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Summary of Daily Messages No.20-1268, 24 September 1945, AFHRA reel A7341, Classification No. 720.625.

Research at Kawasaki Aircraft Co., Gifu, Japan, including Ram-Jet Type Engines, Allied Technical Intelligence Group, Report No.258, 10 December 1945, Reel No. A7341, U.S. Air Force Historical Research Agency.

The Americans had decided, as early as 1943, to invest in the Halford (rather than the Whittle) engine. Vide RG 107, NACP.

VIII Air Force, 234 Salvage, File No. 519-832-7, AFHRA Reel A5759 .

VIII Air Force HQ, Weekly Report of Policies and Activities, 23 October 1943, 214.3 Shortages, File No. 519-832-6, 9373-533, AFHRA Reel A5759. .

Nuts and bolts of the Anglo-US Reciprocal lend-Lease agreement (Lt. Col. Jerome Preston, A/g Palns & Statistics Officer, VIII Air Force HQ, Weekly Report of Policies and Activities, 16 October 1943, 214.3 Shortages, File No. 519-832-6, 9373-533, AFHRA Reel A5759).

The following antiquated designs, some of which dated from the 1920s, were all classified by the USAAF (in late 1944) as "combat types." The clear implication from CAS Arnold's letter (extract attached), is that some of these relics may have still been serving then with overseas units...

National Archives, College Park, RG 342

Would anyone have an original copy of the the Surplus Property Administration's 1945 booklet "White Elephants With Wings"? I am after a colour scan of the cover. Thanks Thanks

A name (for the island), and a photo of the engine blocks, could led to a better outcome.

Geoffrey, thank you once again for your enthusiasm and interest, both of which exceed that encountered elsewhere. I would normally want to respond to each and every one of your points however, present circumstances do not allow me to do so, at least not until after August. That said, and in...

Geoffrey, thanks for taking the trouble to read and comment. I have relied mostly on unpublished primary source data, rather than published secondary sources (e.g. Butlin et.al.). This may help explain some of differences you mentioned.

Recent scholarship (link below) reveals that although Australia had hoped to retain the bulk of its Lend-Lease combat aircraft, lingering enmities (between the US and Australia) combined with federal election pressures to ensure their exclusion from the mid-1946 settlement agreement - and...

Using the RNZAF as a case study, this feature article (.pdf attached) explores the 1946 U.S. Lend-Lease settlement. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48717728

Does make sense. Thanks Catch-22