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Maj Gen Lewis Brereton Commanding General 9th AF.
![General Dwight D Eisenhower inspects photographs from a raid by the 386th Bomb Group. Image stamped on reverse: 'US Official Photo, Keystone Press.' [stamp], 21 Apr 1944.' [stamp] Printed caption on reverse :'US Official Photograph No. Distributes through OWI. Gen Eisenhower inspects raid photos. Nine Air Force Headquarters: During an inspection of a Ninth Air Force B-26 Marauder Medium Bombers station in England, General Dwight Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in the European Theatre of Operations looks on strike photographs and is evidently tickled by them. With him are left to right: Major General Lewis H Brereton, commanding general of the Ninth Air Force, Lt Col Sherman E Beaty, the Chief and Col Herbert B Thatcher, commanding officer of a Ninth medium bomber base. 845/f. Keystone 479324.'](http://americanairmuseum.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/freeman/media-380194.jpg?itok=jqznqBXK)
General Dwight D Eisenhower inspects photographs from a raid by the 386th Bomb Group. Image stamped on reverse: 'US Official Photo, Keystone Press.' [stamp], 21 Apr 1944.' [stamp] Printed caption on reverse :'US Official Photograph No. Distributes through OWI. Gen Eisenhower inspects raid photos. Nine Air Force Headquarters: During an inspection of a Ninth Air Force B-26 Marauder Medium Bombers station in England, General Dwight Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in the European Theatre of Operations looks on strike photographs and is evidently tickled by them. With him are left to right: Major General Lewis H Brereton, commanding general of the Ninth Air Force, Lt Col Sherman E Beaty, the Chief and Col Herbert B Thatcher, commanding officer of a Ninth medium bomber base. 845/f. Keystone 479324.'
Page 30 of the 93rd Bomb Group unit history. Many of the 8th Air Force Groups produced an unofficial unit history in the months after the war ended in Europe but before they were redeployed out of the ETO (European Theater of Operations). Resembling a college yearbook, unit histories were an unofficial – and often tongue-in-cheek – record of the unit’s time based in the UK. They include photo montages showing different aspects of base life. Often the servicemen in the photos are unnamed. The American Air Museum hopes that by adding unit histories to the website as individual pages, the men in the photos will be identified and associated to their person entries. Many included lists of personnel and a mailing address, providing a means for servicemen to keep in contact with each other after the war. These lists are now incredibly useful records of where US airmen in England in 1945 called their home.
Capt Don Beerbower (second from left) of Hill City, Minn., wears the Silver Star just awarded him in France by Lt. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton, Commanding General of the 9th Air force. With the two are Brig. Gen. James W. McCauley (third from left) and Col Robert W Bickell, Commanding Officer of a fighter group.
Colonel George R Bickell is presented the Distinguished Flying Cross By Lt General Lewis H Brereton. Brig General Vic H Strahm and Brig Gen Otto P Weyland stand in the background. 31 May 1944, England.
Commanding Officers of the 9th U.S. Air force at a base near Benghazi. Libya after the devastating raid on the Ploesti oil fields. Left to right Maj Gen Lewis Brereton, CG 9th AF; Brig Gen U. G. Ent, CG 9th Bomber Command; and Col K.K. Compton, CO of 376th BG. A/C is B-24 Liberator #4240664 'Teggie Ann'.
US Airmen wait to board a C-47 Skytrain nicknamed "Fatigue'd", which will take them for seven days rest and relaxation in the French Riviera. Image by William Polley, 942nd Engineer Aviation Topographic Battalion, 8th Air Force. Associated caption: 'Gen Brereton's C-47 "Fatigue'd" , waiting to load, taken on 7 day furlough to the Riviera for R&R.'
General Dwight D Eisenhower inspects photographs from a raid by the 386th Bomb Group. Image stamped on reverse: 'US Official Photo, Keystone Press.' [stamp], 21 Apr 1944.' [stamp] Printed caption on reverse :'US Official Photograph No. Distributes through OWI. Gen Eisenhower inspects raid photos. Nine Air Force Headquarters: During an inspection of a Ninth Air Force B-26 Marauder Medium Bombers station in England, General Dwight Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in the European Theatre of Operations looks on strike photographs and is evidently tickled by them. With him are left to right: Major General Lewis H Brereton, commanding general of the Ninth Air Force, Lt Col Sherman E Beaty, the Chief and Col Herbert B Thatcher, commanding officer of a Ninth medium bomber base. 845/f. Keystone 479324.'
A C-47 Skytrain nicknamed "Fatigued", belonging to Lieutenant-General Lewis H. Brereton, 9th Air Force commander, takes off. Written on slide casing: 'Brereton's C-47.'
A C-47 Skytrain nicknamed "Fatigued", belonging to Lieutenant-General Lewis H. Brereton, 9th Air Force commander, prepares for take off. Image by William Polley, 942nd Engineer Aviation Topographic Battalion, 8th Air Force. Associated caption: 'Gen Brereton's C-47 "Fatigue'd" , Closer with more detail, taken on 7 day furlough to the Riviera for R&R.'
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.
Military | Major | B-24 Command Pilot | 98th Bomb Group
Lieutenant John S. Young from Dallas, Texas, was called "Johnny" or "Big John" by his crewmen and friends. He was a B-24D Liberator bomber pilot with the 9th Air Force, the 98th Bombardment Group, and the 344th Bombing Squadron, based at Cairo, Egypt,...
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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July 20, 1967 |
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Arlington National Cemetery |
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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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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 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 |
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