IX Air Force Troop Carrier Command
Command
We are currently working on a site-wide upgrade which will be completed in September 2022
You will not be able to search, add or edit information in the American Air Museum archive while this takes place.
You can find out more about our plans here
Headquarters
Station | Location | Date |
---|---|---|
Based | St Vincents | |
Based | Eastcote |
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...
None
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) |