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122. “Photo Intelligence,” in HQ USS-
TAF, History of the Directorate of Intelligence,
United States Strategic Air Forces
in Europe, January 1944-May 1945, Sep
8, 1945 (hereafter History of the Directorate
of Intelligence, USSTAF), LC, Spaatz
Collection, box 290.
123. History of the Directorate of Intelligence,
USSTAF.
124. Babington-Smith, Air Spy, p. 69.
125. Ibid., p. 199.
126. “Photographic Reconnaissance and
Intelligence,” in History of Directorate of
Intelligence, USSTAF, pp. 5,7.
127. Babington-Smith, Air Spy, p. 167;
Infield, Unarmed, p. 76.
128. Stanley, Photo Intelligence, p. 65.
129. Ibid., pp. 65-70; Infield, Unarmed,
p. 111.
130. Infield, Unarmed, p. 114.
13 1. Daily Activity Summary, 10th AF,
Mar 16, 1942, 830.641.
132. Wesley Frank Craven and James
Lea Cate, The Army Air Forces in World
War 11, vol 4, Guadalcanal to Saipan
(Chicago, 1948), pp. 458,515.
133. Admin Hist, 12th AF, vol3, annex
1, “Mediterranean Allied Tactical Air
Force,” 650.01.
134. Marvin Downey, ed, “History of
the Fifteenth Air Force,” HQ Air Matkriel
Command, Dec 20, 1945,670.01-1.
135. History of the Directorate of Intel-
ligence, USSTAF.
136. See, e.g., Spaatz’s comments in
“Minutes of Conference Held in the Of-
fice of Gen. Spaatz on 2 March 1944,”
LC, Spaatz Collection, box 122.
137. See, e.g., draft letter from Brig
Gen George McDonald to AD1 (P), dated
Feb 15, 1944, contained in History of the
Directorate of Intelligence, USSTAF.
138. History of the Directorate of Intel-
ligence, USSTA F.
139. HQ 8th AF, “Intel Rev, 1944,” Jan
9, 1945, 520.602, p. 18.
140. History of the Directorate of Intel-
ligence, USSTAF.
141. Minutes, HQ USSTAFDirectorate
Intel, “Meeting of A-2’s of American Air
Forces in Europe.”
142. Comments, Elliot Roosevelt, in
Ibid.
Notes to Pages 84-96
143. Powys-Lybbe, Eye of Intelligence,
p. 155.
144. USSBS (Europe), vol 4, Aircraft
Division Industry Report, NA, RG 243,
pp. 48-54, 73-75; ibid., vol 175, Ammoviawerke
Merseburg-Leuna Germany,
NA, RG 243, pp. 209-21 1; ibid., vol581,
The Effects of Strategic Bombing on the
Germun War Economy, NA, RG 243, pp.
4445.
145. Memo, Col Guido Perera to Maj
Gen Kuter, subj: Past Effectiveness and
Future Prospects of Eighth Air Force
Effort Under POINTBLANK as of 1 August
1943,520.422B.
146. Babington-Smith, Air Spy, pp.
204205.
147. Powys-Lybbe, Eye of Intelligence,
pp. 195-197; Hinsley, British Intelligence
in the Second World War, vol 3, pt 1, p.
424.
148. Babington-Smith, Air Spy, p. 190.
149. Powys-Lybbe, Eye of Intelligence,
p. 172.
150. Ibid., pp. 10, 35.
151. Ibid., p. 142.
152. Ibid., p. 140.
153. Putney, ULTRA andthe AAF, p. 82;
Aileen Clayton, The Enemy Is Listening
(London, 1980), passim.
154. Hinsley, British Intelligence in the
Second World War, vol 3, pt 2, p. 781;
Parrish, ULTRA Americans, pp. 94-97;
History of the Special Branch, MIS, War
Department, 1942-1944, SRH-035, pp.
20-21. In The Enemy Is Listening, Clayton
gives an account of the integration of
American SIGINT into field operations.
155. Rprt, “Airborne R/T Interception
by M.A.S.A.F.,” Mar 21, 1944,
520.6251-1; rprt, “Status of Y Intelligence
in Eighth Air Force,” May 1, 1945,
520.6251.
156. Narration, Maj Herbert R. Elsas,
A-2 Sec, HQ 8th A.F, to Maj Leon Benson,
A-2, HQ USSTAF, “Outline History
of Operational Employment of Y Service,’’
Jun 6, 1945, and memo, Maj Elsas
to Dir Intel HQ 8th AF, [no subj], May 5,
1945, both in LC, Spaatz Collection,
Boxes 295,296,297.
157. Memo, Elsas to Dir Intel, HQ 8th
AF, May 5, 1945.
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