Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (IX Air Force Service Command)
Squadron
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FRE 9791
A ceremony to celebrate the handover of an RAF Airfield into US Army Air Force control. Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone press.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 22 Jun 1943.' [stamp] and '270991.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'TRANSFER OF RAF AIRFIELD TO US ARMY AIR FORCE. 22-6-43, A formal ceremony was held today when Air Vice Marshall JH D'Albiac CB. DSO. of RAF Fighter Command, handed over an RAF Airfield to Brigadier General Robert Candee, Commanding General VIII Air Support command. Keystone Photo shows: A general views of the ceremony in progress.'
Roger Freeman Collection
Airfields of the Ninth Then & Now (R A Freeman, 1994)
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Arborfield Cross | |
Based |
Ascot | |
Based |
Haseley Court |
Encompassing
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Revisions
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Sources
Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)