![Major General Frederick L Anderson delivers a broadcast from the BBC. Image stamped on reverse: 'Confidential.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 6 Dec 1943.' [stamp] and '40146.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Major operations made by USAAF last month were on a scale equal to [illegible] and Naval engagements, Maj Gen Frederick L Anderson, Chief of Eighth bomber command, said in a weekend radio broadcast to the United States last Saturday. He is shown here at a BBC Microphone. Broadcasting house, BBC, Portland Place, London.'](http://americanairmuseum.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/freeman/media-456664.jpg?itok=S3KkoVRS)
Special Army Observers Group
Major General James E Chaney, an Army Air Corps officer, arrived in the United Kingdom on 18 May 1941 and established , Headquarters, Special Observer Group (SPOBS) on the following day in London.
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The Houses of Parliament and Westminster Bridge, London, photographed by T P Smith of the 359th Fighter Group. Printed caption on reverse: '359th FG Photos. Source: T.P. Smith via Char Baldridge, Historian. Description: #71; Big Ben and parliament bldgs in London.'
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'Salute the Soldier'; S/Sgt. Robert 'Bob' Long, 376th Fighter Squadron, London. Early 1944. Museum object reference no. BAM_0434
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S/Sgt. Robert 'Bob' Long, 376th Fighter Squadron, by the river Thames, London. Early 1944. Museum object reference no. BAM_0433
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Page 57 of the Duxford Diary. 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’). The Duxford Diary was the book created by and for the service personnel who were based at Duxford at the end of the war in Europe, as a memento of their time at the airfield. Resembling a college yearbook, unit histories were an unofficial – and often tongue-in-cheek – record of the unit’s time 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.
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Page 56 of the Duxford Diary. 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’). The Duxford Diary was the book created by and for the service personnel who were based at Duxford at the end of the war in Europe, as a memento of their time at the airfield. Resembling a college yearbook, unit histories were an unofficial – and often tongue-in-cheek – record of the unit’s time 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.
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Page 55 of the Duxford Diary. 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’). The Duxford Diary was the book created by and for the service personnel who were based at Duxford at the end of the war in Europe, as a memento of their time at the airfield. Resembling a college yearbook, unit histories were an unofficial – and often tongue-in-cheek – record of the unit’s time 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.
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Page 54 of the Duxford Diary. 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’). The Duxford Diary was the book created by and for the service personnel who were based at Duxford at the end of the war in Europe, as a memento of their time at the airfield. Resembling a college yearbook, unit histories were an unofficial – and often tongue-in-cheek – record of the unit’s time 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.
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Red Cross Headquarters, London, 1945.
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![Major General Frederick L Anderson delivers a broadcast from the BBC. Image stamped on reverse: 'Confidential.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 6 Dec 1943.' [stamp] and '40146.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Major operations made by USAAF last month were on a scale equal to [illegible] and Naval engagements, Maj Gen Frederick L Anderson, Chief of Eighth bomber command, said in a weekend radio broadcast to the United States last Saturday. He is shown here at a BBC Microphone. Broadcasting house, BBC, Portland Place, London.'](http://americanairmuseum.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/freeman/media-456664.jpg?itok=_8ck7nuI)
Major General Frederick L Anderson delivers a broadcast from the BBC. Image stamped on reverse: 'Confidential.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 6 Dec 1943.' [stamp] and '40146.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Major operations made by USAAF last month were on a scale equal to [illegible] and Naval engagements, Maj Gen Frederick L Anderson, Chief of Eighth bomber command, said in a weekend radio broadcast to the United States last Saturday. He is shown here at a BBC Microphone. Broadcasting house, BBC, Portland Place, London.'
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The American Red Cross club at Rainbow Corner, near Piccadilly Circus, London.
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United States Army Forces in the British Isles
General James E Chaney had been posted to the UK to act as a Special Observer during the Battle of Britain and the Blitz, he also oversaw preparations for the possible establishment and employment of US Ground and Air Forces in the UK in 1941. ... -
Headquarters (8th Air Force)
8th Air Force Headquarters opened in London under the command of General Carl A Spaatz on 19 June 1942. It oversaw all Commands, Wings and Groups engaged in the Strategic Bombing Campaign until February 1944, when it became US Strategic Air Forces in... -
European Theater of Operations US Army (ETOUSA)
Headquarters European Theater of Operations US Army (ETOUSA) was established in London by General Order 3, ETOUSA on 8 June 1942. It succeeded Headquarters US Army in the British Isles (USAFBI), established in London by General Order 1, USAFBI, 8... -
Headquarters Squadron (VIII Bomber Command)
Command
Headquarters VIII Bomber Command was established on 23 February 1942, General Ira Eaker was placed in charge, having arrived in the UK two days earlier with 6 Staff Officers. They were assigned to Wycombe Abbey, High Wycombe in April 1942.
People
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Kathy Stobart
Civilian | Saxophonist
Jazz saxophonist Kathy Stobart played in the Embassy Club, London from around 1943 for a year then later in 1945… she was then married to a Canadian Band leader Art Thompson. ...
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