Category: United States Army Air Corps

Categories: United States Armed Forces

United States Army Air Corps

The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) was the aerial warfare service of the United States of America between 1926 and 1941.

See also

• United States Army Air Corps for World War II service and personnel.
• United States Air Force
• United States Military History

History

• 1926- The Air Corps became the branch for Army aviation.
• 1935, General Headquarters (GHQ) Air Force was created for operational aviation units.
• June 20, 1941- The Army Air Forces (AAF) came into being six months before Pearl Harbor.
• March 1942 Army Air Forces attained quasi autonomy. A few months after entering the war Army Air Forces and Army Ground Forces were made co-equal commands.
• The Army Air Forces replaced the Air Corps as the Army aviation arm and for practical purposes became an autonomous service. All World War II Army aviation training and combat units were in the Army Air Forces.
• About 2.4 million men and women served in the Army Air Forces. Around 600,000 of these were members of other branches.
• Many WW II servicemen still proudly identify themselves as veterans of the Air Corps. Although the Air Corps was their branch they actually served and fought in the Army Air Forces!
• In honoring Army aviation in WW II, the most appropriate and inclusive identification is Army Air Forces.
• The Army Air Forces existed until Congress established the United States Air Force (USAF) in 1947. The new U.S. Air Force absorbed personnel from the Air Corps and from other Army branches who had been serving in the Army Air Forces.

• The Army Air Forces in World War II, seven volume official history, edited by Wesley Frank Craven and James Lea Cate, Office of Air Force History, Washington, D.C., New Imprint 1983.
• The Army Air Forces in World War II, Geoffrey Perret, Random House, New York, 1993.
• Army Air Forces Historical Association
• The Birth of the United States Air Force, Air Force Historical Research Agency Web Site, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, October 12, 2001. Maxwell.af.mil

See:

• Wikipedia:United_States_Army_Air_Corps

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2nd Bombardment Group, Langley Field 1930's

2nd Bombardment Group Y1B-17 personnel still at Langley Field in 1940

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Seth Armstead 27 Sep 1918 Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States - 26 Feb 1996

Leonard Arnold 22 Dec 1922 Springfield, Lane, Oregon, USA - 27 Oct 1944

Raymond Ashba 12 Jun 1923 Fairfield Township, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States - 05 Dec 1960

B

Raleigh Barnes 05 Jul 1917 - 01 Jun 1995

Morris Batchelder 26 Jul 1919 Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States - 17 May 1991

Edward Bendle 1920s - 1980s

Jack Blalock 04 Jan 1929 Ventura, Ventura, CA - 14 Nov 2001

Harold Bourgeois 19 Sep 1923 East Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States - 21 Aug 1991

Charles Brodie 1895 Michigan, United States - 01 Oct 1918

D

Darold Daughenbaugh 23 Dec 1924 Shiley Township, Pawnee, Kansas, United States - 22 Sep 1984

James Deeg 07 Aug 1905 Austin, Travis County, Texas, United States of America - 14 Jul 1980

Edward Dodd 07 Jul 1917 - 22 Dec 1962

Maynard Dodd 17 Jun 1907 - 30 Mar 1955

Lucien Doucet aft 12 Nov 1923 Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States - 02 Jun 2009

William Dyess 09 Aug 1916 Albany, Shackelford, Texas, United States - 22 Dec 1943

E

Jessie Essex 20 Sep 1927 Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States - 15 Sep 1981

F

Garner Fanning 07 Apr 1915 Alta, Buena Vista, Iowa, United States - 21 Feb 2006

Benjamin Foulois 09 Dec 1879 Washington, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States - 25 Apr 1967

G

Joseph Gouin 11 Jul 1927 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States - 08 Jul 2016

H

Ferris Haddad 21 May 1918 Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States - 01 Feb 1975

Albert Harris 1910s - 1980s

Connley Hartsock 03 Apr 1922 Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, United States - 28 Sep 2015

H cont.

Tom Hinshaw 1910s - 1990s

Coleman Hogan 01 Apr 1917 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States - 06 Sep 2010

Raymond Holley 1920s - 2000s

Malcolm Hooker 25 Jan 1920 Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States - 19 Mar 2015

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Robert Jackson 17 Oct 1920 Belton, Bell, Texas, United States - 27 Nov 1943

Marcus Johnson 07 Apr 1932 Campobello, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States - 10 Feb 2017

Ralph Johnson 03 May 1920 Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States - 30 May 1943

K

Roger Keough 07 Feb 1921 Gasport, Niagara, New York, USA - 26 Oct 2009

Robert Kleeman 24 Nov 1923 Elizabeth, Elbert, Colorado, United States - 21 Feb 2019

Carl Kromer 1910s - 2000s

Albena (Kuluiski) Keough 06 Apr 1918 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA - 06 May 1986

Ben Kuroki 16 May 1917 Gothenburg, Nebraska, United States - 01 Sep 2015

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Herbert Leckrone 26 Sep 1918 Newark Township, Licking, Ohio, United States - 23 May 2000

Living Loper

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Arthur Maxey 04 Aug 1920 Gage, OK - 21 Feb 2010

Leland McEwen 28 Jan 1920 Collins, Erie, New York, USA - 14 Jul 1995

John Mitchel 19 Jul 1879 Fordham, Bronx, New York, United States - 06 Jul 1918

Ira Moore 11 Sep 1921 Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States - 02 Nov 2016

John Morrison 06 Oct 1924 Thornville, Perry, Ohio, United States - 02 Oct 2016

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Arthur Nimsgern 13 Feb 1921 Spring Grove, McHenry County, Illinois - 10 Mar 1992

P

Hunter Parker abt 31 Mar 1924 Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States - 25 Jul 2007

R

William Randolph 19 Sep 1893 Austin, Travis, Texas, United States - 17 Feb 1928

George Redman 30 Sep 1922 Paw Paw, Morgan, West Virginia, United States - 30 Jan 1983

William Richardson 1905 Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia - 1935

Don Ruble 1920s - 2020s

S

Fletcher Sharp 15 Oct 1918 Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, USA - 08 Jun 1944

Glenn Sharp 07 Nov 1919 Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, USA - 09 Dec 2000

Herbert Speas 24 Jan 1923 High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina, United States - 11 Dec 2009

Paul Steen 1910s - 1990s

John Steffey 02 Dec 1927 Big Shoal, Pike, Kentucky, United States - 09 Nov 2013

Roland Stickney 20 Dec 1915 Jefferson, Coos, New Hampshire, United States - 06 Apr 2003

Norman Stiver 07 Feb 1920 Germantown, Montgomery, Ohio, United States - 08 Sep 1988

T

Tommy Thompson 23 Sep 1922 Trinity County, Texas - 24 Feb 1947

Hobart Tryon 1920s - 1940s

Emmett Turner 16 Jun 1919 Georgia, United States - Jul 1975

Nathan Twining 11 Oct 1897 Monroe, Wisconsin, United States - 29 Mar 1982

W

Joseph Watson 19 Jan 1920 Oil City, Caddo, Louisiana, United States - 01 Apr 2006

Edward White 22 May 1901 Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States - 07 Nov 1978

Ethel (Woolery) Vogan 05 Jul 1911 Madison Township, Clarke, Iowa, United States - 30 Oct 1988

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Joseph Zebrowski 16 Jun 1920 Plains, Luzerne, Pennsylvania - 06 Apr 2002

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