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Headquarters (IX Air Force Troop Carrier Command)

Headquarters

  • American officers of the 9th Troop Carrier Command in a photo-op with Air Chief Marshall Trafford Leigh-Mallory (first on the left). Silas Rhead Richards is fourth from the left. Rufus Ward is fourth from the right. This picture was taken 26 Apr 1944 at Eastcote Place, Middlesex, England.

    American officers of the 9th Troop Carrier Command in a photo-op with Air Chief Marshall Trafford Leigh-Mallory (first on the left). Silas Rhead Richards is fourth from the left. Rufus Ward is fourth from the right. This picture was taken 26 Apr 1944 at Eastcote Place, Middlesex, England.

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  • British and American officers mingling that the Headquarters of the 9th Troop Carrier Command. This picture was taken 26 Apr 1944 at Eastcote Place, Middlesex, England.

    British and American officers mingling that the Headquarters of the 9th Troop Carrier Command. This picture was taken 26 Apr 1944 at Eastcote Place, Middlesex, England.

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  • Eastcote Place, Middlesex, England. Headquarters of the 9th Troop Carrier Command. Undated photograph. Its companion photos were taken 26 Apr 1944.

    Eastcote Place, Middlesex, England. Headquarters of the 9th Troop Carrier Command. Undated photograph. Its companion photos were taken 26 Apr 1944.

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Based St Vincents
Based Eastcote

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  • Silas Richards

    Military | Colonel | A-3 planning officer for 9th Troop Carrier Command
    Colonel Silas Rhead Richards served on the planning staff of the 9th Troop Carrier Command for D-day and Operation Market Garden. He served under Gen. Paul L. Williams and Air Chief Marshall Trafford Leigh-Mallory. Subsequently he served as liaison to...

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Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:42:54 AAM AAM ingest
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)

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