April 5, 2024
US ARMY WWII THEATER MADE TENTH U.S. AIR FORCE PATCH USA WW2 10th USAF RARE !
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Tenth Air Force was constituted on 4 February 1942 and activated on 12 February, built up around a nucleus of air force personnel newly arrived from Java and the Philippines, under the command of Maj. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton . It had its headquarters at New Delhi. Components of the air force moved to India over a three-month period from March to May 1942. It was responsible for creating, operating and safeguarding the India-China Ferry, more commonly known as the Hump airlift , between 8 April and 1 December 1942, first with its Assam-Burma-China Command until 16 July, then the India-China Ferry Command until 1 December, when jurisdiction for the airlift passed to the Air Transport Command .The Tenth Air Force initially provided control of all USAAF combat operations in the China Burma India Theater under theater commander Lt. Gen. Joseph Stillwell . Units based in China were controlled by the China Air Task Force of the Tenth Air Force, created 4 July 1942 to replace the American Volunteer Group , and commanded by Brig. Gen. Claire Chennault . Units based in India were controlled by the India Air Task Force , created 8 October 1942, commanded by Brigadier General Caleb V. Haynes .In March 1943 the China Air Task Force was dissolved and its components made part of the new Fourteenth Air Force , activated in China under Chennault.
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