Julius Kahn Lacey

Military
media-32521.jpeg UPL 32521 "Brigadier General Julius K Lacey. 351st Bomb Group England 10-Jun-44."

Object Number - UPL 32521 - "Brigadier General Julius K Lacey. 351st Bomb Group England 10-Jun-44."

Commanding officer 384th Bomb Group from 6-Sep-43 to 23-Nov-43 then was given command of the 94th Combat Bomb wing.



Transferred to Far East Air Forces in Oct-43, Lacy became vice commander of the 5th Air Force. In Jul-45 he became deputy commander for operations and training of the 2nd Air Force at Colorado Springs, CO. Named special assistant to the commander, FEAF, on 5-May-54. On 15-Jul-54, was appointed J-3, Far East Command, FEAF, and on 26-Apr-55 became deputy chief of staff, Plans, FEAF.



Returning to the US in Nov-55, Lacey was appointed commandant, USAF Institute of Technology, Air University, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH.



Awards: SS (OLC), DFC (OLC), AM (2OLC), BSM, DSM, LOH, Croix de Guerre (with palm), American Campaign Medal, WWII Victory, EAME, DUC.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Elizabethton, Tennessee 18 September 1904 Son of John William and Maude [Tipton] Lacey.

Other

Commander

Grafton Underwood NN14, UK 1 October 1943 - 23 November 1943 Commander of the 384th Bombardment Group (H). He flew two combat missions with the 384th Bombardment Group.

Died

San Antonio, TX, USA 5 July 1992

Buried

Roan Mountain, TN 37687, USA Memorialised Lacey Cemetery Carter County, TN

Buried

1520 Harry Wurzbach Rd, San Antonio, TX 78209, USA Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio, Bexar County TX

Enlisted

Tennessee, USA Enlisting as a flying cadet in Feb-29.

Other

Pilot training

Jack Brooks Regional Airport, 6000 Air Line Dr, Beaumont, TX 77705, USA Primary Flying School at Brooks Field, Texas.

Other

Pilot training

Kelly, San Antonio, TX 78227, USA Advanced Flying School at Kelly Field, Texas, in February 1930, appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the Air Reserve.

Other

Commissioned

May-30 he received his full commission as a 2nd Lieutenant.

Revisions

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- http://303rdbg.com/rost-kl.html#K

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384thbombgroup.com

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Who's Who in the Eighth Air Force and/or Biographical Directory Command & Staff Officers Eighth Air Force 1942-45

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