Arthur Agan
Military | Lieutenant General
Chief, Tactical Operations, 8th Air Force, February 1942 to January 1944.
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John Spencer Hardy
Military
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Personnel list for the 8th Air Force Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, September 1, 1942.
In July 1942 General Hardy moved to England with the Eighth Air Force and served as chief of operations during 1943. For his work during this period of massive airpower buildup in England, General Hardy received the Distinguished Service Medal. With his assignment in January 1944 as chief of operations for the Army Air Forces in the Mediterranean, he participated in the planning for air offensives against Southern Europe, the Balkans, and the Allied landings in Southern France in August 1944.
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Service
People
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Edward Feldman
Military | Sergeant
Served in the staff of the Office of the Assistant G-3, 8th Air Force Headquarters. -
Woodrow Green
Military | Sergeant
Served in the staff of the Office of the Assistant G-3, 8th Air Force Headquarters. -
Douglas McCoy
Military | Staff Sergeant
Served in the staff of the Office of the Assistant G-3, 8th Air Force Headquarters. -
Thomas Murphy
Military | Sergeant
Served in the staff of the Office of the Assistant G-3, 8th Air Force Headquarters. -
Eugene Snavely
Military | Colonel | Commanding Officer | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
8th Air Force, G-3 Staff, September 1942 ... -
Frederick Sutterlin
Military | Brigadier General | Commanding Officer, Pilot | 100th Bomb Group
Was sent to the 100th BG in Feb. 1945 to replace the Group Cmdr, served until end of war.
Units served with
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Headquarters (8th Air Force)
8th Air Force Headquarters opened in London under the command of General Carl A Spaatz on 19 June 1942. It oversaw all Commands, Wings and Groups engaged in the Strategic Bombing Campaign until February 1944, when it became US Strategic Air Forces in...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Logansport, Louisiana | 7 May 1913 |
| Died | 1 May 2012 | |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 27 September 2014 18:16:40 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
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