8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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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.
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
The 303rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated on 3-Feb-1942 at Pendleton Field, Oregon. They assembled at Gowen Field, Idaho on 11-February 1942 where it conducted flight training until 12-Jun-1942. The Group then moved to Alamogordo Field, New...
Headquarters
Military site : airfield
Grafton Underwood was built in 1941 by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd. It was the first airfield in England to receive an Eighth Air Force flying unit, when in May 1942 personnel of the 15th Bomb Squadron took up residence. As a satellite airfield for...
Military site : airfield
Polebrook was laid down for RAF Bomber Command use in 1940-1941. Built by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd, it had short runways which were lengthened for USAAF heavy bomber use. The RAF used the base for operational trials - including of B-17 Flying...
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Born | Elizabethton, Tennessee | 18 September 1904 |
Son of John William and Maude [Tipton] Lacey. |
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Enlisted | Tennessee, USA | February 1929 |
Enlisting as a flying cadet in Feb-29. |
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Pilot training | Jack Brooks Regional Airport, 6000 Air Line Dr, Beaumont, TX 77705, USA | June 1929 |
Primary Flying School at Brooks Field, Texas. |
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Pilot training | Kelly, San Antonio, TX 78227, USA | February 1930 |
Advanced Flying School at Kelly Field, Texas, in February 1930, appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the Air Reserve. |
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Commissioned | May 1930 | |
May-30 he received his full commission as a 2nd Lieutenant. |
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Commander | Grafton Underwood NN14, UK | 1 October 1943 – 23 November 1943 |
Commander of the 384th Bombardment Group (H). |
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Died | San Antonio, TX, USA | 5 July 1992 |
Buried | 1520 Harry Wurzbach Rd, San Antonio, TX 78209, USA | August 1992 |
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery |
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Buried | Roan Mountain, TN 37687, USA | September 1992 |
Memorialised |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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02 April 2018 17:25:39 | Al_Skiff | Changes to highest rank, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/312802765?terms=Julius%20K%20Lacey |
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24 June 2017 15:43:49 | bombercommand | Changes to service number and events |
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http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=4481 |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
23 June 2017 11:33:03 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to unit associations |
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from: |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
18 January 2015 01:22:50 | bombercommand | Changes to highest rank, unit associations and place associations |
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384thbombgroup.com |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:17:40 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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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 |