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[[left margin]] [[sticker]] 2c [[/sticker]] WAR DEPARTMENT ^[[MAPS]] PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300 (PMGC) [[/left margin]] [[emblem- Army Air Corps]] [[emblem - Army Air Force Logo]] The Nation's Air Arm and Its Early Leaders [[three column table]] Designation | Commander (at highest rank) | Dates of Service Aeronautical Division, US Signal Corps | Chief, Aeronautical Division | Aug. 1, 1907-Jul 18, 1914 | Capt. Charles deForest Chandler | Aug. 1, 1907-June 30, 1910 | Capt. Arthur S. Cowan | Jul 1, 1910-June 19, 1911 | Capt. Charles deForest Chandler | June 20, 1911-Sept. 9, 1913 | Maj. Samuel Reber | Sept. 10, 1913-July 17, 1914 Aviation Section, US Signal Corps | Chief, Aviation Section | July 18, 1914-May 20, 1918 | Lt. Col. Samuel Reber | July 18, 1914- May 5, 1916 | Lt. Col. George O. Squier | May 20, 1916-Feb. 19, 1917 | Lt. Col. John B. Bennet | Feb. 19, 1917-May 20, 1918 Division of Military Aeronautics, Secretary of War | Director of Military Aeronautics | May 20, 1918-May 24, 1918 | Maj. Gen. William L. Kenly (Kept same title three months into absorption by Service) | May 20, 1918-August 1918 Army Air Service | Director of Air Service | May 24, 1918-July 2, 1926 | John D. Ryan | Aug. 28, 1918-Nov. 27, 1918 | Maj. Gen. Charles T. Menoher | Jan. 2, 1919-June 4, 1920 | Chief of Air Service | | Maj Gen. Charles T. Menoher | June 4, 1920-Oct. 4, 1921 | Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick | Oct. 5, 1921-July 2, 1926 Army Air Corps | Chief of Air Corps | July 2, 1926-Sept. 18, 1947a | | Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick | July 2, 1926-Dec. 13, 1927 | Maj. Gen. James E. Fechet | Dec. 14, 1927-Dec. 19, 1931 | Maj. Gen. Benjamin d. Foulois | Dec. 20, 1931-Dec. 21, 1935 | Maj. Gen. Oscar Westover | Dec 22, 1935-Sep. 21, 1938 | Maj. Gen. Henry H. Arnold | Sept. 29, 1938-June 20, 1941 Army Air Forces | Chief, Army Air Forces | June 20, 1941-Sept. 18, 1947 | Lt. Gen. Henry H. Arnold | June 20, 1941-March 9, 1942 | Commanding General, AAF | | Gen. of the Army Henry H. Arnold | March 9, 1942-Feb. 9, 1946 | Gen. Carl A. Spaatz | Feb. 9, 1946-Sept. 26, 1947 United States Air Force | Chief of Staff, USAF | Sept. 18, 1947 | Gen. Carl a. Spaatz | Sept. 26, 1947-April 29, 1948 [[/three column table]] The title General of the Army for Henry H. Arnold was changed to General of the Air Force by an act of Congress May 7, 1949. The position of Chief of Staff was established by a DOD-approved Army-Air Force Transfer Order issued Sept. 28, 1947. aThe Army Air Corps became a subordinate element of the Army Air Forces June 20, 1941. Since the Army Air Corps had been established by statute in 1926, its disestablishment required an Act of Congress, which did not take place until 1947. [[underlined]] Between March 9, 1942, and Sept. 18, 1947, the Army Air Corps continued to exist as a combatant arm, and personnel of the Army Air Forces were still assigned to the Army Air Corps. [[/underlined]]. [[end page]] [[start page]] ^[[Sgt. William E. Jones, 35903979]] [[two patches]] [[patch #1]] [[sewn circular patch with emblem of the Army Air Corps - including a white star with red dot in the middle and two gold eagle wings above it on a dark blue background]] [[/patch #1]] [[caption]] ARMY AIR CORPS [[/caption]] [[patch #2]] [[sewn circular patch with a white star on the lower left with red dot in the middle and three white rays coming out of it and five white stars above it - also a large gold five to the right of it on a dark blue background]] [[/patch #2]] [[caption]] FIFTH AIR FORCE FIFTH FIGHTER COMMAND HEADQUARTERS SQUADRON 315th COMPOSITE WING [[/caption]] [[/two patches]] [[paper cut out of emblem of the Army Air Forces with the letters AAF in center, the AAF emblem above it and the words ARMY AIR FORCES under it]] [[caption]] SEPTEMBER 18, 1947 Became U. S. Air Force One year & one month after my discharge [[/caption]] [[19 various badges and awards pinned to a black cloth]] [[circular cardboard emblem with the letters FC on a red outburst background with five white stars above it with a V coming from the top and two gold eagle wings]] [[caption]] FIFTH FIGHTER COMMAND [[/caption]] Manufacturers of THE PHOTO RECORD BOOK, HOB.B.BOOK, THE HOB.B.MOUNT-O-GRAM and DELUXE ENLARGEMENTS "Exclusively Yours From Cover to Cover" Patent No. 138 [[sticker]] 3 [[/sticker]]
