VIII Air Force Service Command
Command
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Colonel Neal Creighton, General H.H. Arnold, Major General Henry J.F. Miller, and General Ira C. Eaker. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 3 Sept 1943.' [stamp], '34579.' [censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'US ARMY AIR FORCES OFFICIAL PHOTO. From left to right: Colonel Nel Creighton, of Chapel Hill, NC, Post Commander of Camp Griffiss, General H H Arnold, Major General Henry JF Miller, Commanding General of VIII Air Force Service Command, and General Ira C Eaker, commanding General of Eighth Air Force. This is one of the first pictures to be taken of Gen Arnold on his arrival in England for conferences.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Commanding Officers
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: US Strategic Air Forces VIII Air Force Service Command
- Service Numbers: O-3188
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Commander
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Encompassing
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Battalion
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Battalion
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Battalion
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Battalion
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 310th Air Transport VIII Air Force Service Command
- Service Numbers: O-664165
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: VIII Air Force Service Command Headquarters (3rd Bomb Wing)
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: passenger
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: VIII Air Force Service Command
- Service Numbers: 14036569
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: VIII Air Force Service Command
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Special Services Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: VIII Air Force Service Command 335th Fighter Squadron No 121 'Eagle' Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Master
- Unit: VIII Air Force Service Command
- Aircraft Type: Master
- Unit: VIII Air Force Service Command
- Aircraft Type: Tiger Moth
- Unit: VIII Air Force Service Command
- Aircraft Type: Hurricane
- Unit: Headquarters Squadron (VIII Air Force Service Command) VIII Air Force Service Command 27th Air Transport Group 310th Ferry Squadron 87th Air Transport Squadron
- Aircraft Type: Hurricane
- Unit: Headquarters Squadron (VIII Air Force Service Command) VIII Air Force Service Command
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / 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)