Links provided below for Items 1, 2, and 3 lead to PDF files of declassified documents that are cited and discussed in Footnotes 22, 23, and 27 of Chapter 2 of Ocean Station by Michael R. Adams. The documents, declassified in September 2006, were located in Record Group 18 at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), College Park, Maryland, and prepared in PDF form by Jim Graham, a World War II P-38 pilot (71st Fighter Squadron) who is a member of the 1st Fighter Association.

These documents provide new information related to the high-latitude U.S. Coast Guard plane guard stations established to support the crucial “Bolero Movement” of U.S. Army Air Forces combat aircraft during World War II; in particular, the coordinates of the plane guard stations. Of note is the shortage of Coast Guard cutters for patrol of the plane guard stations, necessitating acquisition and retrofit of steel-hulled trawlers and their commissioning as cutters for the patrols. Also of note is the leadership demonstrated by Capt. Edward H. “Iceberg” Smith, USCG, Commander Greenland Patrol (CTG 24.8; SOPA Greenland).

1. Working copy of June 18, 1942, Eighth Fighter Command “Bolero Ferry Plan” operations orders (handwritten marks appear in the original document; note that the sixth page was retyped from the NARA copy) (4.58 MB):

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2. Decoded May 24, 1942, Telex (i.e., radioteletype message) of Commander Task Group 24.8 (CTG 24.8; Capt. Edward H. “Iceberg” Smith, USCG) (784 KB):

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(Captain Smith became Rear Admiral Smith on June 30, 1942, and was the Coast Guard's senior officer afloat during World War II. After serving as CTG 24.8 / SOPA Greenland, he was appointed Commander Task Force 24, U.S. Atlantic Fleet.)

3. Decoded May 25, 1942, Telex (i.e., radioteletype message) of Commander Task Force 24 (CTF 24; Rear Adm. Roland M. Brainard, USN) (618 KB):

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Cf. Samuel Milner, “Establishing the Bolero Ferry Route,” Military Affairs, Vol. 11, No. 4, 1947, pp. 213–222.

Note: The Civil Aeronautics Board report cited in Chapter 4 of Ocean Station was directly obtained from Record Group 197 at NARA (College Park, Maryland) and not obtained through Mr. Graham or the 1st Fighter Association.