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General Henry H Arnold in London. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'HH Arnold in London, 1943.
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General Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General of the Army Air Forces, and Captain James A. Verinia (sic) and "Stuka", and Captain Charles B. Leighton, members of the crew of the Memphis Belle, a Flying Fortress which made twenty five bombing missions over Europe.
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The grave of General Henry 'Hap' Arnold,
Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
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"General Henry H Arnold boards a transport plane at 2900th Combat Crew Replacement Center in England, 8-Sep-43."
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General Henry H. Arnold (left) and General Ira Eaker (right) with little "Jackie" Harris.
Official caption on back: "MAIN CAPTION: General H. H. Arnold, Commanding General U. S. A. A. F., visiting installations of the 8th Air Force, in England and talked with personnel while on the tour of inspection. Here, General Arnold (left) and Lt. General Ira Eaker, Commanding General. U.S. Army 8th Air Force, escort Miss Jaqueline "Jackie" Harris, daughter of Britain’s Air Chief Marshal, Sir Arthur Harris. "Jackie's" grin is evidence of her enthusiasm and happiness."
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Page 03 of the 401st Bomb Group unit history.
Many of the 8th Air Force Groups produced an unofficial unit history in the months after the war ended in Europe but before they were redeployed out of the ETO (European Theater of Operations).
Resembling a college yearbook, unit histories were an unofficial – and often tongue-in-cheek – record of the unit’s time based in the UK. They include photo montages showing different aspects of base life. Often the servicemen in the photos are unnamed. The American Air Museum hopes that by adding unit histories to the website as individual pages, the men in the photos will be identified and associated to their person entries. Many included lists of personnel and a mailing address, providing a means for servicemen to keep in contact with each other after the war. These lists are now incredibly useful records of where US airmen in England in 1945 called their home.
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Page 15 of the 66th Fighter Wing unit history.
Many of the 8th Air Force Groups produced an unofficial unit history in the months after the war ended in Europe but before they were redeployed out of the ETO (European Theater of Operations).
Resembling a college yearbook, unit histories were an unofficial – and often tongue-in-cheek – record of the unit’s time based in the UK. They include photo montages showing different aspects of base life. Often the servicemen in the photos are unnamed. The American Air Museum hopes that by adding unit histories to the website as individual pages, the men in the photos will be identified and associated to their person entries. Many included lists of personnel and a mailing address, providing a means for servicemen to keep in contact with each other after the war. These lists are now incredibly useful records of where US airmen in England in 1945 called their home.
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Members of the crew of the "Memphis Belle" pictured with Assistant Secretary of War, Robert Patterson and General Henry H. Arnold.
Back Row L to R: S/Sgt. Cecil N Scott, Capt James A Verinia, Assistant Secretary of War, Robert Patterson, Capt Charles B Leighton, Capt Robert K Knight, Capt Vincent B Evans, General Henry H Arnold, T/Sgt Robert J Hanson.
Front Row L to R: S/Sgt Casimer A Nastal, S/Sgt Clarence B Winchell, T/Sgt Harold P Loch [ Holding ships mascot Stuka ], S/Sgt John P Quinlan.
NARA Ref 342-FH-3A06268-B23971AC.
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Page 15 of the 95th Bomb Group unit history.
Many of the 8th Air Force Groups produced an unofficial unit history in the months after the war ended in Europe but before they were redeployed out of the ETO (European Theater of Operations). The 95th Bomb Group unit history was published by the Group’s Photographic Section.
Resembling a college yearbook, unit histories were an unofficial – and often tongue-in-cheek – record of the unit’s time based in the UK. They include photo montages showing different aspects of base life. Often the servicemen in the photos are unnamed. The American Air Museum hopes that by adding unit histories to the website as individual pages, the men in the photos will be identified and associated to their person entries. Many included lists of personnel and a mailing address, providing a means for servicemen to keep in contact with each other after the war. These lists are now incredibly useful records of where US airmen in England in 1945 called their home.
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Page 13 of the Duxford Diary.
Many of the 8th Air Force Groups produced an unofficial unit history in the months after the war ended in Europe but before they were redeployed out of the ETO (‘European Theater of Operations’). The Duxford Diary was the book created by and for the service personnel who were based at Duxford at the end of the war in Europe, as a memento of their time at the airfield.
Resembling a college yearbook, unit histories were an unofficial – and often tongue-in-cheek – record of the unit’s time in the UK. They include photo montages showing different aspects of base life. Often the servicemen in the photos are unnamed. The American Air Museum hopes that by adding unit histories to the website as individual pages, the men in the photos will be identified and associated to their person entries.
Became "chief of the Army Air Forces on June 30, 1941, and that December he got a third star. When the War Department General Staff was organized in March 1942 Arnold became commanding general of Army Air Forces. Prior to and all during World War II, he directed air activities for the nation's global war against Germany and Japan. Under him the air arm grew from 22,000 officers and men with 3,900 planes to nearly 2,500,000 men and 75,000 aircraft. Early in 1943 Arnold made a 35,000-mile tour of North Africa, Middle East, India and China, and attended the Casablanca Conferences. In March 1943 he was promoted to four-star general. He suffered a heart attack in 1945 as the war drew to a close, attributed by his doctors to overwork. "
(Source: U.S. Air Force Biographical Dictionary by Flint O. DuPre, Colonel, U.S. Air Force Reserve)
Service
People
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Military | Major | Engineering Officer
Henry Salley served in the US Armed forces for 30 year. He spent many of those as an Engineering Officer and developed expertise in airfield construction.
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Military | Major General | Command Pilot, Combat Observer, A-2 Berlin 1938-41, AWPD-42 Secretary of Air, Ultra-cleared, POW | 379th Bomb Group
Hazebruck, France (marshalling yards) 27 June 1944 mission. 'Big Barn Smell,' had #4 engine on fire, four of the crew bailed out by order of the pilot and the remainder of the crew stayed with the Ship. The flames went out and the ship landed safely in...
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Missions
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21 January 1943
The Casablanca Directive of 21 January 1943 set out a series of priorities for the strategic bombing of Germany by the air forces based in the UK- RAF Bomber Command and the US 8th Air Force.
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Events
Event |
Location |
Date |
Born |
Gladwyne, PA, USA |
25 June 1886 |
Enlisted |
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1907 |
Died |
Sonoma, CA 95476, USA |
15 January 1950 |