VIII Air Force Service Command
Command
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Colonel Neal Creighton, General H.H. Arnold, Major General Henry J.F. Miller, and General Ira C. Eaker. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 3 Sept 1943.' [stamp], '34579.' [censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'US ARMY AIR FORCES OFFICIAL PHOTO. From left to right: Colonel Nel Creighton, of Chapel Hill, NC, Post Commander of Camp Griffiss, General H H Arnold, Major General Henry JF Miller, Commanding General of VIII Air Force Service Command, and General Ira C Eaker, commanding General of Eighth Air Force. This is one of the first pictures to be taken of Gen Arnold on his arrival in England for conferences.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Commanding Officers
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: US Strategic Air Forces VIII Air Force Service Command
- Service Numbers: O-3188
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Commander
Connections
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Encompassing
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Maintenance
- Unit Hierarchy: Company
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Company
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Company
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: VIII Air Force Service Command
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: VIII Air Force Service Command
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: VIII Air Force Service Command
- Service Numbers: 16006386
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Material coordinator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: VIII Air Force Service Command
- Service Numbers: O-4678
- Highest Rank: Brigadier General
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer, VIII Air Support Command
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: VIII Air Force Service Command 27th Air Transport Group
- Service Numbers: O-503315
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Quiturbitchin
- Unit: VIII Air Force Service Command 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Careful Virgin
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot VIII Air Force Service Command 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Shamrock Special
- Unit: VIII Air Force Service Command 91st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron 401st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Avenger
- Unit: VIII Air Force Service Command 381st Bomb Group 388th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: VIII Air Force Service Command 306th Bomb Group
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / 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)