- Collection:
- Mighty Eighth Air Force Collection
- Title:
- General Ira C. Eaker
- Date of Original:
- 1942/1943
- Subject:
- United States. Army Air Forces--Officers
United States. Army Air Forces--Uniforms
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th--History
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th--History--World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
Generals
Armed Forces--Officers
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th--History--Pictorial works
United States. Air Force. Air Force, 8th
United States. Air Force--History
United States. Air Force--History--World War, 1939-1945 - People:
- Eaker, Ira, 1896-1987
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- photographs
black-and-white photographs - Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- A photograph of General Ira C. Eaker seated astride an airplane window. General Eaker was named commander of the United States Eighth Air Force on December 1, 1942. By the end of World War II, he was made Deputy Commander of the United States Army Air Forces.
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/m8af_m8afc_2008-0165-0165
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/m8af_m8afc_2008-0165-0165#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/m8af_m8afc_2008-0165-0165/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 8 x 10 in. ; 2 pages
- Holding Institution:
- National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force
- Rights:
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