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USAAF Brigadier General Frank O'Driscoll Hunter, (left) commanding Eighth Air Force Fighter Command, and Air Chief Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory, then head of RAF Fighter Command, take the salute as the three Eagle Squadrons are transferred from the RAF to the USAAF on September 29, 1942.
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![United States Air Chiefs of the European Theatre of Operations stand with a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 97th Bomb Group. Left to right these are: Major-General Frank, Brigadier-General Ira Eaker, Brigadier-General Robert Candee, Brigadier-General Frank O'Driscoll Hunter, Major-General Karl Spaatz and Lieutenant-General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 2 Aug 1942.' [stamp] 'USA (BRI) CCC: STF.' [written annotation] and '213540.' [Censor no](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379317.jpg.webp?itok=e5-jrabM)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: VIII Fighter Command
- Service Numbers: O-9597
- Highest Rank: Major General
- Role/Job: Commanding General
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: British
- Role/Job: Air Chief Marshal
Locations
- Site type: Airfield
Revisions
Date:
ContributorLucy May
ChangesChanges to caption and person associations
Sources
Corrected ID of RAF Air Vice Marshal following correspondence with Roger Radnedge of Brooklands Museum Library, Surrey, UK.
Date:
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesCreated entry with caption, person associations and place associations
Sources
Life magazine.