380th

Bomb Group

380th Bomb Group Association
World War II Veterans Group
 

WE WENT TO WAR

PART X:  WHY WE WERE THERE

THE BACKGROUND OF OUR SERVICE, WHY WE WERE IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA:  A REVIEW


Appendices


I

Letter to Lt. General H.H. Arnold from Lt. General G.C. Kenney, 23 January 1943

II

General H.H. Arnold's Letter to General Kenney, March 1943

III

Initial Order to send the 380th Bomb Group to England for duty with the 8th Air Force, 24 March 1943

IV

Change Directive Letters Transferring 380th to the Southwest Pacific, 30 March 1943 - 31 March 1943

V

Orders Sending 380th to Southwest Pacific Area, 30 March 1943

VI

Australian Headquarters Announcement of Assignment of Bomb Group, 9 April 1943

VII

Arrival in Australia of Flight Crews, 23 April 1943

VIII

380th Movement Orders to Australia, Ground Staff, 10 April 1943

IX

Arrival in Northern Territory, Australia, Flight Crews, Undated Letter

X

Orders to Northern Territory, Ground Staff, 20 May 1943

XI

General Kenney's Early Assessment of the 380th Performance, 29 June 1943


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