Big Week by James Holland

Author:James Holland [Holland, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Transworld
Published: 2018-08-16T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 14

Spaatz and Doolittle Take Charge

ON 27 DECEMBER, General Hap Arnold had sent a missive from Washington DC to the commanding generals of the Eighth and Fifteenth Air Forces. It was brief and to the point and made five key points:

a) Aircraft factories in this country are turning out large quantities of airplanes, engines and accessories.1

b) Our training establishments are operating twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week, training crews.

c) We are now furnishing fully all the aircraft and crews to take care of your attrition.

d) It is a conceded fact that OVERLORD and ANVIL [the planned invasion of southern France] will not be possible unless the German Air Force is destroyed.

e) Therefore, my personal message to you – this is a MUST – is to, “Destroy the Enemy Air Force wherever you find them, in the air, on the ground and in the factories.”

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