Endnotes for Chapter VII

1 The Special Observer Group Prior to the Activation of the European Theater of Operations, October 1944, pp. 102-03, 105. Hist Sec, ETO. Study superseded by The Predecessor Commands: The Special Observers and United States Army Forces in the British Isles, by Warrant Officer (jg) Henry G. Elliott, Part I of The Administrative and Logistical History of the European Theater of Operations.

2 The total given is that of the U.S. proposal to the USSR for settlement of the lend-lease account in 1947. See The New York Times, April 15, 1947. An earlier figure of 14,018 aircraft delivered by all routes between 22 June 1941 and 20 September 1945 is in Report on War Aid Furnished by the United States to the USSR, Foreign Economic Sec, Office of Foreign Liquidation, Dept State, 28 Nov 45, p. 18. See Tables 10, 11, and Chart 3. 

3 Lt Col Elmer E. Adler, Advance Air Force Plan for the North African Mission, 13 Oct 41. 319.1, ASF NCF.

4 Letter Proposal, 1 Dee 41. Drawer 69, Prime Contract No. 1, Project 19, Douglas Files (Foreign Projects File, Storage Files, Douglas Aircraft Company, Santa Monica, Calif.).

5 (1) Draft of Minutes, Board of Directors, concerning Project 19 and Cedar. Drawer 69, Board of Directors-Minutes. Douglas Files. (2) Harold Courlander, Paul L. Hoefler, and others, History of Project 19, Abadan Ch., pp. 65-87. Drawer 101, Douglas Files. (3) With the second extension of the Cedar contract to 17 November 1943, costs for 1943 were estimated at $1,946,160. Drawer 69, Prime Contract No. 1, Project 19, Douglas Files. (4) Contract DA-W-535-ac-870. Same file.

6 Col Shingler, Rpt to American Aid Subcommittee, Cairo, sub: Status of Projects as of April 30, 1942. 334.8 American Aid Subcommittee, SL 9011.

7 Ltr, Chief, Contract Sec, Materiel Center, OofCG, Army Air Forces, 27 Jun 42. Tollefson's file, Douglas Files.

8 (1) Unless otherwise noted, dates and figures are from PGC Historical Charts. PGF. (2) Aircraft Assembly Chronology. PGF 245. (3) Backlog figures from tables compiled by Hist Br, OTT, Hq, PGC. PGF 245. (4) History cited n. 5(2)..

9 (1) Rad, Air Ministry, Whitehall, from Air Vice Marshal Sir Arthur W. Tedder, to RAF, ME, 10 Dec 41. Chronology cited n. 8(2); another copy PGF 2. (2) First Progress Rpt, by Lt Col Robert C. Oliver, Actg Chief, Air Sec, U.S. Mil North African Mission, I1 Jan 42. NA 319.1 Progress Reports, Cairo (II-27-41), ASF NCF. (3) Memo, Hq, U.S. Mil Mission, Baghdad, 17 Jan 42, sub: Projects. PGF 125. (4) Rad AMSIR 10, to Gen Wheeler, 21 Jan 42, on agreement at Washington between Gens Sidney Spalding and Moore and British RAF representatives. MID 400.3295 I-21-42 (1-6-42).

10 (1) Ltr, Capt A. B. Swank, Contl Div, Hq, PGSC, to CofS, PGSC, 18 Apr 43, sub: Status of Aircraft Deliveries at Abadan, PGF 2. (2) Ch. IV, p. 75, above.

11 Memo, Hq, British Forces in Iraq, 27 Jan 42. AG 323.61, Hq PGC.

12 (1) Memoranda exchanged between Harry Hopkins and General Burns on 3 June 1942 in the course of the discussions with Molotov which preceded agreement on the Second (Washington) Protocol, indicate that Molotov was told the United States would fly 12 B-25 bombers monthly across Africa for delivery at Basra or Tehran, and would ship 100 A-20's to the Persian Gulf monthly for assembly there. Sherwood, Roosevelt and Hopkins, pp. 575-76. (2) Notes supplied the author by General Shingler, 16 May 1950.

13 (1) Rad, Col Shmgler to Gen Maxwell, 22 Jul 42. AG 600.12 Abadan, Hq AMET. ( 2 ) Attached papers, same file, for material in following paragraph.

14 Rad 7, signed Walter Thurston, Kuybyshev, citing Faymonville, to State Dept, 3 Jan 42. 635 Airplane Assembly Bases (Aircraft for Russia), ASF NCF.

15 Rad, Gen Wheeler to Gen Somervell, 2 Apr 42. 323.61 Establishment of Military Districts, Binder 1, SL 9008.

16 HOTI, Pt. I, Chs. 1-5, Administration, by George B. Zeigler and (Ch. 5 only) Wallace P. Rusterholtz, with Annex by Victor H. Pentlarge, Jr., pp. 21-22. PGF.

17 Ch. I, p 25 and n. 39, above.

18 Rpt, Col Charles P. Porter to Gen Maxwell; and min of mtg in Gen Maxwell's office, Cairo, 22 and 25 Aug. 42. AG 600.12 Abadan, Hq AMET.

19 Rad cited n. 15.

20 Rad 860, Gen Adler to Gen Arnold, 19 Apr 42. Russian Mission File, AME Theater Office, OPD.

21 (1) Rpt cited n. 9(2). (2) Ltr, Gen Adler to Carl Cover, 9 Feb 42. Drawer 69, Cairo Office, Douglas Files. (3) Directive, Chief, U.S. Army Air Corps, to CO, Cedar Project, 13 Feb 42. Drawer 69, Prime Contract No. 1, Project 19, Douglas Files. (4) Min Stf Mtgat Cairo, 14 Jul 42. AG 334.8, Hq AMET.

22 Hist Rpt, Abadan Air Base, for Nov 41 through Nov 43, 1 Jul 44, pp. 7-8. PGF 2-K.

23 (1) Rpt cited n. 18. ( 2 ) History cited n. 5 ( 2 ) . (3 ) Rpt, Plant Opns Office, Basra Dist, PGSC, 20 Mar 43. PGF 125-G.

24 (1) Page 11 of Rpt cited n. 22. (2 ) Rpt cited n. 18. (3 ) History cited n. 5 (2 ), pp. 76ff. The dismissals were concurred in by General Connolly and the air officer of USAFIME. Walter Beck, chief Douglas representative for the Middle East, considered them a question of personalities, with trivial aspects. The dismissed manager was Norman H. Millstead.

25 Table 11.

26 Table 10. This figure includes craft assembled by the RAF with American supervision and all craft delivered before the commencement of Douglas management and operation. The Douglas officials estimated 600 deliveries by their organization through 31 January 1943. Ltr, Bert N. Snow to Douglas Aircraft Company, 31 Jan 43. Drawer 211, Status ReportsProject 19 and Combined, Douglas Files.

27 (1) Ltr cited n. 26. ( 2 ) Ltr, Maintenance Div, Hq, Air Serv Comd, Patterson Field, Ohio, to Douglas Aircraft Company, 23 Jan 43, transmitting rad from Bert Snow. Drawer 211, Status Reports-Project 19 and Combined, Douglas Files.

28 Ltr cited n. 26.

29 History cited n. 5(2).

30 (1) Ibid. (2) Memo, Snow for Cover, 5 Mar 43. (3) Ltr, Snow to Cover, 28 Apr 43. With copies of documents cited, in Drawer 211, Status Reports-Project 19 and Combined, Douglas Files.

31 (1) Table 10. Breakdown from source given in table. (2) Cost figures from Ltr, L. E. Tollefson, Contract Administrator, Douglas Aircraft Company, to author, 16 Jan 47.


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