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Lewis Hyde Brereton (June 21, 1890 – July 20, 1967) was a military aviation pioneer and lieutenant general in the United States Air Force. A 1911 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, he began his military career as a United States Army officer in the Coast Artillery Corps prior to World War I, then spent the remainder of his service as a career aviator. In WW II held command of 3rd AF, 1st Allied Airborne Army, 9th Af, 10th AF and Far East Air Force. Overall command of Operation Tidal Wave, the Ploesti mission to destroy the Romanian oilr refineries, was vested in Major General Lewis H. Brereton as commander of Ninth Air Force, headquartered in Cairo.
US Army Middle East Air Force (USAMEAF) was activated on 28 June 1942 in Cairo, Egypt. It brought together several units which had been operating the area including the HALPRO Detachment, and Lewis Brereton's 9th Bomb Squadron.
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B-24 Liberator
One of 23 B-24 Liberators assigned to the Halverson Detachment (HALPRO) which departed the US in May 1942 to join the 10th Air Force in the China, Burma, India Theatre of operations. The HALPRO aircraft were then assigned to the 376th Bomb Group when...
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Born | Pittsburgh, PA | 21 June 1890 |
Son of William Denny and Helen [Hyde] Brereton. |
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Graduated | Annapolis, Maryland | June 1911 |
United States Naval Academy |
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Transferred Commission to US Army | Fort Monroe, Virginia | August 1911 |
Applied for a transfer to the US Army due to sea sickness. |
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Earned Aviator Rating | Rockwell Field, San Diego, CA | 27 March 1913 |
Brereton was the 10th Army aviator to be awarded his wings |
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Appointed Commander of the 12th US Aero Squadron | Issoudun, France | 1 March 1918 |
His unit had no aircraft on his arrival, and he could only procure a dozen obsolete Dorand AR.Is[11][nb 10] to fly until first-line Salmson 2 A2s became available. The 12th A.S. began combat operations from Ourches airdrome on May 3, patrolling the "Toul Sector" between Flirey and Apremont in support of the U.S. 26th Division[12] Brereton and his pilots moved overland to Vathiménil to receive their Salmsons in the first week of June and carried out extensive operations between Blâmont and Badonviller in the "Baccarat Sector" for three weeks supporting the U.S. 42nd Division.[13][14] |
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Appointed Commander of the 10th Air Force | New Dehli, India | 5 March 1942 |
Appointed Commander of the reformed 9th Air Force | Sunninghill Park, UK | 31 July 1943 |
Appointed Commander of the 1st Air Force | Mitchell Army Airfield, New York | 1 January 1946 |
Died | Washington, DC | 20 July 1967 |
Buried | Arlington National Cemetery | 27 July 1967 |
Arlington National Cemetery |
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11 March 2021 08:59:20 | Al_Skiff | Changes to events |
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7375646/lewis-hyde-brereton |
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11 March 2021 03:22:08 | 466thHistorian | Changes to service number |
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https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2345/images/40014_18211... |
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11 March 2021 03:19:43 | 466thHistorian | Changes to awards and events |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_H._Brereton |
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01 March 2019 00:11:21 | Kickapoo | Changes to biography |
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Ploesti - Anatomy of Disaster - HistoryNet Gen.Hoyt S. Vandenberg Black Sunday - Michael Hill |
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07 December 2016 10:27:20 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to media associations |
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30 March 2015 10:50:42 | Al_Skiff | Changes to media associations |
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USAAF Photo / http://en.wikipedia.org |
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30 March 2015 10:45:02 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, highest rank, role, biography, events, unit associations and media associations |
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USAAF Photo / http://en.wikipedia.org |