Air warfare
Found in 1041 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 01 Apr 1942
Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] commenting on the heavy enemy air attack against Malta and British difficulties in providing adequate Spitfire reinforcements; asks that the United States aircraft carrier Wasp be used to take Spitfires from the Clyde [Scotland] to Malta and suggests the third week of April.
(Untitled), 03 Apr 1942
Telegram from the President of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt to WSC regarding his request for American assistance in transporting Spitfires to Malta [see CHAR 20/73/13-14] and commenting on the availability of the Furious.
(Untitled), 13 Apr 1942
Telegram from Sir Stafford Cripps [Lord Privy Seal] (Karachi [India, later Pakistan]) to WSC regarding the defence situation in India, particularly the air and naval situation and commenting on the need for heavy bombers and reconnaissance aircraft.
(Untitled), 14 Apr 1942
Telegram from WSC to the Lord Privy Seal [Sir Stafford Cripps] (Cairo [Egypt]) concerning the position of the Air Ministry with regard to supplying bombers to India.
(Untitled), 15 Apr 1942
(Untitled), 04 Jul 1943
(Untitled), 07 Apr 1943
Letter from WSC to Major General Ira Eaker [Commanding General United States 8th Bomber Command] thanking him for sending photographs of the daylight attack of the Renault works by the United States 8th Air Force which confirm that the raid was a success Signature in typescript.
(Untitled), 11 Apr 1943
(Untitled), 18 Apr 1943
Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal and Secret" asking his permission on behalf of Arthur Harris (Commander in Chief Bomber Command) to use an extract from one of his recent telegrams regarding the British bombardment of Germany and informing him of the success of their air attacks this week, adding that their will be a lull in activity in Tunisia to prepare for a great onslaught.
(Untitled), 23 Dec 1942
Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of Canada [W Mackenzie King] marked "most secret and personal" thanking him for agreeing to the use of Goose [Labrador] and Gander [Newfoundland, later part of Canada] airfields by British aircraft and commenting on the arrangements.
(Untitled), 26 Dec 1942
Telegram from Herbert Vere Evatt [Australian Minister for External Affairs and Attorney General] to WSC marked "most secret" thanking him for his enquiries about the Spitfires and suggesting that WSC need only make occasional enquiries of Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal [later Lord Portal of Hungerford, Chief of the Air Staff] to ensure a regular flow of replacements and the latest improvements.
(Untitled), 21 Jun 1942
Telegram from WSC (Washington [United States]) to Chief of the Air Staff [Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal] marked "personal" requesting information about the Halifax aircraft he is sending to the Middle East and asking about aircraft en route to India which could be diverted to the Middle East.
(Untitled), 24 Jun 1942
Telegram from WSC (Washington [United States]) to Deputy Prime Minister [Clement Attlee] marked "personal and secret" reciting text of message from General George Marshall [Chief of Staff United States Army], regarding the movements of United States aircraft to the Middle East, and asking him to repeat the same to General Claude Auchinleck [Commander in Chief Middle East].
(Untitled), 25 Jun 1942
(Untitled), 17 Aug 1942
Telegram from WSC [Cairo, Egypt] to Secretary of State for Air [Sir Archibald Sinclair, later Lord Thurso] and Chief of the Air Staff [Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal] regarding the bombing of Berlin [Germany].
(Untitled), 19 Aug 1942
Telegram from WSC [Cairo, Egypt] to the Chief of the Air Staff [Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal] marked "most secret and personal" regarding heavy night bombing raids on Berlin [Germany] Annotated, probably during writing of WSC's "The Second World War" c1948-1954.
(Untitled), 14 Dec 1942
Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of Canada [W Mackenzie King] marked "most secret and personal" commenting on air patrols over the Western Atlantic : Recognises the value of patrols done by Canadian squadrons and their limitations; states that permission to use Goose and Gander airfields for servicing and refuelling of Liberators will be invaluable; regrets that at present nothing can be done to meet the Canadian request for very long range aircraft.
(Untitled), 18 Dec 1942
Telegram from WSC to Herbert Vere Evatt [Australian Minister for External Affairs and Attorney General] marked "personal and private" thanking him for his message and that from W S Robinson and inquiring about the Evatt Spitfire Squadrons.
(Untitled), 19 Dec 1942
Telegram from Prime Minister of Canada [W Mackenzie King] to WSC marked "most secret and personal" regarding arrangements for British Liberators to use Gander [Newfoundland, later part of Canada] and Goose [Labrador] airfields for servicing and refuelling during Atlantic patrols.
(Untitled), 23 Mar 1945
Telegram from Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] to WSC marked "Top Secret and Personal" detailing previous discussions and requesting information on the prospective rate of return of Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) personnel to Australia after the defeat of Germany, and details of the RAAF component intended for European forces of occupation and in the South East Asia Theatre.
(Untitled), 28 Mar 1945
Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of Canada [Mackenzie King] marked "Secret and Personal" congratulating him, the Canadian Government and the Royal Canadian Air Force on the occasion of the formal end to the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan; and emphasising its importance in achieving superiority over the German Air Force.
(Untitled), 29 Mar 1945
Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" requesting that WSC asks his Chiefs of Staff to reconsider their withdrawal of support for a project to use pilotless bombers against large industrial targets in Germany.
(Untitled), 04 Apr 1945
Telegram from Mackenzie King (Prime Minister of Canada) to WSC thanking him for his message of congratulation addressed to the Canadian Government and Royal Canadian Air Force on the occasion of the winding up of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
(Untitled), 21 Feb 1945
Letter from WSC to Lieutenant General Carl Spaatz [Commanding General, United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe] thanking him for the album of photographs showing the work of the 8th and 15th United States Air Forces, and stating, "I can imagine no finer record of the great contribution which the Air Forces under your Command have made to the successes of the Anglo-American Armies since their landing in Europe". [Carbon].
(Untitled), Feb 1945
Letter from Lieutenant General Carl Spaatz [Commanding General, United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe] to WSC announcing his very great pleasure in presenting WSC with a "pictorial report on our strategic effort during the past year against the enemy's power to wage war" [report not attached]. [Signed typescript].