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ENGLAND, NORMANDY BEACHES, ITALY 133. These were accounts of the initial B-29 raid on 15 June against Japan proper, the first since Doolittle’s daring B-25 attacks of April 1942. There is little doubt, given the teething problems and Arnold’s long involvement with implementation of the plane, that Hap was pleased by what he read. 134. Although not committed to his diary while approaching Casablanca, Arnold’s C-54 was buzzed by an American pilot in a P-38. General Marshall was riding in the copilot’s seat at the time and, according to Arnold, the P- 38 missed the general’s aircraft by only 15 feet. Arnold was extremely unhappy with General Eaker’s subsequent explanation, even though in the remainder of the chastising letter, Hap was extremely laudatory of Eaker’s overall efforts and what he and the chief of staff had otherwise observed on this trip. See Arnold to Eaker, 2 August 1944, AP. Arnold’s recollections in Global Mission that the buzzing plane was a P-39 piloted by a Free French officer is not correct, although this was what he was told upon landing. Gen Vincent Meloy’s immediate erroneous identification to Arnold of the pilot as a Frenchman sparked Hap’s impetuous reaction that the French would not get a “single airplane from now on until his [sic] men learn how to fly.” General Kuter, who was in the airplane with Arnold and apparently present during the contretemps on the ground, provided a later and clearer assessment of the incident, including identifying the pilot correctly as an American flying a P-38. See Arnold, Global Mission, 516; Kuter to Maj Gen Idwal H. Edwards, 9 July 1944, Laurence S. Kuter Papers, USAFA, Colorado Springs, Colo. 135. Brig Gen Vincent J. Meloy, now CG, Africa-Middle East Wing, ATC; Col Melin B. Asp, CO, Marrakesh Army Air Field. Patton’s villa is not otherwise identified. 136. The RAF officer is not otherwise identified. 137. Arnold first visited the Azores in April 1941. See chap. 1, vol. 1. He passed through the islands again in 1945, covered in chap. 10, vol. 2. 138. Maj Gen James Bevans, AC/AS, A-1, Headquarters AAF. 139. Sullivan is not otherwise identified. Mr. Lee Wulff wrote an article titled “Fishing with General Marshall and Arnold,” which appeared in the March 1945 issue of Outdoors magazine. 140. The Fischell River meanders east and west, approximately 17 miles south of Stephenville, Newfoundland. 141. Arnold to Lovett, 2 August 1944, AP; Wesley Frank Craven and James Lea Cate, The Army Air Forces in World War II, vol. 6, Men and Planes (1955; new imprint, Washington, D.C.: Office of Air Force History, 1983), 255. 142. See the discussion in Craven and Cate, vol. 6, Men and Planes, 255–58. 143. Arnold to Maj Gen Uzal Ent, 15 July 1944, General Emmett O’Donnell Papers, United States Air Force Academy Library, Special Collections, Colorado Springs, Colo. 183
AMERICAN AIRPOWER COMES OF AGE 144. A member of Arnold’s Advisory Council before becoming CG of the 73d, O’Donnell understood Hap’s interest in getting the B-29 fully operational in the Pacific. Hence there was little delay with the 73d departing Kansas for Saipan on 17 July 1944. 145. Churchill to Roosevelt, 1 July 1944; Kimball, 227–29; and Gilbert, 828–31. 146. Arnold to Spaatz, 29 June 1944, AP. 147. Quoted in Gilbert, 805. 148. Ibid., 827. 184
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Contents Chapter Page DISCLAIMER .
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Foreword This volume has richly enh
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About the Editor Major General John
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Preface Although the need for a com
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Acknowledgments As all researchers
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