Military
1st Bombardment Wing General Orders #6 dated 1 December 1942
ADC to CG, 8th Air Force 8 - 23 November 1942.
ADC to CG, 8th Bomber Command 24 November - 11 December 1943.
CG 1st Combat Bomb Wing 1 - 31 December 1942
Military | Brigadier General | Commanding General, 8th Air Force Bomber Command
Formerly command pilot. CG VIII Bomber Command 2 December 1942 to 30 June 1943.
Awards: SS, WWII Victory, EAME, CBE (Commander British Empire).
Wing
Military site : non-airfield
The First Air Division HQ was established at the Grange Hotel, Brampton and very quickly became operational on 15th June 1942 under the command of Colonel Claude E Duncan; on 19th August, Brampton was officially activated as the First Bomb Wing...
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| Born | Rockford, IL, USA | 28 May 1905 |
| Commissioned | West Point, NY, USA | 14 June 1927 |
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Bachelor of Science, USMA, 1927 |
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| Retired | 31 July 1962 | |
| Died | Colorado Springs, CO, USA | 30 November 1979 |
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| 03 June 2018 20:53:54 | bombercommand | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, person associations, unit associations and place associations |
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BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY OF THE 8TH AIR FORCE 1942-1945 (Command and Staff) by Russell Strong |
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