our A-3 Division.
I had fondly hoped to be abl e to return from the Philip-
pines to the United States with a stopover at your Headquarters;
however, the temporary grounding of the C-54' s at the particular
time that I was required to get back forced me to take the southern
route through Biak and Tarawa, rather than the northern route where
I would have had an opportun.i ty to see you.
We're watchi ng the work of you and your boys with a great
deal of admiration and hope.
I'm waiting advice from you before I fill the Very Heavy
Bomber section.
ST. CLAIR S
Major General,
Commanding.
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USA,
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WAR DEPARTMENT
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY AIR FORCES
WASHINGTON
15 March 1945
Dear Curt:
Want to thank you and Augie for a
very pleasant and instructive stay at your Com-
mand. I realize how these feather merchants
from Washington must get in your hair, but you
kept your feelings well hidden because there
was no indication from anybody in ;your Command.
Keep up the good work as we came home to
find Washington buzzing with praise of the B-29s.
Again, thanks a lot for your splendid
hospitality.
Best of luck,
Brigadier General, U.S.A.
Major General Curtis E. LeMay,
A.P.O. #234, c/o Postmaster,
San Francisco, California.
I . n n ~ to thank you .,.t limerely for baTing aent over
a oopy o the lteW York !1Jne1. ! hil ha always b4!en one ot my
f&Torite newapaP,r epeoially the Sunday ldi t1on, . and oon.e-
quently, I mi11 i 1; very muoh over here. When I reoej.ved the
111ue you aent., &Dd a very reoent ,one at that, I read it from
oover to oever.
It. thil 11 a regular. aerv1oe ot your or,aniaation, I would
like 'bo oona1der .y1elf' one of' your regular on the reoeiTing
end. I u lookil'l! torwa'ni ~ &Jly tuture deliveriea you may be
kind e n o ~ h to ate.
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HEADQUARTERS SECOND AIR FORCE
OFFICE OF T H ~ COMMANDING GENERAL
COLORADO a PRINGa . COLORA DO
Major General Curtis E. LeMay
Headquarters XXI Bomber Command
APO 234, c/o Postmaster
San Francisco, California
15 June 1945
Plea .. Addreu Reply To:
COMMANDING GENI:RAL,
H .. dquerters, Second Air Force.
Coloredo Springa, Color.OO
Classification cancelled by
DOD DIUC1'IVE No. 5200.9. e:ffectiv&
28
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Dear Curt:
I have received and read with considerable interest your
"Phase Analysi s of Incendi ar y Operations . n In fact, I have made
i t required reading for every seni or officer in this Air Force
connected with:the B- 29 Program. Please i ncl ude me on your
distribut ion list of future similar Analyses.
Bowdi tch is back but I haven' t seen him yet as he is out in
Culver City getting his film processed. Am glad you consider his
missi on of some val ue .
I appr eciate your suggestions and have taken acti on on each
of t hem. Thei r status i s as follows:
a . On t he green card showing the profici ency of the
Mickey operator dur ing t r aiping, have al ready started that, but
we will not get the most benefit out of i t until we get more 584
sets i n operati on. I am pushi ng that and the outl ook is bri ght .
The wor st obstacle is that we ar e not receiving the r adar oper ator s
unt i l about two months of the training per iod has elapsed. That
gives him a scant month with his crew and i s entirel y i nsuffici ent .
I' ve r aised hell about i t , but so far no impr ovement .
b. We have alr eady wri t t en i nto our t r ai ning progr am
provisions for offset and perspective bombing. We can' t gi ve
t hem much of it yet, but at least they will know what it is.
c . As a r esult of Evans st ay with you, we have r ewritten
our ent ire traini ng di rective to make i t more along the lines of
your requirements . I consider i t very desirable to have a r epre-
sentative f r om our t r aining section visit your command about ever y
sixty days for closer liai son between training and combat. Requested
that Colonel Bohnaker from Operations, and my top r adar man proceed
out your way the middl e o ~ June for thirty days t empor ar y duty,
but Washington turned i t down., If you think it worth-while you
might put in an' oar. Of course , there are lots of people goi ng
back and forth between Washington and your headquarters, but the
stuff they bring back takes too long to reach me and often gets
di stor ted in the process.
As you have probabl y noticed, our replacement crews are now
goi ng out with an average of 150 hours B- 29 time and we believe
they ar e pretty good crews . We are not so happy about the radar
man, but until such time as we can get him for the full three
months course, not much can be done about that .
Am enclosing a copy of our daily staging report. I could get
crews and planes out to you f ast er if I could get them on the way
when they are r eady. As you will see by the report , I had nineteen
ready yest erday t hat I could not dispatch because ATC could not take
them. Presumably because t he pi pe line is f ull. As you know, when
you get a plane ready to go and then l et i t sit around a few days,
it is likely as not to develop ailments and need more work to get
it going . Don't quote me on the latter point, say you picked it
up from the crews .
Up until recentl y I had hopes of coming out your way, but all
the plans have r ecently changed and my prospects do not look very
good at present . Still have hopes, however.
\
expect CJ'(,P;-
I see where General A is out your way.
a blitz shortly.
Best of l uck .
Major Gener al,
Commanding
Guess we can
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STATUS OF DELIVERIES:
BEHIND 2.4 DAYS -20.2 1./C'AON. 86
COMMITMENT
COMMIT-
PROJECT II MENT
cc ATC
DATE
REPL. B- 29 June I 156
REPL. F-13
98255S
(WEATHER)
aru
June
June
98215- 315 WGII June
98250-315 WGII June
98253- 316
TarAL
1
11
51
30
249
11
11
ATC cc ATC
CATION
CENTER
46 110 16
1
11
I
50 1
30 9
96 153 25
AT TRAINING STATIONS
CC AIRCRAFT
COMPL. , I
ACCEPT. IN CORRECT.
SHAKE- I SHAKE- TOTAL AND
SHAKE- MAl NT.
DOWN I DOWN I
II 100 HR. DOWN AND
INSP. FLIGHT
I ,.,.A.I'\1 .. 1,.
23 1 22 17
8 c 8 2 8 3
12 D12
20 20 25 30 20
I
READY
El5
A 1
F 3
19
INSP.
AND
LOAD
Al
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REMARKs: A - 1 held per agr eement with ATC . B - Includes ofews asgd as passengers. c- 5 at Grand !slana., a't l
at Pratt . E - 15 held per agreement with ATC. F - 3 held per agreement withAIC . Not included above are 5 aircra1J
del ivered in May. -
this month or 8.3 A/C per day.
22is oamputed on the following basis:
'
Average
HEADQUARTERS SECO
C?FFICE OF THE COMMANDING
COLORADO aPRINGS, COLQftAIJiq
DAif:
1 June 1945
Ple .. e Addreu Reply To:
COMMANDING
Headquort:err, S..:ond Air Foree,
Colorado Springt , Colorado
rJaj or Curtis E. LeMay
Headquarter s XXI Bomber Command
APO 234, c/o Postmaster
San Francisco, California Claeeitioation oanoe11ed
DOD lfo. 9, VQ 28 Jov ...
Dear Curt :
I agree enti rely with t he i deas expr essed in your letter
of 26 r.tay und have, in f act , anticipated some of your suggestions .
This command has in operation, at the pr esent time , two St;R 584
sets ,,i th automatic plotting board for the purpose of accurate
scoring of radar bombing runs . One of these sets is l ocated in
Kansas City, Hi ssouri , and the other in Fort Worth, Texas . Both
were selected in order t :bat four or five typic&l industr h-.1
t ar gets may be designated as t he ai ming point and t he r esults of t he
run scored. I have one mor e 584 set an automatic plotting board
going into Denver in the near future . In addition, we rill have tv,enty
584 sets without the automatic plotting board distr i buted t hroughout
the continental United States . The only difference betv;een these and
the orieinal set s is that the s coring is a little mor e complicated.
I can assure you that with these i nstallations our r.tickey operators
will have considerable in operating against industr ial
targets .
I like your suggestion of a pr oficiency card with each
f,f ickey operator and have t aken steps to see that that i s carried out .
I you will fi nd the 315t h Wing the best trained unit
we have yet sent to your command . The 316th will probably be even
better , but I understand i t goes to tne XX Bomber
We are confront ed a ma jor probl em in the conversion of
the Heavy grou s returning from the ETO and the i mpact of thi s may
affect the quality of our entire output for awhile . Hov1ever , you mtty
be assured that we will do the best we can under the circumstances .
I hear t hat you are making a trip back her e this month and
certeinly hope you will find to pay us a visit at Colorado Springs .
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I believe if you and I could get toget her for awhile, it V10uld pay
dividends t o the whole B- 29 Pr ogram.
Certainly admir e the job you and your people are doing and
wish you the best of luck.
y,
ROBERT B ~ WILLIAMS
Major General , USA
Commanding
fO
HFAUQlJ/ fl T''"RS YJI <.;();,, , Nt
Office of t \1e commandi nr
APO 234 , c/o
San Fr ancisco, Cul iforni e
27 }. pril 1945 r;:,;.
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Mnjor R p.
Heaoiquar t ers
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Colorado f, pr i nr s ,
Classif i cation cancelled by
DQl) D.IB.IlCTIVE No. 5200. 9 . effec-tive 28 lov .. 68
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r ear Bot ,
I heve t aken ;to properly r eceive ut1v ncq p11 rty o" IPQ- ,.,
people. We will do everythi ne we can to eee t hat they the
thP.y to fl O t }(eir o.b them OV"'T ef r l y i!" f' f"OOr
1
'i ' nrl
will i nsure. Clmplo:vptent t he ":ll '>t h much soonr th n v;oul r
1
ot'tPT'Wl S9 e oos s ibl e .
I t hink Fvuns have r i ven you on crpw t r, : ni nr .
Generally s per.,k;tng, t hey are not too b,;d . I . .P.,el T 1,
l et you dmm t .y not senr' i n;:r you more t ion 1 l "' tt"r. : 11 ve
everyone work\ nr s.uch lone nours f nr4 oven tliE>n t ''tClra :v Pn
1
t t ""'n t' me
f or I st .i.J,.l t he 1; "'.. n nr f nm('Jone
l ike or evi?Il a ... t _eam from t ho t r ei ninr P.St " r l srment s t o. , . ..,t
.f'irst han<i al l t he l,atest i nforma.t i on. J It' ' you r * mhcr, WP r?Lt oo
i n En&laDVl t out were never abl e to ret i t
over here an0 I' m sure he answer
questions o, I hopft 70U can d_uplicat e his mi s sion i n month or s o.
On Mickey I still they are for
small unles13 have su "fioient ira tninro t o e.rtist c o
I, therefore, a r r ee with you that our l ead bCl t he
possibl e, even at & i n qual ity o.f' the run of t he alll opP.r ator.
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You probabl y know by now t hat I havt:> i n ret t i n" f! l .,.nc1
est abl isherl i n t he st at es . This f or r erlar 1
t rainin&r . I am sendi n.,- only the ber.t people l':Pok to s c\1 ool : nr4 I
hope t hat .J oe Preston will sen<l me crews t hr t t; r !:' r ot l l y - r t;
I earnest l y hope that you can keep by !'!Om"'
of your people oyer here occassionally . not us
Si ncF> r el y ,
CIT'rTi r ... .
Maj or u. Q
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OFFI CE OF THE COMMANDING GENERAL
COLORADO SPRI NGS. COLORADO
Major General Curtis E. LeMay
Commanding General , XXI Bomber Command
17 April 1945
PleoH Adclr .. Reply To:
COMMANDING GI:NI:RAL,
Heoclquorters, Sec.oncl Air Force,
Coloroclo Springs, Co Ioredo
APO 234, c/o Post master
San Francisco, california
Claaa1f1oation oanoellga Y
DOD DIRECTIVE Bo. 5200.9 , e ~ ~ e ~ ~ i v e 28 Nov. 58
Dear <.:urt:
As you undoubtedly know, the 315th and 316th Bombardment
Wings are to be fully equipped with a radically new radar bombing-thru-
overcast equipment known as "Eagle" (AN/APQ- 7). In order to prepare
pr oper radar briefing material , it has been consider ed desirable to
outfit two air craft, complete with superior crews and special equipment,
to arrive in the theater as soon as possible in advance of the combat
groups , to take radar scope photogr aphs of all your principal target
areas and approaches .
In order to properly give some brief training to these
cr ews and to supervise the shake-down of their new r adar and photographic
equipment , I considered it necessary to assign two of my best technicians
to help with t hi s proj ect. They are accompanying the two airplanes on a
temporary duty status . I believe that for the crews to properly perform
their missions these two officers will have to fly the majority of the
missions , particularly during their initial operations . Their names :
Captain Robert S. Bowdit ch, AC, 0- 431018, an excellent pilot and a very
high- level electr onics engineer, and Captain Richard H. Hamilton, AC,
0-497086, who i s also a radar maintenance officer of the highest order.
The project has been knO\m her e as the "BOWDITCH PROJECT", and is leaving
t he States as Shipments Nos . 0816 CZZ and 0816 HZZ .
Considering the difficulties t hey have run into during their
training and formation her e with this new equipment , I would consider it
a personal favor if you would keep your eye on this project and give these
two boys any help they might require. Inasmuch as we are so short- handed,
at the present time, of talent, I would like to urge that you make sure
these two officers are released in time to arrive back in the States within
forty-five (45) days .
I am a bit more encouraged of late about our overall radar
bombing program as it applies to the B29s . The number of qualified Mickey
operators required is, as you know, enormous, and far beyond the
capabilities of the Training Command t o produce in the time all owed.
However, I think I can safely assure you that the Mickey operators ot
the 315t h Wing will be far better trained than any Mickeys you have
seen arrive in the Eighth Air Force or in the XXI Bomber to date.
Fifty percent of the 316th Wing Mickey operators will be even better
trained. However, we are not yet satisfied with our Mickey boys, and
every effort is being made to i mprove their quality.
I had your note concerning Lt. Colonel Evans. I ~ ~ 1 1 go
over his r eport carefully and adjUst our training program accordingly.
I can assure you t hat we are doing our very best to s e ~ d
you crews who are qualified ~ o do their job. We realize they still
have a lot of shortcomings, but they are much better now than they
were a few months back. I am sure we will be able to keep the trend
in the right direction. I will welcome any suggestions you may have .
Best of luck.
ROBERT B. WILLIAMS
Major General, USA
Commanding
taj or Gener &l R)bert B.
Co "lFlluing Gcncri!l,
Second Air Foree,
Colorndo Springe ,
tear Boba
I ' hP.ve your lett er or 18 t o ""'hich H t H e ttvehf'd 1.1. ,e- t udy
r eder treirtlnr t tnncar <" & tith t he
o:s.ent.s establ.ir.hcd b) our Lead Crew f. ehool t-,urvey ter. m. .llthnugh
the 1n ectual hourE ic t ime alone
c&n be: ''1idearltnr er Lt erii)D. For EXt.m;-1-r- , if the tS hours or
redr sot time is divided bot .een the main end scopes ,
the nt rnoar J of ill not be obt ained. I
bell,ve thot by cont inued lir1son 1.t 1'11+.1 ho possible to make our
tre ining morP
For inst.ooe, our hbVP not hcd onough trs ini.ng ln
eith,.r rarlor bombing or in the of indu t t rrttte.
!'hie ot.n be to l"ok of suf:fl ci nt trt: i ni ng tn r. cope int -- r-
.;tret 6tion find t o training mer ely on corner r eflectors Lnd pin-
t argets er e eyeellont for incoctri-
netin& tl}loto bombirw . ehedul e i t h eccrine ff eiltt iee should
be set u9 011 nri.,us induntrit:.l tbrgets. ,.Jte-r loncifell , our till
t o terget js ahort nd of an
brcomPe a u jor f t. ctor . cir.nt tr( ini.nr on lnt
tt-rg-'' " r adtr o eennot find hie ob,let't i Te ru\ ( ean-
n..:;t t..eOIIpltah a eutit.factoey r ad! r and r eloese. Ho :uet be
or bombing ct mecium, end high lvels var ied
around Apee e from 200 t o LOO mile& per coroll.ry to ef-
f tlctiTf. radfr bozblng here, operatwa...need lUUch prtwius trts.inina
rrn urtun 81'ebS DC !_nrtuctr l l na o .. eible.
t o thP t ion trLinuti \ n
11ircr K ft , ' i.t.h letc
1
crews &bGorbtnr. the eyeept i n!ll y trt. ined
.:>peN tor . , I oul '- supgeet the use of t proflcit:ncy f'or
tor . ! hit t Eobul. ca r d would be r ent .., itb c!.ch oper&tor.
It 1 ould lt16 tT"aini.na, , .. ,.p .. ri ... nee, and pr oticloney; l i8ting hi
al i .. .. 1poC., or !air. rer el t hut rttdt r trt1n i nJ time
and. ft:.cilities sho . 1d bo !'pret.d \"enly for all ::>pf' r atore r thtJr thaD
JO
givinf the b6t tPr opcrutors tiDe. ptionel oper tori
will nboorb the of radar t echniguE"S nsare t horouyhly thf.ln
tho st ud'nt , and consequently they will be tettr t rtined
ln the s me or t i me. If addit ion61 tLme giTcn to the
operutorc , it r eruce the t raining vnilarle t o thG poorer
Etucent e.
In the lead crms must lc selected on the bLsi
of their ability t o d under combat condltl ')nf , 'e f ou.."ld
no adequate for combnt in tha ot
lesJ crer.s, I ,.,ould be in a bettP.r pof)ttlon to solect rud r '"'O"'r et orl
for lei- d cre'i s and ;lr thfinfers if the records you sene int' the!.r
r cl tive proficlonay and of training.
l i t h the inoree,aed qucntJty e.nd impr oved qmtlity G({ui;mcnt
and fut ure f or redar i& certc i nly enc1urcying. !ur
objectiYe ir:. i . entic1.1 . t at ' & ccnt inua t o exeho.nge t def a in an ef -
t fort to hrrmoni7.e combat crew trsinlnfi with
Sincerely,
CURTIS E. LeMAY,
Uajor u. s. A.,
CoMending.
OII'II'ICK 011' THK COMMANDI NG GKNK.-AL
COI.OitADO COI.OitADO
Major Gener al Curtis E. IeMa.y
Conuno.nding General, :XXI Bomber
APO 234., o/o Postmaster
San Frnnoisoo, Califor nia
Dear Curt '
Conmand
18 Apr i 1 1945
Pt .... Addreu Reply Tot
COMMANDING GENERAL,
HHCiquertert, Second Alt Force .
Co foredo Sprlno, Coloredo
Lt Col onel W. S. Evans., my Deputy Director of Traininb, has
reoontly returned f rom a visit to your Command. I appreciate all
courtesies extended to Lt Col one l and the hel p he was gi ven by
a l l eohe l ons of your 9omrnand in observin{; your activi t ies .
One item particular ly interestinr; to us is contained in a
r eport from t he XXI Bomber Conunand lead Crew School dat ed 27 February
1945., addressed to you. Paragraph 4 of this communi cation outlines
the training recommended to attain your desired proficiency level of
Liok"Oy operators. I have had a study prepared how c losely vre
are appr oaching this desired training. I am incl osing this study in
itemized form.
On the face of it, thio study a ppoars most encourar; ing. Act- "
uo. l ly, hcrwever, in the case of the standa r ds of the Training Command,
these items are me rely copied from their Trainitl(; Standar ds and do not ,
I believe, represent the t rue state of affairs . For instance, tlte ir
twenty- five bomb runs t urn out t o be approximatel y eight runs on a
pin- point corner reflect or tar get. I fully believe, however, that the
Training Conmo.nd is doing the ver y best they can in the time a l lowed to
them and with the relat ively meager equipment and faci l iti es available
to them. -
We, in the Second Air For ce, fee l that a bomb rtm on an in-
dustrial target i s almost wor thless f r om the t raini ng standpoint unl ess
properly scored, analyzed and presented to the student l.:ickey oper at or
in the form of a proper cr iti que . Bomb scor i ng facil iti es in this
countr y are almost non- existent with the exception of Vi ctor ville ,
where a very exoe llent and uniq\.le system of photo bomb scor ing is in
operation. The only other bomb scoring device in the country i s our
new SCR- 584., set up to score bomb r uns on the industr ial tar gets of the
Kansas City area.
'
The bombing-thru-over oast training facilities here in the
States are growing dai]. I am optimistic in that we ar e on
the r ight t rack., hovrevor, as our f acilities increase the demand for more
and more l.tiol."Oy operator s ino1ease , so at the moment , we find ours elves
Hq 2AF, Lt r t o CG XXI BC, 18 Apr 45, contd.
in the position of never being able to "catch up." I would much ap-
preciate your views on the general proposition of having a fairly
well- trained Mickey operator in every aircraft, but vnth exceptionally
we 11-trained Mickey operators in your l ead crew aircraft.
1 Inc l - Study of
Radar Training Ac -
complishments
-
, __ .. '
-( . '1,1 . - . .
RADAR TRAilHNG ACCOII.PLISBMENTS
XXI ;3 C!. &iur
t'J.aastfica tion cancelled bY
DOD DIRECTIVE Bo. 5200.9, effective 28
St andards of the
Recof'.Dl ended Training
At lea st four weeks
Ebmbardier Training
Six week training a s
DR Navigator
Eight course Lll
radar traini.ng before
011!2 is given
45 hours study of set
operation and air
maintenance
60 hours of Radar
Navi gation and Radar
:Bombing
50 hours of target
study and scope
i .nterpret Ption
40 hours of super-
sonic tra iner
St endards of the
Training Command
Must be a Reted Nm iga-
tor or Rated :Bombardier
Must be a Rated lTPviga-
t or or Rated :Bombardier
Ten week course i n
trai ning before
V.OS 0142 is given
32 hour s of m; .APQ-13
description, f amiliariz-
ation, operat i on , cali-
and tune- up.
58 hours of Radar Navi-
gat i on and Radar :Bomb-
46 hours of t arget
stuc.y and scope inter-
pretetion
28 hours of super-
sonic tra iner
Standards of the
Second Air Force
Determined. by
Tng Command
Determined by
Tng Command
Determi ned by
Tng Command
15 hours set
operation on
mjAPQ.-7
15 'hours of Radar
and
Radar :Bombi ng
15 hours of target
study and scope
interpretation
12 hours of super -
sonic tra iner
Percent of Recomment-
ed Tng Accomplished
10<ifo
-1
100"/D
0
-
\
'""'
ll')
:ds of t he
ining
rs of air
ne
hts of 12
duration over
nd water
.s using .. Radar-
.eht t ie-in pro-
StandPr ds of the
Command
30 hours aver aee r
25 runs average ?
Standards of the
Second Ajr For ce
#
6S hours of air
set-time
5 flights in
stripped aircraft
2 flights in
standard
15 Radar-Norden
synchronous
attacks
Percent of F
ed Tne Acco
12'5/U
250% StrippE
100% S tandall
development of suitable scoring facilities and the increase in t he number l
percentage be increased.
will
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; INDEX TO CONTENTS
OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE
1. Reply (29 Dec 45) to of Mr o. A. Bartholomew,
Union City, Ind. to Personnel Section
War Department.
2. Reply 29 Nov45 to of Mrs J . E. Kragle, Philadelphia,
Pa. (Oct 27, 45) relative to her son ' s return from overseas
(India) .
3. Repl y 29 Nov45 to l etter from Lt Col Winton R. Close,
Kirtland AFB , Albuquerque, New Mexico (15 Nov 45) , seeking
assistance of Gen LeMay in obtaining assignment to Russia
and the Balkan countries as Air Attache.
4. Reply (29 Nov 45) to Thomas P. Sherwood, hospitalized
Fitzsimmons General Hospital, Denver, Colorado, seeking
Gen Lellay' s aid in obtaiiU.ng a promotion. Letter forward.ed
to A- 1 of the Air Force .
5. Reply (29 Nov45) to letter Capt Thomas H. Pollock i n which he
seeks a citati on for services . Enclosing p6rtion of Colonel
Norcross reply on the matter . (12 Nov 45) (6 Nov 45)
6. Reply 5 Nov 45 to invitation-Mr . Ni kol ai v. Novikov, Soviet
Embassy, Wash D. c. re g-etting inability to accept invitation
to an affair on 7 Nov 45 beacuse of absence from the city.
7. Reply (6 Mov45) to letter S/Sgt Roy E. Walker, 413th Signal
Co., Avn. APO 902 (2 Sept 45) relative to the award of
battle stars .
8. Reply (5 Nov45) to Mr . George A. Schneide r, Cleveland, Ohio
(17 Oct 45) seeking rotation to the States, Major Frank E.
BoydJand assi gnment to Wright Field, Ohio.
9. Acknowledgment (5 Nov45) t o Colonel Harris Hull, Hq AAF
wash D. c. of r eceipt of u.s. Strategic Bombing Survey &
latest issues of IMPACT.
10. Recommendation for assignment to Latin America of Capt v. D.
Photo Tech Unit, SAAF, Kansas , 5 Nov 45o Letter
v. D. Taylor 8 Oct 45.
11. Letter (10 Sept 45) to Col Joseph Preston, CO 20th Lead Crew
School, Muroc, California offe ring him opportunity to return
to 20th AF if he so desires .
12o Reply (6sept 45) to Mr . Allen T. Hupp, Douglas County Chairman,
War Finance Committee, Omaha, Nebraska (24 Aug 45) relative to
Super Fortress "City of ().naha
11
which participated in Tokyo Bomb-
ing being flown to Qnaha to spark Victory Loan Bond Drive . On
above letters to: J . E. Davidson, President,
Knights of Ak-sar-Ben, Omaha, 6 Sept 45, Mr . Dale Clark, Omaha,
6 Sept 45, and Mr . Charl es D, saunders, Chamber of Commerce,
Cmaha, 6 Sept 45.
13. Reply (5 Sept 45) t o letter f rom Air Marshal Sir Hugo P. Loyd,
RAF, Aylesbur,y, England (20 Aug 45) relative to deployment of
British Heavy Bombers at war ' s end and acknowledging congratu-
l ations on the work of Gen LeMay' s former Paeific Command.
14. Reply (31 Aug 45) letter of Hajor Char les w. Harbaugh, Hq, 8th
AF APO 902 ( 25 Aug) acknowledging his praise of XXI Bomber
Command performance and sending requested autograph.
15. Recommendation (30 Aug 45) for RA appointment for Colonel
David A. Burchinal, Hq 20AF.
16. Letter (30 Aug 45) from Lt Commander D. G. McNeely USNR
praising his association vdth XX and XXI Bomber Commands .
17. To whom it may concern recommendation (29 Aug 45) for Major
Daniel E. Teberg.
18. Reply (26 Aug 45) to Colonel Chester P. Gilger' s request
(23Jul y 50) for duty with Gen LeMay's Command.
19 . Reply (25 Aug 45) to request of Lt H. M. (8Aug 45)
returned P. o. w. seeking assignment in Gen LeMay' s command.
20. Letter (20 Aug 45) from Lt Col A. B. Tenold AGD furnishing
lists of personnel in selection of officers for 8th AF.
(Inclosure not included) .
21. Letter (19 Aug 45) Asst Secty for Air Mr . Lovett to Gen Spaatz
Hq., USSTAF praising Air Forre and Air Power.
22 . Letter (15 Aug 45) to Colonel Sturdivant Liaison Officer FEAF
on arrangements for Press Party and Scientists to enter Japan.
23. Letter (30 July 45) to CG AAF Wash D. C. recommending Lt Col
Clifton Pyle for a RA Commission.
24. Let ter (26 July 45) to Comdr L. s. Dozier, 136th Naval Constr.
Battalion, San Francisco, California expressing gratif ication
f or Seabees ef forts in behalf of Airmen' s Service Club.
25. Letter (undated) from A. W. Kissner, C/S Hq 20AF APO 234
to Lt Col John Norvell , Hq USSTAF (Rear) at'trg letter from ainnan
seeking transfer to XX AF. Also letter on suqject (19 July 45)
Capt Beckemeier, Aide to Gen LeMay, to Cpl John I Anderson,
Pope Field, N. c.
26. Letter (9 July 45) from Col Alfred F Kalberer, CO 462d Bomb Gp,
APO 247 t hanking Gen LeMay for authorization to keep red tail s
on Group ' s A/C.
27 . Carbon copy of Efficiency report on B/G A. w. Kissner C/S XXI
Bomber Command.
28. Reply (undated) to letter Sgt c. R. Hazelton, Maxwell Fiel d
(2 July 45) requesting transfer to Pacific and his forme r
organization.
29. Reply (28 June 45)by Gen Kissner to l etter sent to Gen LeMay
(18 May 45) by Col Joseph J Preston, Muroc, California , relative
t o obtaining Ol 42' s for l ead crews now training at Muroc.
30. Letter (13 June 45) f r om Mr . Chester H Lang, Vice President ,
General Electric Co., re viewing the cotmputer situation on the
B-29.
31. Letter of appreciation (11 June 45) from Col W'illiam Westlake)
Asst to the Director for AAF, on excellent treatment afforded
party of newsmen during visit with Gen LeMay and his command.
32. Reply (5 June 45) to letter of Colonel John Felix Guillett,
Maxwell Field, Alabama, service in Gen LeMay' s Command
(20 May 45) .
33. Reply (1 June 45) to letter Maj Mark H Brovm, Hqs 3rd AD APO
559 (13 May 50) desiring service in Gen LeMay' s Command.
34. Letter (30 May 45) to Lt Comdr Donald G. McNeely, Naval Dept ,
Wash D. c. outlining job opening in Command.
35. Letter (7 Uay 45) to CO 3d Photo Recon Sq APO 234, expressing
concern over a/c l.!aintenance in the Bomber Command.
36. Letter (5 May 45) from Colonel o. F. Carlson, CO, Guam Air Depot
i nviting Gen LeMay to participate in exercises dedicating Harmon
Field on 8 May 45.
37. Reply (5 May 45) by B/G Kissner to letter (11 April 45) of Col
T. J . DuBose, Hq 316 Bombardment Wing (VH) Colorado Springs , Colo.,
to Gen LeMay concerning advanced detachment of 50 officers and
men to Hqs XX AF. (SECRET)
38. Letter ( 5 May 45) to C. G. 315t h Bomb Wi ng APO 2 1 . ~ 6 , expr essi ng
concern over a/c Maintenance in the Bomber Command.
39. Letter (1 May 45) to C. G. 313th Bomb Wing APO 247 (do) .
40. Letter (l May 45) to C. G. 73rd Bomb Wing APO 237 (do) .
41. Letter (1 May 45) to e . G. 314th Bomb Wing APO 246 (do) .
42. Letter (1 Uay 45) to C. G. 58th Bomb Wing APO 247 (do) .
43. Letter (11 Apr 45) to Mr . M. Hertzberg, Oakland, california
enclosing samples of leaflets dropped by B- 29
1
s on Tokyo.
44. Letter (3 Apr 45) from Lt Col Stanley R. Place, Executive
Off icer Army Garrison Force .tPO 246, dealing with the operation
of a sales commissary for General Officers only. Similar
letter to B/Gen Kissner (31 March 45) .
45. Letter (24 Mar 45) to Col A. Sullivan, Hqs XX Bomber Command
pointing out he would be more useful with the XXth.
46. Letter (20 March 45) by Capt Beckemeier, aide to Gen LeUay,
to Col Leo I . Herman
1
i x Bomber Command
1
APO 493 relative t o
Battle participation awards . First Ind. (13 Apr 45) .
47 . Letter (20 March 45) f r om Robert L. Stearns, Chief Operat ions
Ana;Lysis Division 20th AF, \lash D. c . expres sing appre ci.a tion
for courtesies shown to him during visit to Gen LeMay' s Command.
48 . Expression of thanks to Gen LeMay (12 Uarch 45) from c. A. Lockwood,
Commander Submari ne Force, u. s. Pacific Fleet upon receipt of
Air-Sea rescue manual .
49. Letter of introduction (26 Feb 45) for Lt Col A. P. Ga.gge, Chief
Biophysics Branch ATS Command, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio,
interested in B- 29 operati ons .
5o. Letter (16 Feb 45) to Col A. L. Harvey, Hqs 444th Bomb Group,
APO 215 citing unavialability of Jim Garcia for t ransfer to the
58th Wing.
51. Reply (14 Feb 45) to Lt Comdr McNeely, Hq XX Bomber Command,
APO 493, a cknowlEidging receipt of XX Bomber Command' s mining
missions (SECRET)
..
. .
52. Letter (7 Feb 45) from Lt Col Ernest E. McMahon, APO 958
dealing with censorship of officers mail .
53. Letter (7 Feb 45) to e. G. 73rd B. W. APO 237, on "Diversion
of VLR Personnel . "
54. Letter (31 Jan 45) f r om Col . A. L. Harvey, CO 444th Bomb Gp
APO 215 reference to selecting personnel to fill T/0 for
the future 58th Wing.
55. Carron copy letter (27 Jan 45) f rom B/G Lauris Norstad C/S
Hq, XX AF and lst Ind by Gen LeMay (10 Feb SO) dealing with
Pre- Raid Jap Knowl edge of XXI Bomber Command Strikes .
Forwarded to e . G. 73rd B. 1tg. APO 237 . (SECRET) .
56. Letter (24 Jan 45) to e. G. XX AF Wash D. C. on t r aining
literature, Mining Program.
57 . Repl y ( 21 Jan 45) to Maj J. D. Garibaldi, Hq AAFWFTC,
California, reference to an assignment with Col DuBose
as Judge
58. Efficiency report (17 Jan 45) on B/G John E Upstron.
59 . 1st Ind ( 16 Jan 45) re cxxnmending L t Louis H. Glickman, for
a position in the B- 29 program.
60. Letter (8 Jan 45) from wm. B. Christian of the OSS, APO 879,
expressing appreciation of court esy and invaluable aid
afforded him during visit to the command.
61. Repl y (2 Jan 45) to Col R. c. Wr iston, Army Air Base,
Alamogordo, New Mexico rel ative to reassi gnment of an officer
(8 .Nov 44) .
62. Letter of appre dation (27 Nov 44) by RAF officer Wilensh
to Gen LeMay for the use of a command airfi eld during long
r ange mission to mine PENANG.
63. Request (14 Nov 44) by Captain John Davia for pilot-training
wa.i ver, and lst Ind (8 Dec 44) by Gen LeUay recommending
wai ver on Capt Davia ' s overage be granted.
64. Letter (4 Nov 44) from Col Howa.rd E. Engl er, Hq, AAF Wash D. C.
on his r eturn trip to nashington and discussions 1vith General s
Gil es, NoFstad and Coombs .
65. Reply (29 Sept 44) to Mr Harold Brown, Field Supervisor
American Red Cross, listing Red Cross Field directors in
XX Bomber Command (26 Sept 44) .
66. Letter (25 Sept 44) from Col William M. Garland A. C. Langley
Field, va., introducing mem l::ers of two ( 2) bombing teams ,
trained in the techniques in the use of H2X as a bombing
and navi gation aid.
67. Telecon A488 {conf 15 Sept 44 and l etter 25 Aug 44) of Major
Walter D. Ordnance Dept, request to serve in
Gen LeMay' s command as Ordnance Officer. Also Capt Brockemeier
1
s
l etter (15 Sept 44) to Maj or Rogers.
68. Letter (8 Sept 44) from Edward L Bowl es, Special Consultant
to CG AAF, concerning Dr William B. Shockley, associated with
the Very Heavy Bombardment program.
69. Letter (11 Aug 44) manner of performance of Lt Col James H Gay.
INDEX CF CONTENTS
Commendations and Recommendations
1 . Commenda.ti on of the 2oth Air Foree, 25 July 1945
2. Conrnendation of the 314th Bomb Wing, APO 246, 1 May 1945
3. War Department Distinguished Unit Citation recommendation for the XXI Bomber
Command of the 2oth Air Force, 4 April 1945
4. Reeommerxiation for Assigrunent as Air Attache for Lt Col Close, 29 Nov 1945
5. Recommendation to the Secretary of Appointments, Columbia University, of Mr
Alex Green, former member of Gen LeMay's staff, 28 Nov 1945
7. Request for a reconunerdation by Gen LeMay for Maj Daniel E. Teberg, 8th AF,
APO 902, 25 Aug 1945
Gen LeMay's recommendation for Major Teberg, 29 Aug 1945
8. Commendation by Gen LeMay of officers am enlisted men of 35th Photo Tech
Unit, APO 234, 31 July 1945
9. RecOIIlllenda.tion for RA Corrmission for Maj Allen E. Gaston, AC-Res, 30 July 1945
10. Check sheet of all officers and enlisted men who received letters of
commendation from Gen LeMay, undated
11. Letter of Commendation for Capt Donald Shaw, undated
12. Conmendation for CG and enlisted men of 73d Bomb Wing, APQ 237, undated.
13. Acknowledgement of General Wedemeyer ' s commendation of Capt Brown and
crew for their courageous ani resourceful la.nding of B-29,
1 Jan 1945
Acknowledgem!lnt of Ambassador Patrick Hurley' s commendation in the above ,
1 Jan 1945
Aclmowledgem.S'lt of Naval Attache Capt H. T. Jarrell's commendation in the
above , 1 Jan 1945
14. Letter (28 Dec 44) to CO, 462d Bomb Group, APO 220, forwarding commendations
to Capt Brown and crew with addition of words of praise and
appreciation of Gen LeMay
15. Commendati on for Commanding Officer and men of the 3401 Ordnance Med Maint
Co, APO 493, 14 Dee 1944
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16. Commendation of Gen Arnold, 13 Dec 1944, with let Ind by Gen LeYay, 31 Dec
1944, to Lt Nordhau.sen and Radar Training Unit, T/3 Atkinson,
T/# Folger, T/3 Salmans, T/5 Martin.
17. Commendation for Sgt Olga M. Huncbak, WAC, 13 Dec l91J.
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ADDR&aa TO . -
)MMANDING GENERAL. ARMY AIR FORCES
WAaHINGTON, D. c:.
WAR DEPARTMENT
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY AIR FORCES
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Major General Curtis Le May
Air Technical Service Command
Wright Field
Dayton, Ohio
My dear Curt :
30 October 1945
The United States Strategic Bombing Survey has published
two reports on the European War which I believe will be of
interest to you . I am sending them along, two copies of each,
together with the latest IMPACT . All three of these publica-
tions are unclassified. I presume that you have already been
supplied copies . However, to be sure I am sending them to you .
Copies of the U. s. Bombing Survey are being furnished to news-
papermen to-day, so you can feel free to let anyone read them.
I hope this address I am using is O.K. Would like to know
if you these .
Drop in and see when you come to the Pentagon.
Col Harris Hull
Sincerely,
\\---W
HARRIS HULL
Colonel, GSC
. -
S November 194.5
Colonel Harris Hull
Office, Asst. Chief of Air Staff' - 2
Headquarters, Army Air Forces -
Room JD-139, .Pentagon Building '
Jfaehington 25, D. c.
Dear Harris:
Uany thanks for sending me the lat est issues of'
DIPAC '1'. I just missed receiving thea at the time I
left Guam. I also enjoyed reading the reports pub-
lished by the United States Strategic Bombing Survey;
they were most
Looks as if A1SC address will be peru.nent,
although it's still a bit early to tell. lt any rate,
you can reach me here any tilae during the near future
at least.
With kindest personal regards, I aa
Sincerely,
CUR f.tS E. LelllY
Major General, U.S.A.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
WAR FINANCE COMMITTEE
::E OF STATE CHAIRMAN
Augus t 24, 1945
Lt General Carl Spaatz,
Commanding General
United States Army
Stra tegic Air Force
A P 0 234
San Francis co Ca lifoPr. ia
Dea r Gen eral Spaa tz:
Word cone s to the writer as Dougla s Count y Chairman ,
War Fir.an ce Conmittee, tha t pe rmis s im might be gran t -
ed for the B- 29 Supe r Fortress
11
City of Omaha
11
a.rrl
it
1
s crew to come to Omaha Nebraska to aid :1n the
Victory Loan Drive.
The Super Fortress "City of Omaha
11
was built a t the
Gl enn L l11ar t in- Nebr aska pl an t, l oca t ed in th is city
and i s the pl ane in which .r Ray Cla rk , War Corres pond-
ent for Radio Stati on W 0 W flew ov er J apan and describ-
ed for N B C listeners an actual oof!l'oing run a nd nat ur ally
al l Oma ha i s talking about th is sensa t ional broadcast .
If permis81on was
the tr i p to Ooaha
a id us grea tly in
Loan Drive.
grant ed for the to Eake
and br ing ii' Cla r k th it
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it. would
ass i s t ing w1 t h our Ei ght h or Victory
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If this permissi on coul d be gr anted you nay rest assured
that :proper ceremonies will be hel d , hon oring t..he crew
and Cla r k , on hi s homeconing.
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Dougla s County Cha lrman
Wa r Fi nance Committee
1-fr.JJ)..UJU\ 'I'ERS
UNI't'ElJ AIDa STRATEGIC AIR
I P.O. 234
Ur. Allen T. Hupp
DougJ.as COUDt7 Chbil'll&ll
Finance Committee
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Dear Hr. Huppa
6 September .L 945
Yt)ur letter conceming t he 8uperf'ortresa City ot Omahu"
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ita ere .. and Kr. Ckrk, ra.t.do correspondent., in your
Yicto17 La&n Drive at Omaha hae bem receiveci.
This matter is well received by this heade:uilrt.ers.
Siadlt..r let ters have been aent t o us by Ur Cr..arles D. oaundera,
Preeidmt., Omaha Chamber of Commerce and a D.Wilber ot others.
Action was initiateu upon t.{r. Saunders' 1..ott r it wa5 the .
tiret to arrive. T, .. e matter Nas tumeft over to Headquarters, Artq
Air Forces At Washington w.:t h the re'1ueat t.hat notify llr. launders
ua to their decieioo. It ia augJeated therefor, that 7ou contact Mr.
la.undere tor -:-ny further information.
CURTIS !..JiiJAI
Major General, USA
Chie r oi Sttf
KN I GHTS OF AK-SAR - BEN
August 23, 1945
Lieutenant General Carl Spaatz
Commanding General
United States Army Strategic Airforce
APO 234
San Francisco, California .
Dear General Spaatz
The approaching Victor.y Loan Drive, which is to start
October 29th, would be greatly stimulated locally if
you could see your way clear to pennit the B-29
"City of Omaha" , which was built at the local Glenn L.
Martin pl ant, to come here with its crew and participate
in the campai gn.
This would be particularly true if it could be arranged
for Ray Cl ark, correspondent of l ocal Radio Station WOW
to accompany the crew as he did in a bombing run over
Japan which he described so vividly to NBC listener s on
July 28th.
I can assure you, General Spaatz, that the entire com-
munity would be proud to do homage to this gallant group
of men and to the Army Air Forces of which they are so
representative. Furthermore, it would pr ove a great
inspiration t o prospective purchasers of war bonds.
Your early and earnest consideration of this request will
be greatly appreciated.
Ver.y cordially yours
Te/ep#tone leclcson 4JJJ
OMAWA 2, NEBR .
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KNIGHTS OF AK-SAR-BEN
August 23, 1945
Lieutenant General Carl Spaatz
Conunanding General
United States Army Strategic Airforce
APO 234
San Francisco, California .
Dear General Spaatz
The approaching Victory Loan Drive, which is to start
October 29th, would be greatly stimulated locally if
you could see your way clear to permit the B-29
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City of Omaha", which was built at the local Glenn L
Martin plant, to come here with its crew and participate
in the campaign.
This would be particularly true if it could be arranged
for Clark, correspondent of local Radio Station VlON
to accompany the crew as he did in a bombing run over
Japan which he described so vividly to NOO listeners on
July 28th.
I can assure you, General Spaatz, that the entire com-
munity would be proud to do homage to this gallant group
of men and to the Army Air Forces of which they are so
representative. Furthermore, it would prove a great
inspiration to prospective purchasers of war bonds
Your early and earnest consideration of this request will
be greatly appreciated.
JED- p
Very cordially yours
J .
(, ,J. E. Davidson
President
OmAHA CHAmBER oF CommERCE
OmAHA, nEBRASKA
D . S A UNDERS, PRESIDENT
RT H. STO RZ, VIC PRESIDENT
AND C HAIRMAN OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
F, PETTIS, TRAIIURit R
August 21, 1945.
Lieutenant General Carl Spaatz
Commanding General
United States Army Strategic Airforce
APO 2.34
San Francisco, California.
Dear General Spaatz:
The B-29 Superfortress "City of Omaha" is a
product of t he Martin- Nebraska Bomber Plant here in Omaha
and a gr eat many of our people worked on this job.
T EL EPHONE ATLANTIC 123 4
I t is the plane in which Ray Clark, Radio Station
War Correspondent, flew over Japan and described for
r adio listeners t hr oughout the world a bombing run made over
Tokio on July 28t h. Naturally we in Omaha have a great deal
of inter est in this plane, in the broadcast and in the crew
who have been handling the job.
The Victory Loan Drive starts October 29th. We
would like to extend an invitation to have the "City of Omaha"
its crew and Mr . Clark sent here so that we can honor them at
t hat time . You may be sure that if this request can be granted,
we will do everything possible to honor the crew for its fine
wor k and to r eflect all credit due the Army Air Forces for their
spl endid wor k in this war. It will be a great help to the morale
of the people and will assist materially in the sale of Victory
Bonds .
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Sincerely,
Charles D. Saunders, President .
HEADQUARTERS
UNITED STATES ARMY STRATEGIC AIR FORCES
. APO 234 .
Air Marshal Sir Hugh P. Lloyd
The Thatched House
Lacey Green
Aylesbury, England
Dear Sir Hugh :
5 September 1945
I wish to t hank you tor your k1Dd letter ot con-
gratulations on the work of my former command out here
in tbe Paoifio.
I am sorry you were unable to deploy your force
ot Heavy Bombers before ihe warts end. I was anxiously
looking forward to working with th .. in the hope I
could return some of the courtesies and assistance
they so treely lent me while I was in England.
I teel sure our paths will erose in the yeara to
come. I do hope you will look me up it you should
happen to visit the Unite4 States. I should v e ~ much
like to entertain you as my guest in the e ~ e n t you do
come.
Warmest regards and best wiaheal
MOat a1noerel7' yoare,
CURTIS E. LEMAY
Majol' General, USA
Ohiet ot Statt
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e That ohed House ,
Lacey Green,
};ylesbury.
20th August , 1945.
I am writing to offer you my
heartiest congr atulations on the marvellous
job of work done by your good self and your
corrnna.nl in the Paci fic . It is truly
magnifi cent .
Yfe were a bit late in deploying our
British Bombers and we wer e looking
forward i mmensely to working -vv 'th y ou.
However, I am more than delighted it is all
over.
Your operations have been a great
triumph for air power a.ril one day this '\Vill
be recognised .
I do hope ,,ve meet agai n which I f e el
sure we will do . },Ieanwhile , please accept
this note of sincerest congratulations
on a brilliant performance .
General
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UNITED STATES AIUI!' STRATEGIC AlB FORCES
:APO 234
MaJor Charles w. Rarbaagh
Headquarters, 8th Air 7oroe
APO 902, o/o
San .Y.:J.'!J.DCJi aoo_,:.qalltornia
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I wiah to th8.Dk you tor your kind letter ot congra-
tulations on the job we have done out here. Actually
much ot your praise belongs where it origineted. Bat
tor the fine work ot the ni Bomber Command end ita ex-
cellent reoord.l our acoompliahmen ta out here could not
have been real zed as quickly as they were.
I consider it a pleasure to send the attached auto-
graphed cover ot Time magazine with my beet compliments.
Continued to you in eyery endeavor.
CURTIS B. LeMAY
Major General, U.S.A.
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EIGHTH AIR FORCE
APO 902
Major General CUrtis E. LeMay
Chief of Staff
United States ArmY Strategic Air Force
Dear General LeMay:
25 August 1945
Enclosed you will find the cover piece of the 13 August issue of Time
magazine upon which appears your picture. May I have your autograph oil'fliis
cover piece? It was with great joy and pride that I, along with all other
members of the old XX Bomber Command, read t he article in this issue of
Time magazine wherein your activities in this war were related. We have all
re:rt it our privelege to have served under your command Tdlile stationed
in India.
May I submit my personal congratulations upon the unequaled record
established by your Command in the Marianas. The acknowledgments of the
accomplishments of the xn Bomer Comnand and the Twentieth Air Force by
high military and governmental authorities are oonuments in themselves to
your record ani si gnificant contribution to the successful
victory just consumated.
I extend my warmest personal greetings to both you and llajor Beckmeyer
and thank you sincerely for your trouble in making the autographed magazine
cover ava:iJ.abl e to me.
pl /7 Respectfttlly yours,
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CHARLES
Major, Air COll>S
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APO 559, c/ o Poat maat er,
ltew York, N. I .
Dear lajor Browna
1 June l9.G5
I have your l etter of the 12th and enj oyed heari ng about
your and sine my departure.
I do not need t o tel l you. that phot o ia play-
ing a ir:aportnnt r ol e in our aga nst the Elll?ire,
and the auocess of our strtkea is almost directly dependent on
the informntiCD r eceived frca source.
Conoernin1 the possibility of to thic ca.-
ae.nd, the prf'sent ":Par Depcrt mmt nolle)' of not 1:1aking ErO per-
sonnel! &Tai labl e t o a second t heatreaa l ong ea nre or-
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t i cera 1n t he Z I r.ho boTe not been been st r
reit er at ed in r eply to r ecent req'.lest s for personnel by name.
.ls a r es, tlt, further requests for perscnnel "ho hu.Te served in
the F!O are not being init iated.
I suggeSt t hat, af\ cr having had and rest in t he 5\at e,
you apply f or a ?Oii t ion on t he stef'f of one of the VHB Winge
being organized in the Twentieth Ai r Forc9. It be possible
\hat the Readqunr t era, Twentieth .Air Force, .also, will have a
8 \'iO\ tor you.
Kinde1t per sonal regards.
Sincerely,
CURTIS E.
aJor General 0. a. &.,
Comtanding.
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HEADQUARTERS 3D AIR DIVISION
APO 559
lhjor General Curtis E. Le Mly
Hq 21st Bomber Command
APO 234, San Francisco
Dear Gener al Le May:
13 Mly 1945
The completion of the work 1n th1.s theatre has brought to some of us the
problem of how to get to the Pacific Theatre. The general impression prevails
that those who desire such s ervice will probably not have any troubl e along
that line, but I prefer not to leave my future ass:t.griment to chance. In the
first place, I have always hoped to be able to serve under you again, and in
the second place, it takes time to bu:t.l d a reputati on as a reHable photo
interpeter and I hate to take the chance of losing what I have worked hard to
acquire.
It is opinion that I have gained considerable valuable experience,
since you l eft t his command. The plotting of bomb patterns was continued and
brought to a hi.gher state of perfection as the f lyi ng of 40 to 50 operational
squadrons per day presented more difficult problems . With the increase in
operation& during bad winter weather, we increased our activity in plotting
bomb f alls from very s1mll amounts of ground detail. Th:t.s also has involved
some work with H2X photographs .
As f ar as I know I am the only interpeter :tn the E:t ghth Air Force who
made a serious effort to determine the actual effect of bombing from ground
obser vation. I spent 4 days last October studying targets in the vicinity
of Paris and about 10 days last February going through all the r eports on
various tar gets pr epared by the ground crews of the Air Forces Bomb Evaluation
Board. In addition I expect to spend a week or oore ill Germany in the near
future studying some of our targets. It is hoped that th:t.s material will be
published as a Photo interpeter
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s manual in t he near future. The idea was
approved by Ei ghth Air Force and the manuscript has been almost completed in
rough f orm.
In addition to this work, I have flown a few missi ons to observe the
operational problems involved :tn an attack. As a foundat i on for all this,
I had over eight experience mapping a wide var1ety of terrain on aer i al
photographs for the U. S. Dept. of Agr1culture before coming into the
It was thi s experience whj ch gave me a background for my work that I have
always felt no desk trained men could begin to match.
If you could use me 1.n the 21st Bomber Command, I would greatly appreciate
your r equest for my transfer. The Gener al here is wi.lling to release
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HEADQUARTERS, TWENTIETH AIR FORCE
OFFICE OF THE COMMANDING GENERAL
WASHINGTON 21, D. C.
20 March 1945
Major Gener al Curti s LeMay,
Commanding Genera l ,
Headquarters , XXI Bomber Command ,
APO No . 234, c/o Postmast er ,
San Francisco, Cali forni a .
My dear General LeMay: -
This is j ust a note to express to you and General Kissner- my
very gr eat per sonal appreciation of your courtesies to me while a
r ecent visitor to your Command . I cannot imagine a hi gher degree
of cooperation than you have afforded me and to the Operations Analysis
Section whi ch I att empt to serve .
An appraisal of the situati on, as the result of my vi s it , i ndicates
that the member s of that Section are competent, eager and l oyal . I feel
- as I infor med you when I was there - that in all fairness to Dr .
Loughri dge he should be pl a ced in a position where his professional
capabiliti es can be used t o a greater advantage and accordingly have
r ecommended hi s return upon the ar r iva l of Mr . Br other s . I can use Dr .
Loughri dge ' s services to excellent advantage her e for the durati on of
hi s connection with the Air Forces .
We have this morning received your concurrence in the sending of
Brothers , and I think i t might be of value to you and General
Ki ssner to know somethi ng of his quali fi cations and background: In
civil life he is professor of str uctural engineering and engi neeri ng
design at the Dr exel I nstitute 1n Philadelphi a . Upon the outbreak of
the war , he was selected to work wi th Dr . Burchard ' s group at Princeton
on the subject of ter minal ballistics which i nvolves bombs and thei r
capacities, and the analysis of damage of tar gets .
Upon the compl etion of an intensive period of study i n this
fjel d, he was sent to Gener a l Str atemeyer
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s headquarters where he
wor ked for some ei ght months , during a large part of which t ime he was
Chi ef of the Section of the Operations Analysis Secti on . In that
ca!)acity he exhibited adm:ini s tra tive capabilities of a hi gh order and
made distinct contributions to the headquarters i n relation to target
selection, target damage the choice of weapons .
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On his return f r om the CBI, he spent time in England
where he becawe fanriliar with the techniaues employed i n that Theater.
He hac bePn with us this head1uarters s i nce October , durine
which time he has studied all of the operations of the XX
XXI Bomher is acqu: inted with the entire target system and has
worked very closely with the representatives of the J oi nt Target Group .
He i s a very thouehtful , able and considerate per Ron , and I feel
sure will be an asset to your headquarters staff.
He wilJ be accompanied by Dr . Richard G. Gettell who is Deputy
Chief of this headquarter s Secti on and closelJ familiar your oper-
ations . Dr . Gettell spent t'\'10 years with the VIII Bomber Com!"'and,
attenti0n particularly to the subject of battle damage where
cc1wed by flak and gun fire. It is my thou3ht that he will add a con-
siderable degree of r ealism to inforll ation i s desired in rela-
ti on to the studies now in progress on your own battle dai"'Bge results .
Since connection with this organization in Washington, Dr.
Gettell hac pupervi sed clorely participeted in a that has heen
trede at the Mount Wilson Solar Observat9ry on the subject of forr"ati ons
and defensive gun fire . In opinion, this is one of the most significant
contributions to the scientific art of Perial warfAre that has made
on the theoretical ?ide. He will be able to oresent this inforrration to
you for such uce as you may be able to rrake of it. He will elicit your
for close coordination to the trai nine program o: your
field crews in formati on .flying and defensive gunnery.
I am convinced that each of these wen be of assistance to
your operations which are progressing so satisfactori ly.
May I trouble you to give Lt . PncGee (U . S. fll , R.) the inforT"ation
that Mrs . Ptearns and I had the pleasure of the company of .Mrs . McGee
at a recent gathering in our home at which time I waF able to inform
her of her hushsnd ' s health and '":elfar e .
With respect, I am
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STEARN<:: , Chief
Operations Analysis Division
Twentieth Air Force
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HEADQUARTERS lii BOMBT":R
Office of t he Commanding
APO .234, c/o Poatm,. st er
San Francisco, Ualifornia
20 1945
Battle AYard
!0 a XX Bomber Comnand, .APO 493, o/o
. Yor k, w. Y . Attna Colonel Leo I. Herman.
1. It 1a understood b.T the undersiP,ned t hat letter, Headquartera,
Uniterl Forces , India-Buraa Theater, f i l e (!warda), dated 9
J'anuary 1945, subject a Battle Parti cipat i on ! warda, be l been effected
pPrsonnel who either aasipned or attached to the XX Bo.-
ber (VB) or 58th Boabardm9nt T1nf (VH), t o wear oae bronze star
oD the Theater Ribbon for each of the follor ing ca.pairnat
China OffPnsiTe, apaBJ enc Air coaba\
(Palel1\bunp).
2. I f t r ia n1thority hae not been f orwarr ed to the
l isted in XX Bomber Command Order s No. 18, nat ed 18 19L5,
now Ofl duty with tl-tia Ree.do.1artera, it is request ed t':lat same be accoa-
pltehed eo the proper entries can be Marl e on the officer s 66- 2 And
in the enllsted mens' sarYice records .
FOR THE CO,.IUBDIIfG GENER!La
SUBJ ECT1
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HEADrJARTF.RS T ET!ETH AIR FORCE
of the Commanding General
25, D. c.
Pre- Raid Jan Knowledpe of XXI
V. 0. Johnson,.
Maj or William R. GSC
Captain J ohn AC
Lieutenant Harcid K. V' nrlry, SC
27 J nur ry 1915
Strikes
1. You hbve heen nesier.eted es n group to rnd re 1ort on
of this lett;r. You hf ve been pickPd t o
edee r nd tO\ard o'Ptaininp best re; ort T ossible 1n conjunct i on
with speciali sts in the theater in the XYI Bomber Coro'lland .
2. There thot communicetions of YXI
nre susceptibl e to by the enemy. It is furt1er thet
certain co"unand codes mny be read. Informtion as to the extent to trhich
the enemy may be raini ng 1ntellirence from snurces , r s nell As ot her
ecurce , is not avatlable r ePorts hr ve come in f rom the fiel d
V"hich thf; t the e...,emy 1f"&rninE' net ht8 some knowl ec,..e of
an operation pr i or to actual sight ing of the r>l cn(?S over spotters or with-
i n the of their rader install ations.
J. Preltminary anal yf!ie of the information nt this Hodqus r -
t.-rR t hE t a study of the communicetion of P.I Bollb"'r Co and a.-.,.d
information is necess ry to cetermine reemesse-s - s st reo-
t ypr->tl t nd volumes , tnessagE>s in cora:u<tno
on
operctional pr t'\c, ret ory i nstructions, etc ., l' nd
fixed chsr e.ct erietice of tr .. -hich r e subject to r inrr"'r -rint-
ing. Upon of thef;e stu(H.es certotn action may 1 r in-
d1 ca+ed o!", tn the ebsonce of eT:.oent ''"eaknees'$s , '"1;-eceutione reco ended
mny be adopted in e.rldition to now i n use .
4. You upon to tho XI
and acquai nt hi m i th t he of the mission. You 111 oper ate
under hi& gener al 1Up9rvleion 110 to be or Maxl mum 6Ssistence to t he COli-
sand in the ucceesful compl etion or the mission. V assist-nee and
adYi ce froa et AAFPOA , naJ be obtained.
5. Upon compl&t i on of the a. re l Ort ann reco:rtm'1ndat 1ona
111 he t hrouph pt"oper oha:mel s c.nd i n accor rJ . t<'e> i t h the" ter pnl ic7.
By c011mann ot General ARNOLDa
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c/o Postmester , San Franci Bco, CDlifornia , 10 1945. '
'To; Co:1manc1ing Genere.l, 7)rd 13ombHdrnf nt 'ring, JIPO 237, c/o PostrnPetr.-r ,
San C<liforni n.
1 . Attached is copy of l atter oripincted General ''orat ed which is
self- exolnnJtory.
2. It irs impAretivP t hPt t his study be s peedlly CO'!'lcluded so t h! t cor -
recti ve measures be initicted imme1i <tely. ,
J . tt i s my deoire th( t e.l linf orl!lbti (ln Dnr fc.a .tlttii?'S of your rasr,mc-
tive cormv.mclp &.re needen by the or offi cers be ade
aveil ebl e so thE; t their mission c
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Union Ci t y, Indiana
Dear Mr. Bartholomew:
> November 1945
I rea1ise the anxiety you and other parents of boys
reported "llisaing in action" our experiencing is great, espec-
ially now that the war is over and former prisoners of war are
being returned to their bomes. Officers and men of every branch
of the service are being returned imaediately upon their release
provided they are physically qualified to travel. No preference
18 being given of rank or branch of service in the system estab-
lished governing return of these personnel.
'!he War Department has been notifying the next of kin
imaediately upon the release of interned individuals. So.e ot
the camps are so located that of necessity time is required in
transporting these people and reporting them as found. List8
are coapiled and sent out as soon as this reporting on any group
is accurate and complete.
United States authorities were never supplied with
Usts of prisoners of war by the Japanese, and up until the time
prisoners of war are actually- found and liberated, it is impos-
sible to know whether or not they are alive.
Your son may have reached the ground safely, and may
have been taken prisoner by" the Japanese. I hope and pray that
he wae. If he was taken ae a prisoner of war and survived the
bardahipa of prisoner of war camps, we can only wait until he
is found and liberated. It he is so liberated, ~ t e con-
tinlation of this fact will be transmitted to you by the War
Department.
I forwarding your letter to .. to the Co-.nding
General of the 2oth Air Force for fUrther investigation and
action. He aay perchance have .ore concrete inforaation to
supply you relative to your son s welfare.
Kr . 0. A. Bartholomew
Union City, Indiana .
S lfovellber 194S
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I sincerely hope your son turns up alive and well.
greatest thrill I receive these days 1e when I read of former mem-
bers cot my Command whom I had considered dead being rescued and .
returned 'to their homes and loved onee . I hope you have the thrill
ot joining me in a
MOat sincerely yours,
1
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JIEADQ.tJAM'!!RS XXI !OMJimR ccuwm
ottice ot b Oo-.ndiDa Qeneral
.APO 2"- o/o poatmaater
san }l'ranc!aco, Oal1fon1a
J.llaa Margaret }.t)UMr
414 MYrtle s t reet
rlint, U1ch1gan
I am in re .. ipt ot your 19 1\IU 191l5, whlela
hU been torwara.a to troa waahiDgtoa, D. o.
'1'he TexaUon u4 beark.U ,ou on aeelpt
of word ot your brother be1Dg 4aelan4 m1a!Dc' la aoly reallset.
NO man likes war, bowtrrer, -r the toul 1apmaeM attaak at
Harbor, haYe been punui.Dg the p-ia bualu ot we, :oeoeeur117
dacreel by our people tbroup the Ooap'U8.
our ldealoDa ewer the 1apue ire are planM' ami
euoute4 to cleetroy the enemra ability to oarry OD tU nr. It 1a
GDly atter careful atd;r ot eaoh objeeUn tlaat the altitua. of ettad
1 .. tei'lliMA. I nail to auure ,.u that ,._ altltuta len! 1 t a-
tel'lli.t without fl'ter'Y' ooulcSeraUon tor the aatety of the- oar low
level at taob haTe wzooupt hsYOO lQ)OD the ....,, a l'J.'Oiuotloa
ta111 tiu, eerloualy his output of ftl' aa4 tlwa
reaultlac 1a tM aanzaa of eouaUeu liTea. tJDfortunately,
aerial warfare bean DO ,_,.,V to the haurda or battle and cSeQ1te
acloption of l ateat feparb tor pfttteetion of peraozmel, cuual ties
u. auata1M4. .
I real! .. DOWDa can be doD& or aaid to take plaM
of yov brother ia hie faall7 !be loYe aa4 attectioa tor Dleabera of
oDe'a f..U7 oauUtute tile to'Cm4e.t1on tJt tlae Americu :tr.o.. ad the p-eat-
usa of our zw:Uoa. I to Jlope, bowft'el', \hat - aolaoe _,.be hal 1a
the a-1eaae tiw.t eel-. 1au p181'14 a ealtut role b7 the au ot hie
ahGo81Jts 1.11 atrlkha a n tal blMr to * __., of ov an r.
Pleue to en..l rq to you aD4 otller
Mllbere ot Sel4ea fallJ' ud u;pn tie hDpe that S.lcJea ,.et ntaa
to JOUe /..,/
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SUBJECT:
TO:
HEADQUARTERS, TV:ENT IETH AIR FORCE
Office of the Deputy Commander
Pacific Ocean Areas
APO 234
Commendation.
16 JW1e 1945
Major General Curtis E. LeMay, Commanding General,
XXI Bomber Command.
1. The total effectiveness of your striking force, expressed in
terms of damage to enemy targets, has continuously increased since
you assumed command. This is only partially explained by the normal
augmentation in aircraft and crews. It is largely due to the success
of your tactical decisions and to your training program which has re-
sulted in increasing the effectiveness of each sortie by improving
bombing accuracy. More efficient operation of each aircraft has per-
mitted greater bomb loads, increased flying time per aircraft assigned,
and lower abort rates .
2. I desire to commend you for the specific operation conducted
against the .Japanese Empire on 10 June 1945 as being indicative of
the results you are obtaining. The versatility of your planning as
well as the flexibility of the command relationship with your subordi-
nate units were demonstrated by the fact that six precision targets
were attacked simultaneously with excellent results while only one
aircraft was lost of a force exceeding 300 aircraft.
3. Each individual of every XXI Bomber Command organization is
likewise to be commended. The frequency and intensity of your strikes
against the enemy depend upon the proficiency of everyone in your
command, and all of you have repeatedly demonstrated your ability to
meet sustained battle conditions without
r al, U. s. A.
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1st Ind.
HEADQUARTERS, XXI BOMBER COMMAND, APO 234.
TO: Commanding Gener al, 58th Bomb Wi ng , APO 21,7.
Commanding Gener al , 73d Bomb Wi ng , APO 237.
Commanding General, 313th Bomb Wing, APO 247.
Commanding Gener al , 314th Bomb V7ing, APO 33L.
Commanding General , 315th Ramb Wing, APO 246 .
Commanding Officer , 3d Photo Recon Squadron .
Commanding Officer, 655t h Weather Recon Squadron .
AWK/mws
Commanding Officer, Y.YI Boml,er Command St agi ne Center ( Prov) .
The Commanding General takes pleasure expressing to you a ~ d t o
the off icers and men under your command his deep appreciat ion f'or the
cooper ation and splendid team v:rork which formed the basls f or the ex-
cellent commendation from General Giles .
BY COMMAND OF rAAJOR GENER.t.L LeMAY:
/s/ A. W. Kissner ,
A. V' . KISSNER,
Br igadier General , USA ,
Chief of St aff .
HEADQUARTERS ARMY AIR FORCES PACIFIC OCEAN AREAS
Offi. ce of the Commanding General
A.P. O. 234
4 June 1945
MEMORANDUM TO: Maj or General Curt is E. LeMay, Commanding General,
XXI Bomber Command, A. P.O. 234
SUBJECT
.
. A n ~ s i s of March Incendiary Missions .
l. I have finished reading through in its entirety
your analysis covering the incendiary missions performed by the
XXI Bomber Command during the month of March. This report is ex-
ceptionally well prepared. The conclusi ons reached are sound, and,
in li\1 opinion, will contribute greatly to the success of future
missions.
2. Please arrange t o send subsequent reports of this
nature to me .
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. t anc 11ec1 b1 N 58
Classiflca iOn c 5200 9 effective 28 ov.
DOD DIRECTIVE No. . ' J 3 19
L.'OR .IDlJU FO
J .
L GlLESa
bjoota too tion or XXI Bom r Co. nd
ur1 noilla.1y Uni ta.
itu tion
noadquartora XXI Bou or Coauu: ad
Haadq rt rs Arwy Air Foro s, PaoU'io Oo re
in pl OQ on ounm. P.oquirom nt for oxt naive ion or Hq
o rly d to 1a utio1pated. Hoa.dqu.p-t ra ev nth Air 'oro
un1 t r o lee tod on Saip n b11t GOll$d\:.l for ov o tlon t
a olution to the probl or provi additional
Hq PO it h b n ; at d t liq C .1
r olooatod on saipiul, utilit.in t.he o..r r o1l1tl
7th lr Foroo.
}. t. r at 11t
rv wUl: 1s '135 u.t tioera
orrtoora
1 ry coat of'
To Jlow.e tb popY.l.atioll ot t JUa ea4qu.o.rtar
lary units to provide th o .. aar.v 1 lldinus
hwtallatlona requ.1r au a.rea ot 54 aorta, d. etruotu.r ( er, List
of ntaum truoturea Required, lnol ). oourate info tiou oono rn1
are nd 11 1D& repr aente y Head uart r a ev t Alr Foro aollltl
on aipnn ie uot aTailnble &t thio it 1 ettim ted that pr t tly
a 11 ble aroa o:1 fa.ollttlea t oreat "PrtltD.'\ u.ot _,r han .292.-tlllrd ot
th01 tot 1 requ1 rementa. AlllllliD& t
troops nd m tor1al t
d yu would be
by thi hend Ut.U'tora
:i.t ia sti
3 reg to GUthorizod alroraft etr of thi U&r
,
tor , 3d Photo Rooun Sq (VH). 41 t Photo Reoon q (f ) cn:1 65St)!.
GOOD. q (li) 1 6 paoe ror theJG niroratt is
Isely F1 1 , n, mth.out displao.tn& combat airami't of e 73d o
1 (VB). Ie ly F1 ld h b en do eloped to 1 maxi p rklr. o o1ty.
o 1 r F1 ld, 1\lp n, is u.1 telble for a.ll tho o eJ rora.L't pt 13
4 F1 n't 1nor 111 nta ot thta h dq; rt r
unit ar rived t G m in rly ber 1944 l tl :a 9
atru.otion. inlll ud1nQ ereot1 on or otttoe ild.t 11 aa ,
aooompli od by unlt OllU 1 d <i1d not pp1o oh at1 to.otory oom-
plet1ou until 1 arok 1945 During that p r1od, e o l of vo b t oper a
tiona ou y a fraction or th,t prently pr vaill , yot, tho noao- tty
11 hi adquart re oon truot1ou precluded 1attafaotory taft
.5 . Phy loo.l lo t1on or h1 ea.dque.rt n o.
un1t in proxt tty to tho ou tr Depot d aertu1n th t r ro-
aporaiblo tor uppoi't of tbi o de ot.1rit1ea is sc t1
oloso r onal ll leon, vhto contr1but 1 ly to olut1on
or oountl 1s probl Tho ext nt n4 1cportano o1 tbla p r o 1 11 1 on
1 1Ddtoatod by the in
h b en f'Q neooaa r to k o i nformed
cern to th1c oo . nd and to a.oooll\!}11 h hookinz:.s
ent or oon-
lfl d turf oe
port tion nd for 11 aohodul d atr tr nsport tion.
6. Thia fa cr! t1ol'll ud.
oombll C effort J. b 1 ulllle
next 90 dnys. ted
uporvlaed from thi
o .. 1 t1on C)f 1.'1V(J
pres ently on duty at rtora ia
denocd by t ho f ot. that ourrent propc. 1
t 1 ho dqun. rtera ro reo 1 v1n ravc;xa.ble oon&1 oration.
1t 1s tb t any diver iou or ho dQuarter errort t o
t k oth r t .. n .uppo1 t or 1 combat 1 ould b t. i l- dvl fi} O ' l t 1a
oons1dor o t h t to rnovo t 1 h dqunrt ra an1 it noill Ty ucit1 oon. 1-
jor divorsion of otrort W 1oh WOUld hQVO 1r. d m w1
rrellt on n dquo.rtera i'u.notioni na; , thereby seriously ourta111DJ;; fts au.p-
port or 1 t rin c . 'J'hi ia oondd&r d p rly true or opar.t ion
function t 1oh
1
in t hi
1nGlu1o also ocmunio lions,
t .or, p'hot.o,;r phy end i nt elli enoe. peotfioally, mov t o a ipfl..ll ould
r uire:
a. CO UNIC Proouro nt ud oompleto 1n.et l la-
t 1on t s 1pau, prior to the movo, follo
(1 ) HF tr nsmitti!l{; and r coeivi st t1on o p bl
or two-wny oommunioat1on to .a6h1 ton.
(2) HF tr n tlittin aa.d r eo 1v1n st tion o pable
of two-w y oo anioat1 on 1 .. h I o J1ma.
(3) T :o addi t 1 onal IGTOT oonf r e oo fu.oi U. t1
for o ::rr.un1oat1on '\l1 tb .314t d 315th tn:
and 1 o J1. a .
One oomplot TC-10 ix-poa1t1on
lth sui bl d1atr1but1on y t ...
(In hiG oonn otloo, 1t shoUld be empftaj iaed tl t tho tor
1 not l ocally ay
ippe o e U rlanaa d in1t llei. It
y 111 e required to tht s . )
b. Th _. It 1 as tum d t t
Contr l would b ret !ned Jn i ta preont loa t Jon.
oat faotl tty ould bo required at nooea
aa p 1 nd ul prunt trora th 1D.l d.
or1ty aooor d uoh proj ot, l t 1
nt
ould bo required for its uomplbtton. In add1tlon, tho 6S5th
qaadron (H) would have to be movod, thus restr1nt1u,r; th?1r
nor Reoou
tion.a tor
t.t loe.at 30 daya .
(1) The .3d photo Recon. Squt.dron ( iJH) a.lrea.dy het.a
beon rnovod, requ1r1n& per so. o.ol or that
u.nit to bu.1ld two oomps tn th$ MU"ia.nas . Thla
tmt t ta jus. t no a pproo.oh1 xieu.m oapao1 ty.
'l'o move the uu.it would aorio\l#ly
ror 60 to 90 days. Even a "Jump"
move to would oroAto a or work
tor proaes.s1J1G, tntorJ'rota.Gion ' Alld reptoc uot.l. on
e.eouQ!es months to lovol arr.
(:4) To dbmantlo and move oqu1pm-:#nt of the 35th
Photo Teoll Unlt and 949t EUG1noer lvu Topo
'iTfoW.d requ.tre a rninimwt or thre oka. -
fao1l1t1ua ready for at
D"'r1Dfi tbta poriod. no targot material
bo prodUGod, photo 1ut er pretatJ. on o\.lld
nil tor ona k ani r ostr1otei for two d-
di woeks, tbua aortously 1ntor r1n;
with. hom d_lliDil!O a.ases:lmant and targ()t solGc\..ion.
In tbJ.a oon.neot1ou, it should bo emphas i zed that
produocion or t&r,et mater! 1 is etill below
further to production woul
havo aertoua oonaequenoes.
IV. ona
l . oloarly aa the only possibl soluti on
to ot proVi dtn& suitabl e faoil1t1es tor hi her headquartora, it
is earnaetly r oo.mooded that the ptopoaed ovaouat1on or this ho dqQ&Ztora
aud anoillar.1 troa thotr proaent l oostl on not bo conai1 r .
c. In 't e ovent i t ia cleoid.od to JaOve ... h1a he dqu.un.ers and
ano1llary uuita frca their p.c-eaGnt 1 t 1a reoommttnded th t tbo .avo
ment bo cade aubjoot t o o all neoary fao1l1tioe at the caw
looat1on. inoluat u all neoesatry buSld1Dga. ut1l 1t 1ea , teohnioal 1nat&rra-
t1ona ana. hou.s1nc. prter !:P ooml!!eoemost. o tb! !9!1 and, ill vent, that
M aove sot bG ado prior to 1 septombor 19ll5.
a laolal
Iuol 1.
CURTI E
ajor Oenoral,
1 tr tab'llat101l.
C nd1JIC
Lit ot .ldaa!._. qa&I'W.
PERSOIOIBL STR2llotB
Uq 1Jr:l Bomber COII'MDd tuUl Aaatlley Uldta
(.30 .., 1,45)
II!!f:BGTH
!Dill
XXI goeber Co-ail!
Operattoaa !DAlJl Seot1ou
Stll Veter1JUU7 DetullMat. An&
11\ll Collbat Oazaen trait .
17ta Ra4lo SeeYr1tJ s .. tton
18tla Radio , .. "rtty seotJ.on
Hlator1eal
-llcl Statlatleal coatro1 UD1t
. '.Stll I'Ut.o TMamioal ua.t t
Arwj Poetal UA1 t, tJpe F
.,,th .. aoal Dtapauar.v, An
J8J4 Sl(.D&l AYI1
S1pa1 COIIp&llft A.Yil .
t47tll Sb&lr A.riattoa toposraplllo CC"'P''W
16oou QU&nel'lli&Rr car CoapaDJ
J4 .Plaet.o &Moaadaa .... o 84ll&&di'Oia ( VH)
41n ,_to Oauat Squa4roa (TE)
6.S.Sta WU..r JleaoiUialaauo stloldroa (B)
l27tll Claoaloal OO"'f"'', Alr OperaUou
190\Jl c..,._,, Air Operatloaa
OJPP
197
6
1
'
2
a
a
13
36
1
12
12
10
5
16o
29
226
4
'
135
&N
10
3
23
"
36
2
so
.,
11
24
193
19.1'
150
m
5?' -
,,0
130
130
'"'
r
150
12
20 .
a
s
3
UlD.laua str"o\urea Rquired
B!l Rq XXI Bollbor ad ..\1\Alllaey Unite
(lot Inolu<Ua.c PttnODilol Bout )
30' X 100 bu!ld.lrap
40' X 80 lNllcllaca
ore ... n.oka
40' X 100
1
Motor lateiiiUlM aJaea
l..SOO.Waa lfHI a,lll
UTlJI& alld app&rte- tor 135 o..Q4 3, 457 .:o.lta1:114
-.. auta.ortaed.. Ia uditloa, a 25f la ottJoera will haft to be
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HEADQUART JW Y.XI BOMBEH CO. ' D
Offtoo of t h Commmd1ng General
,\PO a34, o/ o poatcnater
Fr no1aoo, CBli forni&
I
cancelled by 28 Nov. 5f
Classification 5 .. 00 9 . effective
DOD DIRECTIVE No. J:. '
.0 Jl 194.)
' 0 A DUM FOR 0 :JJERAL Gl LES 1
f;\lbjeota Add1 t1onal un1 ta 1 n Pal'..
I situation
Presently s cheduled fot deployment 1u tho ari nd
UNKHOUSE r s e.ro a total of forty...one B 29 gro11p Propo tor ad
d1ont1l deploymcrat in POA are f'orty ( 40) RAF a c1ua.drons it;h pproximatBly
6oo new 1 L!\noaater u rora.rt . t.aokl moro .reoent data, t i s study
is based upon availablG oonoornlng t ho 'odel lilt
airoratt.
n . Problem
To determine the plan or deploymont or tho tot 1 111
Foroo above, in the Yarlanaa nd aroo., .hiuh w1 l
ke posaiblo maximum tonnagoa on 1ro targets th hort at
JPOSG1blc time .
Ill. Fetots Boar1;gg sa, Tho rroblea
l . Typ&a or &lroraft oonoern ar diTt"t nt 1n oa b1lity ,
as iwdioatod below.
Typo of A1rorat
oaator, d 1 III
iT Max Dolllb Load , tax mb Load
.r' r ora Tho I A IAS Fr Ar
17, 000 1
6, 000 lba
20, 000 l b
14. 000 1
2. f'or planu.l fti pllrpos , He dq rt r tl th ,\lr Foroe
as umos ra.to or uttl1aat1oA tor t.llo B- 29 or t n (10) ort1 ; L;"' air
oraft rnoul.h.ly wht!ln opore.ttns from t.ho arl nat 4 alxt en ( 16) aort1oa
aon+:lt\y n -D operattug tToa he BONKHOUS ar a . The aasumpttou w--e
&aopto hor in for LAQoaeter atror..rt.
IV. Co!lOlUIIOM .
1. Prom preoed1Di paracrapka 1t lt evident that for .ul
B.-29 a1roraft redoployod trom tn BtfN:KIIOUSE UH to the arut re
plaoM in the BUNIBOUSE area by a r..anouter af.roratt, a not 1a1n ot aewn
(7) bomb per 110oth aooruea (See Inoloaure l . ). A an exnmple, lt tb.e
.316-.h Bolllba.r daaoat Wltae (VH) wro ndeployed 1n the '4&rianu t\Qd repla.oed
by a comparabl e number at r.anoa&ter atrord't depl oyed tn BUNZHOU\E
euoa, etgbt bwl4red torty (840) adcltt J.onal tons of bombs could be 4ropp41d
on Japan targote eaoh month.
2. By t..anouter a1roraft thr ouLh IWo J1ma the bo1lb
l oad J>l'lr f:\itor aft 1'10U.ld bo approx1!Wl.tely a. 000 lba. preaent
oa.p:letty o two Jtraa. f or tapng oom.bat atrlkot is approxlmatuly 1, 000
t ortiu aonthly. It ., , , therefore, eY1d.ent that to le'.I\U'& -.xta.ua utili
aatton or 200 tano .. t er a1ror&tt 1n V.ar1anaa, w.OQld bo neoea-
aary to \.ldlize OB.p&o1t y Of J1ma for ataglDj; thue a i roratt . Un-
der these oolldittona Iwo Jim wo\lld be a.vdla.ble tor uraorconoy lAnd1nga by
3-49 airoraft
3 It 11 oonai<iered that epa.oe 11 aftilu.ble i n the HUl&DU
u.oeaaacy acfd.1tioaal ooutrl.\otlOil oould. b a.oooapl hbed withi n t1
ulowt. tQr adcl1t1onal VlW wlJabl t .. tollows .
a.. Nortla Pi old., T.f.atan.
b. vy Weat F1old T1Di e.a.
o. Navy ,A&&DIL G\lf.llle
'Of thoae tbne locaatloDil oal;r lfaY)' w .. t Pleld, Tiuiau, md tlavy A&an&
rtolcl, ll\l.fJie oODaldered 1'1&1 table tor LM.euter atror.rt. Thla oouolu
alon i a baaed on tlae taot th&t an add1t i 0Qal or a1roraft oould
be aoeo.odated on NorUl Field, T1a1ea, \Jy OOJIIIM)Il ua or exiatin&
auppl y aDd -.lnt6na..aA6 'bl11ld1u ... a aDd l tallatioMI whenu, this ooDIDOJl.
would uot be po .. lble to 1.ae - extt l f the airor&ft cuv or a
typu otlaor than In oU..r woi'Wt , tt 1a oouldered the.t, whereaa,
Pl ald, oaa aoooaaoclate "1? to 200 add1t1ou.l a irar att, tt
ean &0Nr!04late 1 tbu. 100 ad41 tiollf.l I.Aaeutttr a1rorai't. .
4 Porty (40) RAF Lanouter 1qu.drone are oonsidere4 to
r eprent m agrep-te or approx1Mtoly 600 airoratt. By radeployiQ&
from the ntmmousc arsa to the Marlanu, tor 2 o RAP I.AD-
euter alrontt would be .Ue aYailable ill the area, bj l ooatlac
the ln& at North Flbld. T1nha.n
1
maxi-.ua ut 1Uzat1ou ot
ft ct ld mt&ld be aoooapltahe.:l.
5.- By lmaediate ly dlapatoblng the J
1
000 P. AF oq,la.er
to N&Yf w .. t Piold. thereat. oan bt prepued tor b
200 RAF LBD.oUter droratt. TAla would l ... Y a requirellt tor the loea-
l or tile ..... ilahc aoo Laaouter a1roratt ot ta total t o ..... tMM
ooaU. .-., eiaor Nav A&M n el4, aa.a. or,
' la 11lo IURIJIOUSI ana.
v. RHpPaJatio
1. That t.Ae Jl6t.h Wi ne; be redoployed to North Flelc.\
1
T1Dtan.
2. That RAF oqineer trc>opa be 1.-diatoly diapatohed to
TiDiaA tor tAo p&&rpo.e or P ... l*1'1QC laY)' Wt Flalcl thereat for r ... ptiou
of a LaDoutor \&ILl 't oL a.pp.r"Oxinaat l 200 t.1roratt.
J . TA&t We RAP' t&Dlt.l ot Qprox1 mately 200 Laaoaater &lr-
oratt. eaah be deplo,ecl 11& tile BUHIHOUS ana.
1 laol oe u...-a
::aol 1. Coap&riaou ot A1 ro ratt
C'WltiS LeiAAY
MaJor USA
Hf'.ADQUARTERS XII DO SER C()!fll D
ott!o or tae Depllty c/s Pleaa
0 234. o/o Poat ... tor
sm Pre.uoieoo, Cali.t.'orula
cancelled by
COMPARl 01 .No. 5i:;00.9.L e:f.fective. 28 Nov.
Mleaioae per -so.b LOad per Total Tonnace
Alroratt U A/o per M leeatiou ).d.aelon(Toua) f "r Month
BUNIHOUSE 10.0 160
10 MARl AS
16 BUHIHOUSS 1. 0 112
10 l WU HAS
Ret pia ot ..... {7) per UE alroratt per 1110atb by
B-29 trOii BU!flllOUSi for ttpen.tloa troa Varlaau ADd 1a
BtndiiOUSE ana - Lr-ter, \IIIIa (7 X 120) 140 adell tloaet.l tou ot
,...... M U.pfed J'&J- -..a.u eaoh math by llolDet1 t<1D& a
LN8Utel' U.S\ et 110 aiNRn Wt&l v--.ta tor oa. B-4 w1JaC wkiola
Ia pJMtl)' to area.
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Lieutenut General Barney M. Gi l es,
Headquar t era, Ai r For cea,
Paci f ic Oce&D Area8,
APO 234.
Dear GenPr al Gilesa
15 lay 19L5
I to t hank you f or your kindness and
in presenting me with a case of whiskey. Our source of
supply on t his critical i t ea is liait ed and s pace to
t r r. nsport it sc rce, s o I appr eciate your gesture t.mensely.
I f I can be of any aesistance i n you
any i t , you may not haTe brought with you and are in need
of,__ pleas"' don' t hes i tate to let me know.
Kindest per sonal r egarda.
Sincer ely,
CUR!IS E. LeMAY,
Major General, 0. s. A.,
Col!lmanding
/ ADDRESS ltiEPLY TO
GENERAL. ARMY AIR FORCES
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
ATTENTION:
HEADQUARTERS, ARMY AIR FORCES
WASHINGTON
General Curtis E. LeMay
XXI Bomber Command
A.P.O. 234, c/o Postmaster
San Francisco, California
Dear
Mr. Frank Lloyd and Major \'.'hi tley, with additional personnel
pursuant to cabled concurrence, are reporting to your Headquarters.
As already explained in previous correspondence, their mission is
to photograph, in color. motion pictures of the various activities
of B-29' s under your command. This Headquarters feels that a pro-
per picturization of the effectiveness and conclusiveness of air
pO\ITer is urgently needed. therefore this mission is of great im-
portance.
It is requested ' that personnel and equipment of combat
camera units now in the area, as well as transportation facilities
as needed, be made available to Major Whitley and his party, that
arrangements be made to provide them with sufficient information
and over-all coope-ration as will eff ectively expedite t he comple-
tion of the mission.
neral, u. S. Army
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FCfjiCTORY
BUY
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GENERAL. ARMY AIR FORCES
WASHINGTON lS, D. C.
ATTENTION:
HEADQUARTERS, ARMY AIR FORCES
WASHINGTON
Major General Curtis E. LeMay
XXI Bomber Command
A.P.O. 234, c/o Postmaster
San Francisco, California
Dear
Recently I received your concurrence in sending a party of
motion picture specialists to visit your Bomber Command. Major
William bas been selected to lead this party, under the
control of Mr. Frank Lloyd, eminent motion picture producer.
My object in sending this party to you is to supply techni-
cal aid and assistance in the use of color film in bomb spotter
and other cameras. The party is traveling as fast as possible and
bas the necessary color film plus additional equipment with it.
This party is to produce a color film for the :B-29' s
para.ble in qua.li ty to the recently released Navy film "Fighting
Lady". In addition, film obtained will also be available for a
second picture J.ir. Lloyd is to make on an Air Force film covering
the entire Pacific area.
Major Wh1 tley will have a print of the film "Fighting Lady"
with him. By all means take time off to see it for it is the most
spectacular picture of air action in this war, not only because it
is in color but because cameras - steady cameras - are taking pic-
tures of the right things at the right times. I think you. will
agree that stupendous, colossal and other extravagant adjectives
fail adequately to describe it.
We are not getting this sort of camera shots or at least if
we are they are not reachin& Washington. It is a crying shame
that we do not have color movies of the actual destruction of the
many targets in Japan as well as color movies adequately portray-
ing the many other sensational phases of the war in y ou.r area.
Mr. Lloyd and Major Whitley are especially selected, highly
capable motion picture and color photography experts. If you will
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give them full support I am confident they will waste no time
getting down to business. J.fa.jor Whitley will also bring to you
a pr i nt of "Target Tokyo" which it is anticipated will soon be
released to the theaters.
2
eral. U. s. ~
d.er, A.rmy Air Forces
IN REPLY REFER TO:
HEADQU
WASHINGTON
2 0 APR
Major General Curtis E. LeMay
Hdqrs . , XXI Bomber Command
A. P. O. 234, c/o Postmaster
San Francisco, California
Cl assification oancelled by 58
DOD DIRECTIVB lo. 5200.9, etteotlve 28 lov.
My dear LeMay:
General Arnold is on a trip to the European Theater so I am
answering for him your fine l etter of the 5th of April .
I have followed your work very closely and have been greatly
i mpr essed with the ever- increasing effort you are able to put out.
The rate of your operations and their effectiveness clearly indi-
cate sound organization and one that is well led. The record of
the 73r d in flying 1,331 sorties in the month of March and the
one mission on which t hey carried maximum bomb load of 20,000 l bs .
is most impressive . As you know, this has even our most
optimistic plans up to six months ago.
Your incendiary operations against Tokyo are bound to have a
signi f icant effect on the Japanese ability to wage war. Due to the
peculiar setup of the Japanese industrial targets and urban areas,
the great capabilities of the B- 29 and the fine manner in which
t hese aircraft are being handled, I am convinced that t he Air Forces
have an opportunity of making a major contribution in the Pacific
war. How critical this contribution may be we are unable to fore-
cast now, but time will give ample proof of the part the Air is
pl aying.
I believe that you now have detailed information on the status
of some of the particular items to which you referred in your letter.
However , I will touch upon each of them briefly. The problem of
developing a successful radar target marker beacon is being worked
on but at present the results are not too encouraging. The AN/UPN- 4,
weighing approximately 75 pounds, is now under extensive development .
This beacon is capable of operating in conjunction with either the
APQ- 13 or the APQ- 7 on the X band and can be picked up on the scope
at the maximum 25 miles . 100 sets of the AN/UPN- 4 beacons will be
out of production by October 1945, and if no operating deficiencies
are uncovered, the instrument could be available in 6 to 9 months to
permit extensive field operations .
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INGTON 2S, D. C.
100 reflex sights were shi pped f rom Chicago on April 14 on
No . 1 air priority. You should r eceive them about April 17th.
Another group of 100 will follow in about a week and the third 100
should be shipped in time to arrive in the Theater by May 1. I am
fully cognizant of the supply problems which have been caused by
the i ncreased rate of operations , the increas ed tonnage carried,
and by the gr adual expansion and elongation of the suppl y lines .
General Breene and Gener al Powers, as well as representatives from
ATSC , are meeting in San Fr ancisco this weekend to discuss t his sub-
ject and to take such corrective action as may be required. You may
be assured that everyone is interested in speeding up the suppl y
procedure so that we may avoid any unnecessary limitation on the
operations of the Twentieth Air Force.
Every effort is being made to procure marker bombs from the
British for immediate delivery by air. We are hoping t o get 50
immediately which should t ake care of 10 to 15 missions , and t hen to
provide for a regular flow if we find that they successfully meet our
requirements .
As you probably know, I am departing here the l atter part of
the month to take the posi tion made vacant by General Harmon' s un- /
timely loss . I am looking forward to seeing you again with great
pleasure. My main purpose in the Pacific will be to facilitate the
fine work of the Twentieth Air Force.
Sincerely,
~ - a n t Genera Army,
Commander, Army Ai r Forces
RFI DtU" I RTt'P.S 7.11 t;nMBJ.:!( ct) rt.A.ND
Or f1oe of t ne
).l'O C' I c ,,Qat.w. st er
San Yr ."lei '' eo, CtLltfomifl .. .
I a,. np1 'to 1-.ve horl yr.mr u of Y'\Ui' .olune
t or t he ne Blue l bOs AJ.P.
r dio r Pport fig i n thi ter
e.nd h.r l' guo t t a t or k. I hhve i nstruct"d al l S f! C't i. '::'ns to c!f.t-r
full .. t o tea -:r.eftlbf!re, t,t .,_ns-
f il!"l d ,- t n char t of the: un,tt, hE>e ttus.t flre b inr
til l ed eoet !Ie iff tAlt:ing hie t.- t o f or nt os i-
t i on t otiay t o .,... .,e r ecor ding for yt"'ur f' l r 8't ahii'.
.
thot I hall Yery r eal in
t hl!l . or t he brol.c!Or..at. It p-e,.tly to t he
ruhl:tca increoaed undfir-StllnJing of t he ArJ/1' Air- Porces.
RFJ OCU' I RTe-RS YII t4'lllBl''.K
Otfice of t he Co""mendi nfl Censr f.' l
1?, stftr
San Californie
L1cut t"onant Cenoral ! arn.y a.
Dep11ty Co ... '!lancf'r, Artlrf .Air Foroes,
c D. c.
Gileaa
I a11 h6.npy to have hod your l er'vi aing me ,.,f' Y"u:t' .plune
r or ne B)ue rMUo ahott The Pi phting J..AP.
Y:"'ur r arl io ttol':' AJTf.Yr c in .._.nr on l$
hrl' lPgun tts or k. I ;,ve instructed a1t secticne t o
full .. nd t o "":e;nbf"rs, F
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'H. t..t .
t'tlf!ld , ln of the unit, has r e wrted ths.t nf"ecl s a.re be inc
til l ed t'!IO&t l ly. He is hie teeRt t o t1 f' or rd os i-
tion t o a r ecordine ror y ur f i r s t anew
?lettse 'te aa&UT'ed thot I lhall t s ke { yery r@lel 1ntr or"E": et in
t h or th brC?t.dct st. It f'bOtlld C"\ntribut.e fTe<.. t ly to t he
increaed underatan !ing of the Air Forces.
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Slncerely Y=>ur,
CUFTTS E. LeMAY,
M&jor General, n. S.
Co!m'WI.ndinf!'
IN REPLY REFER TO:
HEADQUARTERS, ARMY AIR FORCES
WASHINGTON
Major General Curtis E. LeMay
Commanding General, XXI Bomber Command
APO 234, c/ o Postmaster
San Francisco, California
Dear Curt:
J8 MAR
Arrangements recently have been completed with the Blue Network
of the American Broadcasting Corporation to carry an official Army
Air Forces half hour radio broadcast each week to be known as "The
Fighting AAF".
The program will present around the world pickups from our most
active air fronts and will also serve as a medium for interviews and
statements by our general officers. Combat personnel will be inter-
viewed on these shortwave broadcasts to introduce their exploits to
the people of the nation. Human interest anecdotes will be dramatized.
At times wire recor4ers actually will be carried into combat and a
running commentary of the battle action recorded and later shortwaved
to the United States on "The Fighting AAF".
The weekly broadcast will act as a f riendly avenue of contact
between the men in the AAF and the people of the nation. It will be
an honest reporting of the human details, as well as the overall
strategic and tactical meaning of our war in the air.
To accomplish this mission an AAF Radio Division has been activat
ed by this headquarters, from which we plan to send a combat radio
reporting team to your theater to handle the production of broadcasts
aimed at telling the story of the fighting AAF to the people at home.
The team normally will consist of:
a. An officer in charge, who will also be either an announcer,
writer, producer, special events man, or any combination of these.
b. An enlisted man who will be an announcer and writer.
c. An enlisted man who will be the field engineer and technician.
It is requested that your command cooperate with these teams in
every possible manner, but particularly in the following
1. That, whenever possible and the situation so indicates, the
combat radio teams be granted permission to participate in actual missions
for the purpose of recording e,yewitnesa descriptions of the action.
2. That there be made available to the teams such air and motor
t r ansportation as will f acilitate their travel to the various units
in your command.
3. That there be made available such other physical equipment as
radio equipment (both fixed and mobile ) , typewriters, etc. as required,
and such additional personnel as may be requested by the officer in
charge of the combat team.
4. That there be made available to the teams all facilities at
your disposal for the recording and transmission of broadcast material.
5. That the orders be issued to your public relations, A- 2,
and other officers involved to carr,y the foregoing into effect.
For your information, the orders issued to the members of each combat
team, while placing them on temporar.y to your command, will neverthe-
less speoify that these men should be assigned no additional duties, and
that their movement and the possessi on of their t echnical equipment be in
no wise restricted by unit commanders.
The production of
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The Fighting AAF" will be under the supervision
of the Office of Radio Production, Hq. AAF (AFORP) .
A letter is being written to your public relations officers regard-
ing these AAF radi o programs .
It wil l be appreciated if from time to time you wil l forward any
suggestions you have for improving the nature or quality of the pro-
grams . The men who comprise the radio teams have been carefull y selected
on the basis of their experience and abi l ity in this highly specialized
field. If you have other men with simil ar qualifications whom you
woul d like to work on this program in your theater , please advise.
I know that you will share my enthusiasm and my eagerness for the
complete success of this impor tant project and what it can mean to the
AAF.
Sincerely,
BARNEY .M. GILES,
Lieutenant General, cr. s . Army,
Deputy Commander , Array Air Forces.
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AOORESS ltEPLY TO
COMMANDING GENERAL. ARMY AIR FORCES
WASHINGTON 25, D, C,
ATTENT I ON :
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HEADQUARTERS, ARMY AIR FORCES
WASHINGTON
t 1
r!ajor General Curtis E. Lel-Iay
XX Bomber Comma.nd
A. P. O. 495 , c/o Postmaster
Ne\'T York, New York
Dear Lel!a.y:
f
X,.ou will be interested--to ,kn0\'J t.hat 40% tlte total
releas'ed b:{ the Army to commercic.l ne\'Tsreel s has- 'been prov14ed
by the Comba t Camera Units of the Army Forces.
The 2nd Combat Camer a Uni t i n your command has been pri-
marily concerned ,.,i th the bombing of targets , operational pro-
cedures and other requested materi al essential for study and
historical records . It is hi ghly desirable that this Unit also
photograph \That might be called human interest stor ies of Air
Force personnel dealing with the constant and ahre.ys active in-
genuity of the men in devising ways of making life more livable.
This type of coverage is ah1ays anxiously sought by the commercial
newsreel companies .
\lith the increase in ground and naval activities , there is
danger of this percentage decreasing. Therefore , every effort
must be made to provi de interesting footage in order that the
story of the Army Air Forces be properly and constantly presented
to the public .
Are you receiving the t\TO- reel weekly digest prepared by
the Hotion Picture Services Division and forv1arded to all coi:li:landa?
I t is most instructi ve and informative and is compiled from Conbat
Camera Unit material received f r om va rious theaters \<lith credit
given to the various Combat Camera Units . I f this digest is not
being received regularly at your Headquarters, cable me and I will
see that it t;ets into your pouch.
and,
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MaJor Ceural Curtis :1. Lella7
IX haber Co ed.
A.P.O. 493, o/ Poat.aater
.., York York
. 1 1 NOV 1944
. Yma 1f111 be intereatecl to taw that fd the total
r eleased by the Ara7 to co.aercial awueela has be prond.e4
117 the Oombat Camera Unite of the A:nq Air Jloroea.
!be 21ld Coa'bat Caaezoa Unit ln 70'U c111 d baa 'hea pri-
-.rlly concernecl vi \h the bou1Jae of \arpte, eperatiOD&l pro-
cedures and other requeated. terlal eaeatlal for ftd7 aa4
hia\orical recorda. It is h1ghl7 dealraltle that tb.ia Vait aln
what micht be callel bgean iatereat atoriea ot Air
:roroe peraoan.el deallac v1 th the constant aad alWo78 actiTe iD-
gu1t7 ot the JUD 1n cle'f'1e1Jac way-a of making lite aore llnble.
t ,pe of coverace is alaT aaxioa.sl7 sougb.t lt7 the co.aerclal
n-rl ccnapan1
With \he iacreaae ill grCRULd d. D&ftl actirlties, there la
cJaacer of thle perceatace decraillg. ! herefore, "e'r7 .tfon
-.et be de to proride int.reatuac tootap in order that the
ator,r of the Ara7 Air Yorcee be properl7 and conataatl7 presented
to the herloaa public.
Are 7011 r-.!TlBC the two....,..l veekl7 d!Cet prepared. -7
tlle Kotlca Plctlare Serrlcea lM.Tiaion aad forwarUA to all co_.n4a1
It la aoat laatnetln ad 1iatonat1Te ad is CGIIpile4 frea Ct
c...n lJDlt terlal reoelnd fr Tarlo thM.tera vlth are4lt
&ina 'o the ftl'lou Coa'M.t Otrra Ua1ta. If thia cUceat ia not
'beiq r.-l't'e4 recuJ,arl7 at yow Bead.quartera, cable ad. I rill
that lt gets lato YOU' poull.
Sinoerel7 yoara,
Signed
VRDT K. GILa
Lleut-t Geaeral, U. S. Ara7
Depat7 0. r Mer, Arrti7 .UZ. lor 84,
Chl.t of Air Staff
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!'0 US Alm U'OOI! APPftEC!A!'ID
tor Record: In a personal letter to Gene I.eMa7
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dtd 11 .llOV 44
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n. d11e's ( ch!et of Air start, AAF) tated that a two-reel weekl7
digeat ia compiled b7 the Motion Picture service Division, tram
camera material received tram various Theaters, and f orwarded
to all cammanda, He aaked if we. are receiving this weekly d1geat,
and, i t not, he requested Gen. LeMa7 to oable him and he will aee
that it geta into our pouch. statt Photo orticer adviaea that we
are not gett i ng these tilma.
ottioe ot the Oo sncU.ng Gene ral
DO '9a
Lieut enant General Barney )(. Gilea,
Headquarters Army Air Foroea,
Waahingt an 25, D. c. .
J)ear Oe!\e.-.1 G11ella . !
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25 November 19"
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In repl y to your letter ot the 11th ot HOYember regarding
Combat Camera Uni t releaaea, I would like t o atate tnat are
more than anxioua t or t he 2nd Coabat Camera Unit t o go " over t he
top" in publioiaing the XX Bomber CODIDiaDCl.
We haTe already inatigated plana tor making hu-.n 1nter eat
ator1ea at our ao t 1v1tiea. It ia felt tnat atoriea pertaining
to t he way of livi ng and amua1ng t hat t ake plaoe every
day at our forward baaea, would be ot parti oular 1nter oat, along
with piot oral reoorda ot the preparat ic:aa t or lliaaiona, orew
aotivit iea dur ing miaaioaa, and paat miaaion aot 1vi t 1 ...
A yet we have not reoe1ved tne two reel weekly digeat
pared by tne motia1. pioture Servioe Di viaian, u at&ted in our
ag dat ed 20 November 19" I a.m aure the reela are
intereat ing and will be very uaetul t o thia COJmand.
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Sincerely youra,
CURTIS 1 . lAMAY,
Major General, U. S. A,
Comanding.
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IN REPLY REFER TO:
HEADQUARTERS, ARMY AIR PORCES
WASHINGTON
Major General Curtis E. LeMay,
Commanding General, XXI Bomber Command,
A. P. o. 234, c/o Postmaster,
San Francisco, Californi a.
Dear Curt:
11 June 1945.
I appreciate recei ving a copy of your analys is of March
incendiary missions. Whi le I have merely scanned it , it appears
to be very interesting and exceedingly well done, and I am looking
forward to the opportunity to give it further study. I would
greatly appreciate in the future reoe i ving copies of such material
for my personal files. They are going to be al l I will have to
keep me posted on the future.
I have now taken over as Assistant Chief of Air Staff,
Pers onnel, and find that I am to be entrusted with a lot of
problems concerning the future of the Army Air Forces . There is
a bi g job t o ba done here, and it .wil l need to entail the help of
all of us . I hope that you wil l feel free at all t i mes to make
notes on your thinking and t o pass those thoughts on to us he re.
Without such information we can neither keep abreast of the situa-
t ions in the theaters, nor incorporate the viewpoints of the
in the field into our future plans.
Thank you again for remembering me with this information.
Very best regar ds,
s. Army.
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MaJer Gen.at Fred .L. a4er.-,
Dep1t.7 CoJ:11U1nd , Operat1011a,
at.p'Ul Air loroa,
APO 634, c/o P l!ltar, New Icrk, U. I .
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Dear ll"edt
16 ;...,._., 1945
Your letter ot a> Deoiabe 1944 wae *> \road 1a ita OOftrale that
to do justice to 1011r questions I 1"1nd that I have h-.d to quite
aasa ol aatarlll inCloeed in aepan' elopea
l ith rer.....-ee to nigkt the 146 pbotot'lull baab ...
uaed on t wo owr Japan, and 1n each case no eati&ractor;r pictUres
._.. obUiDed.. Sbortl7 t.hereatter \e pJ&CUoe llia.,Oila ._.. raa to det-
endae it and hOw we Oould uee this t1J)e boab. tor Tal'i<"ls alt1:t-
.._ ot 11111'8\ .... uatd, aa w.U u aoQJ.tiaatioDa ot the tiD aabl7
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bu.t
d.-,1 te th faot ihat the bombs ._.. beli&Yed to have beeD in storqe leae
Ua t.ha 'UioM ue.d on oc.lld ld.adoaa tale t' pt.- ..,.
'Yflllr7 poor 1n quali\J'. Since all of these Jd.seiona were n.om in \he I!J1Iiltr
ad .._. u..t h8ll bee ltore4 for - U., .-eluded "-t Incl1a
1
. ht had dettriorat.at be boaba to 11Uch an atent t hat t.M7 oould DOt produoe
the nqu.ired ....,t, of lJ,g)at. fhia ae further bol'De Gilt pwand oba ver1
durinc t.he praot1o
W1 th retertr1oe to radar planning dmoet
a. Radw Dm (Air) Uldt oonaiaUDc ot S JAl otts. .. n
4 1aa1 otne .. , act1Da -. lld't'l.- aad ftatd-.hell b7 tM
lpeai&l. Devioea D1 naioD, u. s .R., arriftd at \he u Boabtr Co ..S, IO'Yalber
9
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19.44 tor ot oonstruct1nc radar ..,,_photo-
t .... wtlt .. , tu ,... ..... ei!IP17 .. 41utft.U., .tntq
1n the ,. .. ot tbe equiplllllt.
b. !be ..... ot (1rusba4!ng tile J.,_ Ial_.. ot Sa:llllal,
ftll' _. Goto Ia .._ laA GblDa .-> 1.- _.tile Oldaa
c..- (ill \Ia&' mer) .... .S.P .. to tile a.r.D. Uait t aodel"l
tM n1sr aeope ))l'Ma.U.. lala in tU
led Oldaa Sea .a _Ul .. 1-. ,_. -salled .. ". to .. pbot.papll ..
)6 ..,. at\.r .,.11: tlla Mpa. A 11 A .- ot ta_.wllS .... tile
lllle ftrll ed apot\ell alS llbm'- 4 ""'the- _. toapl ..
w 17 61p l at. raeatns .. _.. al Mlal-.ll .....s.a1 .....
_._.... 'r "" r-. a..t.toD or uo . ...
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- o. Field .nbod _. tqaS.pac\ -... p.ten .. tM:tlt ta\e
.,uMna up the time ot ot taoa'Jdl1 which wezoe llacte
' la.llaboratoriea in l'fah1Dgton1 D. o.
cS. A l.r&..,.IIOale _,.el ot a p.,_ ..... 1n China u 1a eittac
.. adar eet 11 'bt1DS oont'tNotecl tor u 'b;r the 14th JJ
The IIPple copies ot eeope photo-taoattl:t .. and actllal. radar
phOtographs which ,_... to diiDODatrate the ctCilparieon of Ma.lawd
nta1aa obtained fttom R.P.D. model s ot a eiWD area with reail.t. obtained
"' pllotogr.,h!ng the .,pe or an DQ-13 flom onr the aam ar a b7 the XX
Bo!liber Co d. Some ot \be d.taU ot the aotual. .ope pbOto i loa\ !a t bl
rproAieUC'IIl.
I b.Une aoeoJDp&7ing material oo'Yer'ing all th bj ots
llhioJlf0\1 .-UonecS will aow what the IX lo&b COIIRaa4 haa done ad ia
sat Aa 70'1 aq haft I han been ordered to 'the m m. le I
"*llse the pi'Obl- the-e will be d1tterm\ 1n .. e wqs, I do not antiot-
pa ... a ew .. 1n \M blud.e applioat1on ot tH VLR .ftcm \he wq it bae.
b.- uaectir:L rue weapcc baa trcedoua po8elldliu .. , &nd I do
aot MU.eq \hat " baTe 110re than eoratched the lm'face ot :1 deftlotsants,
mclift .. tiGD.I iltl4 ..t!IDU. Certa:I.Jlq I w1ll .. perlll t th6 operation a of
a 01w l)'ld to wb:leb I aasig11ed to 'beoome rcatine ed '.t there is a mems
ot 1tUng boalMI Gil to the targ.t I JftpOae to find it, to hear
,_. ,_ wbe I llllw becorae established with the Xlllt
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11 I nelat
lDCill Taotieal. Doot.riae.
Illtll 2 for hereb .ad Fire CoYell".,;e.
XIMil 3 .&.29 StancJUod NOIIIIlClature tor
IDtl 4 B-29 SOP tor Jltaalw
IDel S A/G Po!Dt. to PoD\ Ca 1 i \S.a
IIJld Wio laY. Ald ..
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UNITED STATES STRATEGIC AIR
EUROPE
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMANDER, OPERATIONS
APO 633
General CU1 tis E.
Commanding Gener al
XX Bomber command
.APO 493, U. S. ARMY
Dear Curt :
ZO 1944
oanoelled b.r
IBEcTrVE No 5200 9
e:tfeot1 ve 28 lro'V. stt
I have studied your "Tactical Doctrine, XX Bomber Command" with
i nter est and appreciate your effort in keeping us informed concer ni ng
your activities. In vie\f of t he prospect of redeploying some of our
groups t o the Pacific and the possi bility of re- equippi ng others with
very heavy bombers , i nformation concerning your oper ations , procedures ,
problems , and equipment are invaluable to our commanders . As your
tactical doctrine develops and t he scope of the document increases, I
would l i ke t o receive copies of t he revised editions .
Section VI, "Formation Defense" , will be par ticularly instructive
when it has been revised and is ready for publica tion. The effecti veness
of defensive fir e , extent to which central control is utilized, and t he
effect of hi gher on defensive tactics, are all interesting points.
In order to amplify our knO\.,rled.ge of conditions existi ng in your
Theater , I have some questions to ask concerning communications, photog-
r aphy, and air- sea rescue .
communications , additional information on t he following
points woul d be helpful :
A statement concerning equipment employed, both in t he air
and on t he ground. are the SCR- 695 IFF set, SCR-729
interrogator-responsor , and AN/ART-13 lia i son transmitter , but
i nformat ion is needed on equipment employed for airdrome contr ol,
air- to- air communications, and gr ound sets used for long- r ange
air- to- ground communications .
Radio and radar navigational aid facilities and procedures ,
incl uding r acons , r adio r anges , compas s- locator stations, LORAN,
and instrument approach f acilit ies (such as SCS- 51 or GCA) .
Information concerning facilities pr ovi ded, if any, for
early-warning and ground control of aircraft by r adar .
Information concerning empl oyment of AN/.APQ,-13 (H2X) for
bombing through ove1c a.s t .
A statement of conditions affecting provision of point-to-
point radio and land- line communications in the China- Burma-
India Theater.
In reference to photography, I woul d like to .hear about your experience
\lith night photography and scope photographs , and about any ne\tr methods or
developments you have been abie to work out. Also, any changes in equipment
and installation that your experience may i ndicate to be des irable are most
\Telcome. In this theater, the Allied Central Interpretation Unit is now
issuing a special report on PFF missions in l-lhich scope photographs are
used to plot the approximate location of bomb strikes. This mi ght prove
to be of i nterest to you.
In connection with PFF operations, and your radar progr am in general ,
I should be glad to know what use has been made in your theater of the
Radar Planning Device (RPD) for siting ground radar and planni ng PFF
missions . ife are now investigating the possibilities of applying RPD
techniques in this theater and \/e could put the lessons you have learned
to good use .
As you will recall, the question of air - sea rescue technique and
practices are continually under study here. I understand that you have
developed an extensive system of rescue , which functions \-tell under very
unfavorable conditions . I would like to know about your me t hods and pro-
cedures in this field.
I have been following with enthusiastic interest your raids on Japan,
and take t his opportunity to congratulate you on the fine work.
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Operations.
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UNITED
IN EUROPE
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMANDER, OPERATIONS
APO 633
17 Dec ember 1944
Chl8ft1
cation oanoelled by
Ge neral Curtis E. Le I"'-' DIREcTIVE No. 5200. 9 en t -
Commanding General, XX Bomber Command ' eo 1ve 28 J'ov. 88.
APO 493, %Postmaster
san Francisco, California
near Curt,
I received your letter of November and have
passed it on to other members of t h is Headquarters, includi ng
General spaatz , who have read it with bl'eat interest . We are
also receivinB the more detailed reports of your operations
directly from the a ir Porce and are f'ollowing your
activities and experiences very closely. We are most cogni-
zant of the many problems t hat are facing you and are parti-
cularly interested in t he way i n wh ich you have surmounted
t:te m.
Undoubtedl y your previous experience wi t h heavy
bombers i s standing you in g ood stead and I am sure that
time will enable you to get things runnin
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t here in t he ef-
ficient manner which used to the Third Bombard-
ment Division. Although many of problems appear to be
different ; tactically, strategically and logistically, I
feel t hat you will find t hat most of them are basical l y t he
same and can be sol ved .
Regar ding the r edeployment to the Pacific , I hear -
ti l y indorse your desir e to h ave our tactical organizations
redeployed in t heir entirety. In s pite of the fact that
,A; ashington ruled otherwise , we are doing everything in our
power to change this pol icy and redeploy complete divi s ions .
We shal l not be satisfied with anything, less t han combat
.:ings . At the present time the Ei ghth Air Force is consider -
i ng reor ganizing the Combat Wings to include an admini stra -
tive staff . s uch an organization t hey can control mor e
Gr oups , and the number of c omoo t would be decr eased from
14 to 9. This , I believe , is a s t ep in the rioht direction
and if it becomes ne cessary to redeploy by Combat ,lings , these
units wi ll a lready be accustomed to handling all t he fUnctions
of their subor dinate cotnmands .
lie are receivints constant reque sts from Hashington
for key personnel , to be used with the very heavy bombers .
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to have recognized that previous experience with
heavy bombardment is most desirable and, wh ile I am sure they
wi ll continue t heir efforts to give those people in washing-
ton an opportunity to get into t he war , I believe that you
will soon see an increase in the personnel that you are re-
ceiving who have already had some experience . I can assure
you that we will cooperate in every possibl e way in an ef-
fort to release key personnel to you . ! s you well know, the
constant requests that we have received during the past two
ye ars has gradually drained the system. However, many of
t he younger men are developi ng vis ion and solidity with ex-
perience , and I feel tha t many of t hem will , a s t hey become a
bit more seasoned and available to you, provide a most suit -
able source of material . Obviousl y we mus t continue our ef-
forts to give you some seasoned veterans to lead t he m and
t his we will do .
The VIII F' ighter c ommand has been pretty much bro-
ken up and the Groups assigned to the BOmbardment Combat
Wings , Orville Anderson is supervisine the remnants of the
Fi ghter Command, Kepner has the Second Division, Slim Turner
has now replaced Bob Williams , who has taken over the Second
Air Force , and Pat is doi ng an outstanding job wi th the Third .
You probably hear d tr1at sammy Samf ord has returned to the
states and Jack All ar d has stepped into his shoes .
We have just completed the move of USSTAF to the
c ontinent where we can operate in closer proximity to SHAEF
At the present time things are st ill a bit disorganized but
are coming along, and I believe that we can make it work .
Of course , Jimmy has remained in the U. K., as we ll as a small
liaison section from t his Headquarters .
The past two months have been most discouraging in
that the weather has been typical of prophesied
winter months and we have had but very few visual days . Oi l
remains as our f irst priority and with present devel opments ,
we are concentrating somewhat on transportation in an effort
to further aid t he Ground Forces . At the present t he situa-
tion on the ground is but fair . weather has been a tremen-
dous di sadvantage to them and the terrain is in such a state
t hat it is almost impossible to move with armor . Bradley '
slowl y continues h is advance and at the present time we are
coordinating with them to see if we can't do something to
speed up t heir a dvances . I sincerely hope that t hey will be
be tter able to visualize how effective ir can be and take ad-
vantage of the offer that we are extending to them.
I have read your Tac tical Doctrine with interest
and will pass it on to the Operations people for further study
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and we will pass on our comments at a later date .
Keep up the good work. My very best to you and to
the XX Bomber Command
.
ajor General , u.s .A.,
eput y commander , Operations
Ottioe ot General
29 September 1944.
Major General Fred Anderaon,
Bq. u. s. Strategic Air Foroea in Europo,
.AP0:/;613,% Poatmaater, New York, N. T.
Dear Fred,
I have been trying to get a letter off to you f or aome time, but aome-
thi.ng alwaya interferea. I have been hore juat a month and feel that I
have been able to aocompliah quite a bit. I found the outfit 1n very poor
ebape compared with U.l. Standards. Plenty of flying experienoe, but not
111.ny people with combat time , and none from the U.l. I am uaing all the
thode we found aound in the U.K .. that oa.n be applied to the B-29 'a, aDd
they are beginning to work. 1'he Japs haven't bothered ua DILlCh so tar. but
tbe operational an4 aupply problema are terrific. On the ai11ion run dun
before I arrived, there were no combat lo11ea, but then waa a 15% opera-
tional lo11. By hard work on everyone' 1 part we were to out the loa a
rate to aero on the la.at misaion, and I believe that I can hold them to a
figure until Winter .
It looka aa though we will have to make blind take-offa and landing
1t w are to opera out ot China during tbe Winter month8. Right now
bliDd tat.-otta with heavy loada look impoasible with the B-29, however,
! hope we find a solution.
Opera tiona are eaay to the adminiatra.t ive battle. The diffi-
culty of aupply and the complex col!1In8. nd aet-up in tho theater make it almoat
blpotaible to get anything done. Perhapl thing a will be better atter your
lhow tolcla up, but by that time, we DBY be driven clear out of China. Jly
geatapo in the forward area are very peaaimiatio about tbl ability of
to hol4 the but, and he turnihe the only oppoaition. !be ChiDI&a Jrtq
11 apparently through, although it did put up a good fi&ht at Moat
neryo:ae DOW f.el tM.t -the Jap can go anywhere they ohooM in China. I teel
Bl)'Hlt that it we pulled out everything we have up there, that the final oourM
or the war would be -very 1 i ttle o banged.
.. hope to haTe a hare in tuture Pacifio operationa, but the 81#rength
ot our ettort clependa on the tonnage the theat.r will ,in u.
OYer be" clepeDda upon upply. BverytiDIII I bear the 110rcl, I ou the clay I
lett a nice olean war in the u .!
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I auppoM JOU .han heard about BloDdie'a aooident . He f'lew into the
ground, apparently, in a B-26, ahortly after making a night take-ott from
OD8 of our baaea. I looa1;ed the oraah at dayli ght next aorning, and we
got through the to him about Sa 30. While he waa being brought out,
I wnt ahead and got the beat aurgeon in the theater f'lown in and he
arrived whi l e out atation dootora nre still working on him. Sinoe he cannot
be .mtd, I have had the beat apeoialiata in tbe theater her e , but in spite
ot all w are doing, w , are apparently looaiDg ground. !he doo tor are all
rather ?OWatio, but we haftn't given up the tight, and hope that his
vitality will bring him through. Be ia the toughoat damned Iriahman I have
ever aeen. Anyone elae would have been dead long ago.
I had hoped to get 4ugie out here with me , but I Me you have beaten.
to tba puaoh. Will you pua thia letter on to hia.
t ...
Regarda, .
CUR!IS B. I.BIIlY
)(ajor,General, U.s.A.,
Commanding.
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power must be given co-equal
status with the land and sea
forces.
"No air attack, once it is
I au n c h e d, can be completely
stopped. '
"Thprefore, unless we want our
ftl'6r( leveled, our homes de-
iJ.-1> ... our people killed in
attacks from the air-
which could be launched
great distances-we must be
I cannot stress that
'prepare' strongly enough."
, who directed the B-29
which laid waste the war-
potential of the Japanese
IIR':'J.i::l.ud, said Nippon lost the war
use its military failed
erstand the potentialities of
e
render came 157 days after the
20th Air Force started its massive
fire bombing attacks, LeMay said
the B-29s literally wrecked Japan
in that period. He said:
"In five missions in nine days
we had burned out more than
29 miles of Japan's chief indus-
trial center with a rain of bombs
that totaled more than 10,000
tons.
"By c om p a r i s o n, Germany
dropped only 200 tons in its
greatest fire raid on London.
Also by comparison, on the 8th
Air Force's record strike at
Berlin on D;c. 3, 1945, over 1000
heavy bombers made a 1000-mile
round-trip to drop 2250 tons.
"Japan was finished long be-
fore either one of the two atomic
bombs were dropped. The atomic
bombs were the "coup de grace"
ey were unprepared for the to a dying foe. They gave the
t marine mining operation Japanese an opportunity to sur-
tory," he said, "Which block- render without losing too much
their home islands and would face.''
starved them into submission . .
a few more months. Those that h1s words . were
1o1A 'hu .... 1-.n 'O_ 'lOa IJ spoken hghtly, LeMay added.
power fail their country. Upon
the encouragement given air
power in the next few years de-
the destiny of the nation.''
Jlr. H. Calvin Cook
Steubenville, Ohio
Dear llr. Cook:
7 November 194S
I am deeply impressed by your letter
ot 9 October 194$, expresaing eo forcibly your
staunch support of Allerican air power and set-
ting forth your understanding of ita true lli.s-
aion.
If your clarity of understanding ot
this vi tally important subject wre shared by
all the people, there would be no doubt as to
the future security of our nation.
Your generous offer to help where
help .. ,. be ~ e d i a tely effective - Congreaa _,
- is sincerely appreciated. I aa sure that
llellbera of Congress w1ll ..elCOIIe expresaiona
of opinion t:rom such informed sources in de-
ciding the course of their official action.
Very truly yours,
CURTIS B. teat
llajor General, U.S.A.
ce Memorandum . uNITED sTATEs GovERNMEJS
Lt. Col. Waters
toM : Capt. Schaefer
JBJECT: Mr. H. Calvin Cook, Stetlbenville, Ohio
DATE: 7 November 1945
1. I called Mr. Blay, City Edi t o ~ of the Steubenville (Ohio) Herald-Star.
a.s infonned that Mr. Cook is one of the leading citizens of Steubenville, and j
l tere sted in civic affairs and is very highly regarded in the cormnuni ty. He,
,.mself, is the owner of a printing compall there and "knows all in the know".
2. Mr. Cook, a man of about 4o years of age, has been preaching the impor1
r air power for a great number of years and has been a disciple of Serversky az
~ s t r o n g supporter of Gener al Mitchell
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s beliefs since the very early days.
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STI!lUDillA"'VJLLE, OHIO
Major General Curtis E. LeMay , USAAF
Chief of Staff, Strategic Air Forces
Washingt on , D. C.
Dear Genera I LeMay:
October 9 , 19 45
Although It was a high hono r and one hard to
turn down, I was happy that you declined Governor Lausche's offer
of appointmnet to the Senate. I admire your courage for refusing
t h is high office. But a person of your proven courage, experience
and vision Is vitally needed In the Air Force and es pecially at
the p r e sent time while much desired reo rganization of our military
system Is being contemplated.
I have been a close student of Douhet's aerial
doctrines as ex pressed in his brl I I iant book, "The Command o f the
Air". And yet with alI th e exper iences and concrete less ons of
Wo r I d W a r I I , we a r e s t I I I con f r o n t e d w I t h m a n y d i e- h a r d s ( Navy )
who stubbornly refus e to accept the auxiom which was expounded
many years ago by Douhet: "The command of t he air is th e
factor of victor y."
The Navy post -war plan Is simply ridicul ous .
E v e n t h e r a n ge of p r e s e n t I a n g- b a s e d a i r pow e r h a s n u I I I f i e d a u x -
iliary carrier aviation. Carrier air power was effective during
this war because (I) we tailed to develop true atr power be fore
the war; (2) Japan possessed no air power worthy of the name; (3)
th e AAF wa s primarily res po nsibl e f or winning command of the air
f rom t he J a p s C a r r i e r a I r power ha s had I t s day. I t I s now dead!
Likewise, we must face the tact that henceforth all auxl ltary air
power Is superf luous . All o f our energy,resources and efforts should
be directed Into the o rganization of the Independen t Air Force:
An Air Force which Is expressly organized and capable of
winning the battle f or the command of the air . Even ff auxiliary
aviation ex ists, It Its e lf Is entirely dependent upon t he success
of In dependent Air securing command of the air from the
enemy. Again I say, auxiliary aviation is su perfluous and harmful.
Not for the sake of any one of th e services, but
for t he futur e security of the country, alI possible effort
should be made at this time to bring about a reo rganization o f ou r
military system. land power and sea power still has a place; but
It must be that air power Is now the dominant
In warfare. Or as Douhet clearly expr essed it: "What would happen
to an Army or Navy to op,e rate against an enemy who has
conquered the command of the The Navy's answe r Is 37 large
carriers. Absurb!
I t I s a I r I 9 h t t o t a I k o f coope r at i o n and a I I t h a t
sort of talk. But this is no time for compromise. We cannot compro-
H. CALVIN COOK
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with any post- war ml litary p lan which not
air powe r at least a posi tion with the Ar my and
th e Na v y. Air powe r rightfull y deserves th e dominant pos iti on .
Thi s reorganizati o n struggle Is no fight; It Is
a fIght for the I I f e or h of our country. must have the
courage of our convictions. We mu s t no t comp romis e a force which
is the ba st e security of our countr y .
All of us must carry forward th e fight f o r the
complete emancipation o f American air power--the s truggle f or
w h i c h Ge n e r a I B I I I y M t t c h I I g a v e h i s I i f e ! T h I s t f me we m u s t
no t fall.
If I ma y be of he l p fn an yway--rall y ing membe r s
of Congress and do not hesitate t o inform me .
Wfth alI be s t wi s he s
1943 , 1 pe r s.l ly brough t Bill Hule he r .t my own expense ($300. J
r e fut e Michie wh o trie d to tel I us tha t we couldn't bomb Germdny
the daytime . I Knew Mi chie wa s wrong; and as t he record p r o ved he was
WESTMINSTER MEN'S FORUM
HCC
Steubenville, Ohio
You wer e winning t his flght ove r the s k l ~ s of Europe whl le we were
_just talk ing about It
HUIE ANSWERS MICHIEI
The Westminster Men's Forum is privileged to present to you
at a special meeting on Monday evening, February 15th, at eight
o'clock, the nationally-known author, lecturer and noted authority
on Air Power . .
WILLIAM BRADFORD HUlE
associate editor of "The American Mercury" and author of the recent
sensational best-seller, "The Fight For Air Power.'' which is the
subject of his Forum address. Mr. John Chamberlain, book critic of
"The New York Times," writing in his column of December 24th,
said, "this is a book of major importance . . and he makes claims
that must be considered very. seriously." Just back from North Africa
, where he interviewed the Allied war leaders, Mr. Huie is well pre-
pared to tell us about the "rim-of-the-wheel" plan to crush the Axis.
Mr. Huie has proven himself to be a worthy disciple of General "Billy" Mitchell and the small
group of courageous airmen who have waged the fight for the development of true American air
power. He has made an exhaustive research into air power advising with Colonel Hugh J. Knerr,
formerly Chief of Staff of the Air Corps from 1935 to 1939, and who is called the Father of the
Flying Fortress.
Although he firmly believes "Germany can be bombed to her knees," Mr. Huie differs with
the tactical concept of bombing as expressed by our last speaker, Mr. Allan Michie. He believes
the U. S. Air Force plan of cumulated daylight bombing with the improved Flying Fortress as the
instrument of destruction is the answer to the Luffwaffe.
Only those who understand the radical change in military tactics brought about by the event of
the airplane can clearly piece together the various land, sea and air engagements of this war
making them into an intelligible, purposeful picture. To 'those who do not fully comprehend the
basic principles of air power -this-war will continue as one startling surprise after another.
We invite you and your friends to be present
Monday evening, February 15th, at eight
o'clock when . . . HUIE ANSWERS MICHIE!
5 Jfoveaber 1945
Jliss Carolyn A. Leech, President ,
The Louisville Cor.mruni t y Comi t tee
for t he Perpetual Observance of
Amistice Day, I ncorporated,
Louisville, Kentucky.
Dear llias Leach 1
After a certain aJBOunt of delay, I am finally sending,
under separate cover, the flag I promised you soae tie ago. Un-
fortunately, the delay in f orwarding this flag was occasioned by
improper transmission, and it reached me only several days ago.
1he story of this flag is as follo11'8: 'lhia flag began
flying over the Headquarters of the XII Bomber Coaaand when they
arrived in the Karianas Islands on November 30, 1944, first on
Siapan, and later when thia CoiDII&lld moved to Guu in Decber,
1944. During t-his time, B-29' a of the III Beaber Comu.nd new
missions s t riking at the heart of the Japanese Empire. On llarch
10, 1945, with the first. attack on Tokyo, the low level night in-
cendiary missions inaugurated, which caused the
complete destruction of the industrial sections of each ot Japan's
maj or cities. After these cities wre auccestully attacked, the
medium sized towns and finally a.aller towns fell victill to the
increasingly successful blows of the B-29. Later, on 17 July 1945,
'When the I.li Boaber Command waa redesignated 2oth Air
Force, this nag continued to fly proudly and freely over this Head-
quarters, and was lowered for the last t1ae at retreat on Septellber
1, 1945.
I consider it a privilege and pleasure to forard this
flag on to you, 'Where its glorious memry will be perpetuated.
Best wishes for your continued aucceaatul achieve.ents.
Yeey 11incerely }'Ours,
CUR!I:S B. t.lllY
Major General, U .B.A
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GENERAL HUGH A. DRUII . U.S. A.
'L CLARK H. WOODWARD, U.S.N.
EL N. BUTLER BRISCOE, U.S. A.
L GEORGE P. JOHNSON, U. S. A. A. F.
IIAJOR GENERAL PRESTON BROWN, U. S. A., RET.
IIAJOR GENERAL B. F. CHEATHAM, U.S.A., RET.
IIAJOR GENERAL DENNIS E. NOLAN . U. S. A., RET.
IIAJOR GENERAL CHARLES P. SUMMERALL, U.S. A., RET.
IIAJOR GENERAL BLANTON WINSHIP. U. S. A., RET.
ADIIIRAL WAT T. CLUVERIUS, U. S. N., RET.
ADMIRAL THOS. P. CRAVEN, U. S . N., RET.
ADMIRAL EDWARD C. KALBFUS. U.S. H .. RET.
ADIIIIIAL RICHARD H. LEIGH, U. S. H., RET.
BRIG. GENERAL DION WILLIAMS, U. S. II . C., RET.
Major General CUrtis E. Le Jlay
Chief of Staff, Strategic Air Forces
War Department
Washington, D C
Dear General Le Kaya
COMMITTEE
IRVIN ABELL, II . D. II ISS MARY CHURCHILL HUMPHREY
MRS. PETER LEE ATHERTON E. A. JONAS
MRS. HERBERT F. BOEHL EDWARD S. JOUETT
MRS. HELII BRUCE IIRS. J. BRIAN IICCOIIIIICK
MRS. GEORGE D. CALDWELL W. E. IIORROW
IIRS. ROlliN COOPER IIRS. F. M. NELSON
CREDO F. HARRIS LUTHER R. STEIN
WM. B. HARRISON R. C. BALLARD THROSTOH
R. LEO HAWES REV. HORACE CADY WILSON, D. D.
HOH . WILSON W, WYATT, IIAYOll OF LOUISVILLE
August first 1945
By direction of the Louisville CommtDity Committee for the
Perpetual Observance of Armistice Day, Incorporated, I have the honor
to address you and to present a request.
The enclosed briefly marked booklet concretely indicates
Louisville unique and entirely international episode, "The Observance"
and affiliated interest The Flag Room - now in their twenty-fifth year.
For the coming November the Comadttee respecttully ventures
to ask from you the gift ot a flag of War significance that will permit
in this preeence, opportunity tor permanent reMmbrance . of you and your
COJIIID!Uld
The Flag Room is a stately and reverent place - even
to commemmorate the Pacific.
The Committee acts under rulings of the Department of State
u.s.A. and the British Foreign office.
While the Committee is deepl7 sensible of each distinction
conferred, the intent of the Observance and Flag Room is to bestow honor
rather than to receive it.
The Committee asks acceptance of high regard.
Address a
llias Leeoh
The PUritan
Louisville 3,
yours.
Apperaon Leeoh
President
Ur. J . E. Schaefer _
Boeing Airplane Company
Wichita, Kansas
Dear Yr. Schaefer:
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5 November 1945
U&ny thanks for the last three issues of Boeing
"Plane Talk" I have kept a complete file of each issue
you have so kindly sent on to me, and ay tile is now com-
plete. I also wish to assure you that your kind letter of
appreciation for the part the boys "over there" played in
bringing about the end of this war is greatly appreciated.
On behalf of every lad who has fiown in a B-29,
I -.ish to thank you and heartily you for your
splendid record of achievement . But tor your miraculous
overall productive record, we would have been unable to
achieve the results we did. Our hats are off to yout
With sincerest wishes for continued success in
the postwar achievements. of I re.ain
Sincerely,
CUR!IS B. Lei&Y
Jlajor U.S.A.
WICHITA DI VIS ION
Major General Curtis E. LeMay
Hdqs. 20th Air Force
Office of Commanding General
APO 234
o/o Postmaster
San Francisco, Calif.
My dear General:
August 27, 1945
In Reply Reier to
JES snl
We at Boeing-Wichita would indeed be amiss if in closing out our part in the B-29
program we did not recognize the important role you played in our success wi tb
that program.
The production record made at Boeing-Wichita, not only in the construction of
B- 29's, but with Boeing Kaydets as well, was possible only through the cooperative
influence of many forces. Countless individuals played an important part, m&qy
agencies of City, State, and Government; newspaper and magazine editors; radio
stations; and especially the hundreds of vendors and sub-contractors made outstand-
ing contributions. To enumerate them all would indeed be difficult, but all are
included and recognized. No finer example of private enterprise, working with free
men in an open labor market can be found than the miracle of our over-all productive
effort in this war.
As we pass to peacetime production, we at Boeing-Wichita feol a deep debt of grati-
tude to people like you for the record it has been our privilege to accomplish
during this war. Without your help, without your efforts in our behalf, an4 with-
out your understanding consideration of our probleme, we never would have made this
record - a record which we have tried to set out in the last two issues of Plane
Talk, our employee publication. In order that you may know of this record and take
proper credit for the part you played in it, I am enclosing copies of the issues to
which I have just referred.
In writing "finistt to this war job at Boeing-Wichita, - do so with a heart full of
thanks to you and those working with you, and a feeling of humbleness and gratitude
to those men in the armed services who have come through to a glorious victory with
the equipment it baa been our privilege to build.
Sincerely yours,
BOEING AIRI'l..UE COlfPAHY
Wichita Division
In spite of all the "hell and high water" through which we
privilege to work with "youse guys". What
Earl
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.lPO 234
llr. J. B. Sebaef'er,
Boeing Airpl ane eo.puy,
Wichita Division,
Wichita, Ka.neu.
Dear Mr.
1'1 August 1945
Your note of' August 7 juat arrived. I preSUM inoe
events taldng place on AUBU4t 13 your worries are ovar
The whol e command joins me in thanking you and J'OUI' people
f'or furnishing the weapona to finish the job.
81noerel7,
CUR.l'IS I. WIT,
Major OeDer&l, U.S.A.,
Chief' of' start.
esk of
EARL SCHAEFER August 7, 1945
My dear General:
The accompanying letter I thought would be of
interest to you and might suggest same ideas for
helping us in the States keep these people on the
job until they finish their job - which is to say
until you have all the equipment you need to finish
your job.
Human nature being what it is, these people
can't help but get "itchy feet" when the reports
oontinwe to come in as o p t ~ i s t i o as they are .
Just add a word or two to this optimism, to the
effeot that it can't continue unless the equipment
is supplied by people on the home front. With this
one addition, we oan keep these people in line until
you have all it takes to whip the Japs.
Best of personal regards.
JESthn
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General H. H. Arnold
Caaaanding General
A'ITiq Air Forces
ltaahington. D.c.
Dear liapa
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Auguat 6,
J ESahn
Severa! days ago. after s ame strenuous thinking about ha. to keep
people on the job until they finish the job, I was moved to Mnd the fol low-
ing wire to Seoretary Pattersona
"We are beoaaing incr eaingly concerned OTer our inability to
maintain and obtain the required personnel to fulfill current
B-29 delivery requirements. The situation ia appro. ching a
aeriou. stage. Exit interTiew reports disoloae an unrest and
the desire to become established in postwar j obs. Then, too,
.. are beginning to beaeiged with requests traa buaineaa
ttnaa to release empla,reea to these jobs. I auggested this
aorning that Kr. J. P. lfur.ray contact you concerning dotaila
ot this problas and to suggest by way 'of partial r emedy tnat
General Spaatz, General Le ay, and others in the Pacific urge
their c in wri ting hc.e to iJr, on everyone the necea-
ai ty of staying an the job until it is finished. There s hould
be no l et up on the hc:ae front aa long aa there ia need on the
battle front.
Paottic news releases could and should remain optUuiatic
whenever ia justiied, but couldn't t hey carr y a word
of admonition to the effect that the soldier can't QUit unt il
the job ia done, and people on the haae front should not quit
until their job is done.
"I abould also like to suggest that all aenice representatives
of companies like ours and others, as well aa all rlaitora to the
theaters, be urged b,y all commanding officers to upon
these people the &eed for low of materials from tbe
haae front so t hat t he&d aervice men in t heir reports t o t heir
factories will oarry tbia meaaage or urgent neoeaaity for contin-
ued support tram the haae tront.
"I am arraid WJ are rapidly approaching the poi nt where we need
thia kind or help, hence our &pP' al tor action and an ear ly aud-
ience with Yr . Uurray f or details ."
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General I. I . Al"lleH
Yr. Yurray call ed on the Secretary seTeral daya l at er and r e- orted on
hia call as f ollowaa
"In connection wit our moat recent t elephone converaation, pleaae
be advised that I bad a pleasant Tisit with Judge Patteraon yes ter-
day at which time 1 aet f orth your proble:n in r etaihing our key
peraonnel aa well . as othera on tho j ob.
"Judge Patteraon your of hnving the Theat er Caa-
aandere properly tmpreaa t he oaaual viaitors, such a Zi pp and Hr own,
with the necessity of ' the home people s taying on the job waa an
ezoellent one. He peraonally will undertake t o paaa the word on to
the varioua Theater and took Flet cher Brown and HQrold
Zipp ' s names, ao that he would be sure to catch t hoae two gentlemen .
"Be alao said he would undertake to have General Arnold, or if not
General Arnold, t hen aaae other officer on the staff, paaa t he word
on to t he rheater Commandora r equeattng that t hey aak their men and
otticera when writing home to trv t o blpreas the hcae tolka with the
neoeaaity of staying on the job bui lding the munition with which to
bring an early end to conflict i n the Pacific . "
lt occurred to me that you or Ira mi ghtwant to fol low up this i dea,
bapresaing viaitora to the Pacific with t he necessity tor continued produc-
tion ettort on the home f ront. I still think it would be a good i dea for
CcweancHng Officers to to ever yone t hat t heir lettera contain an urgent
request for the haae f ront to stay on the job and finish the job, if opttmi etic
nporta are t o continue to OCD.e f r cn the fighting fronta.
For example, I received t his morning a l etter froa a B- 29 baabardier. Here
1a a aentenoe .frca it "The anly t rouble 1a that we ue r unnin.: out of towns to
baab." Another let ter received several daya ago wae to the etfeot that it wae
not unoCllllllon to ocaplet ely wipe out a town ot 100,000 peosle and at that rate
the Japa couldn't laat m.uoh louger . "
All of that 1a tine, and I woo.1ldn 't han t hem change a bit ot t heir tb.i.Dk-
ing or a word in their lett ers, ezoept that. 1 would like to sugtreat that 1n
theao aue le t ter:s t 1e boya add orda and phruea to indicate the neoeaaity
tor 9ontinued home tront production, i f t hese good reports f raa the tishtin
front are t o continue.
Beat regard and beat wiahea 1 am
Faithfull y youra,
JISohaeter 1 hn Vice Preaident
ooa J. P. Murray
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ATTENTION:
HEADQUARTERS, ARMY AIR FORCES
WASHINGTON
Major General Curtis E. LeMay
Commanding General
XXI Bomber Command
12 July 1945
APO 234 - San Francisco, california
Dear Curt:
Inclosed is the new IMPACT with a summar.y of strategic air accom-
plishments. Also I am sending you four New Yorkers - June 9, June 16,
June 23, June 30. These issues of the New Yorker contain a stor.y en-
titled "A Reporter with the B-29s" which is published in four parts nnd
is
Enjqyed seeing you when you were here. I there is ever
I can do for you here, either personally or officially, let me know.
Give to Jim Garcia.
5 Incls.
Yours,
.\r\ . . \\_ . .Jl Q
HARRIS B. HULL
Colonel, G. s. c.
HUDQUARDRB !WENl'Imi .tm FORO!
Office ot the Commanding General
!PO 234
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a/o Poetmalter
8an Franoiaoo, California
Colonel Harrie B. Hull
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Headquarter ~ Air Foroee,
Waehington 25
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D. c.
Dear Harrill
21 July 1945
l&ny thante for your kindneee and thoughtfulneee in a.ad-
ing me the latest ieeue ot
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Impaot and the f our ieeuee of the
New Yorker containing the etocy of our wort out here. I en-
joyed reading all t hese publieationa and baTe added th to rq
pereonal filea.
I told lia Garoia you said bel lo and he asked me to
t hank you and extend his belt wiehee to you.
lindest personal regard
Sincer ely,
CUR!IS I. LeMAY,
I&Jor General, u. s, !.,
Commanding
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III&DQUAR!IRI ftiUTI!!H AIR lORCI
Office ot the Commanding General
!PO 234, c/o Postmaster
San Francisco, California
lr. lul.iua W. lelley,
410 6\b bEue, N '
Ardmore, Otlahoa.
16 Jul y 1945
I wi.8h to t hank you tor your kind letter of lay 28, 1945.
!he patriotic work done by t he faculty, alUIIIli and student of
the UniYeraity of Oklahoma in purchasing a Superfortr t.o aid
ue in our aerial war apinst Japan ia most noteworthy. I con-
gratulate you on your eucceaatul reeulta.
I feel confi dent the B-29, oklaho
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will aohieYe t he re-
eult.e you expect ot it and make all of you justly proud of ita
noble pertor.ance.
Att.aohed 1a an autographed photo with my complimenta.
Good luck to you in the furtherance of your education and
beet wiehea.
Sincerely,
OUR'fiS I . LeMAY,
I&Jor General, u. S. A.,
Qommaading.
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Dea r Mr .
'the inclosed Japanese Battle trlag, capt \ired on Iwo J ime., was
sent down to me by Brigadier General E. Moore , who r eceived i t from
Colonel John K. Gowen. These gentlemen were happy to assist you
i n your effort to PQt over a Bond Auction.
I t hink you wil l find t he attached letter, transl ating t he
anese char acters on the tlag and describing the action i ll ,-hi eh i t
was captured , are equally as i nteresting as the i t sel f , I
woul d sur.:gest t he.t t his l etter be passed on to t he purchaser of t he
f l ag .
If T am abl e to obtain any other trophies from this action I
will gladly forwar d t hem to you . Trophies such as t hese ar e prtz.ed
by most of t he men who partioipate in t he action end ore quickly
patber ed up from t he tattle fiel d, so consequently t hey e.r e re-
l at ivel y scarce and not t oo easy t o obtain.
Wit h every wish or su.ceess i n your fort hcomi ne r elly, I am,
Sincerel y,
CURTT.S F. LeMAY,
Major Gener r l, U. S.
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