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Major General James Thom Durrant CB DFC (1913 – 15 October 1990) was a highly successful South African pilot during World War II who eventually became the Director-General of the South African Air Force. In addition to commanding SAAF squadrons and wings, he also commanded RAF bomber groups. At the age of 32, he was the youngest Major-General ...
In January 1945, LeMay was transferred from China to relieve Brigadier General Haywood S. Hansell as commander of the XXI Bomber Command in the Marianas. [8] [10] Major General Curtis LeMay talking with General Joseph W. Stilwell. He became convinced that high-altitude precision bombing would be ineffective, given the usually cloudy weather ...
Bomber Command aircraft had not been designed for that kind of attack, and airframe fatigue increased. All Valiants were grounded in October 1964 and permanently withdrawn from service in January 1965. [60] Bomber Command's other main function was to provide tanker aircraft to the RAF. The Valiant was the first bomber used as a tanker ...
Major General James C. Dawkins Jr. assumed command of 8th Air Force on 20 August 2018, after having served as the Deputy Director for Nuclear, Homeland Defense, and Current Operations on the Joint Staff at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. [14] On 12 June 2020, he was succeeded by Major General Mark E. Weatherington, who had previously served as ...
Bomber Command is an organisational military unit, generally subordinate to the air force of a country.The best known were in Britain and the United States.A Bomber Command is generally used for strategic bombing (although at times, e.g. during the Normandy Landings, may be used for tactical bombing), and is composed of bombers (i.e. planes used to bomb targets).
Northwest African Strategic Air Force (NASAF) under former 12th Air Force commander Major General James H. Doolittle, included: the former XII Bomber Command of B-17 Flying Fortresses, No. 205 (Heavy Bomber) Group's bombardment force consisting of four wings (10–12 British Commonwealth bomber squadrons) [6] and several heavy bomber elements ...
In 1943, he was promoted to the rank of major and given command of the 356th Fighter Squadron in the 354th Fighter Group, based in the United Kingdom, flying North American P-51 Mustangs. On December 20, 1943, during an escort of American bombers over Bremen, Howard shot down a Messerschmitt Bf 109, his first aerial victory over Europe. [10]
Major General Curtis E. LeMay (left), with his successor, Brigadier General Roger M. Ramey, shortly before LeMay’s departure to assume command of the XXI Bomber Command LeMay departed for the Marianas on 18 January 1945 to assume command of the XXI Bomber Command, leaving the XX Bomber Command in India in the hands of Brigadier General Roger ...