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0026-028 2013 USA Vacation, Utah, Ogden, Hill AFB, Aerospace Museum, WINDS OF WAR 1938-1941 Poster
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WINDS OF WAR 1938 - 1941
April 6, 1938 - Company pilot James Taylor makes the first flight of the Bell XP-39 Aircobra at Wright Field, Ohio. Nearly 4,800 Lend-Lease P-39's will be used by Soviet Pilots to destroy German tanks.
September 29, 1938 - Brig. Gen. H. H. "Hap" Arnold is named Chief of the Army Air Corps, succeeding Maj. Gen. Oscar Westover who was killed in a plane crash September 21, 1938.
October 14, 1938 - Company test pilot Edward Elliot makes the first flight of the Curtiss XP-40 at Buffalo, NY. Almost 14,000 will be built before production ends in 1944. A P-40 is on display in this gallery.
January 27, 1939 - Lt. Benjamin Kelsey makes the first flight of the Lockheed XP-38 at Marsh Field CA. The two leading American aces of all time, Major Richard I. Bong (40 victories) and Major Thomas B McGuire (38 victories) would fly P-38s. A P-38 is on display in this gallery.
April 3, 1939 - President Roosevelt signs the National Defense Act of 1940, which authorizes a 5,300 Million budget and 6,000 airplanes for the Army Air Corps and increases AAC Personnel to 3203 officers and 45,000 enlisted troops. It also included funding for Hill Field near Ogden, Utah.
August 27, 1939 - The first jet-powered aircraft, the Heinkel He-178, makes its first flight.
World War II Begins
September 1, 1939 - AT 4:34 a.m., Lt Bruno Dilley leads three Junkers Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers in an attack against the Dirschau Bridge. The German invasion of Poland, the first act of World War II, begins six minutes later.
December 29,1939 - The Consolidated XB-24 Liberator makes a seventeen-minute first flight from Lindbergh Field in San Diego, CA, with company pilot Bill Wheatley at the controls. More that 18,000 B-24s will be built in the next five and one half years, making for the largest military production run in US history. A B-24 is on display in this gallery.
July 10. 1940 - The German Luftwaffe attacks British shipping in the English Channel in the first action of the Battle of Britain.
August 13 - October 5, 1940 - Against overwhelming odds, Royal Air Force pilots fend off the luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain and ward off German invasion of the British Isles.
October 8, 1940 - The Royal Air force announces the formation of the first Eagle Squadron, a fighter command unit to consist of volunteer pilots from the US. Utah's own Chesley Peterson was one of the First Eagle Squadron commanders. See his display in this gallery.
April 11, 1941 - Consolidated and Boeing are invited to submit designs for an airplane that would eventually become the B-36.
May 6, 1941 - First flight of the P-47 takes place at republic facilities in Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
June 20, 1941 - The U.S. Army Air forces are established with Maj. Gen. Henry H. "Hap" Arnold as Chief of Staff. General Arnold will command the build up of the largest Air Force in the World and will become the first and only Air Force Five Star General.
December 7, 1941 - The Imperial Japanese forces attack Pearl Harbor, Hawii
AMERICA GOES TO WAR
0026-028 2013 USA Vacation, Utah, Ogden, Hill AFB, Aerospace Museum, WINDS OF WAR 1938-1941 Poster
The text below is associated with the picture above:
WINDS OF WAR 1938 - 1941
April 6, 1938 - Company pilot James Taylor makes the first flight of the Bell XP-39 Aircobra at Wright Field, Ohio. Nearly 4,800 Lend-Lease P-39's will be used by Soviet Pilots to destroy German tanks.
September 29, 1938 - Brig. Gen. H. H. "Hap" Arnold is named Chief of the Army Air Corps, succeeding Maj. Gen. Oscar Westover who was killed in a plane crash September 21, 1938.
October 14, 1938 - Company test pilot Edward Elliot makes the first flight of the Curtiss XP-40 at Buffalo, NY. Almost 14,000 will be built before production ends in 1944. A P-40 is on display in this gallery.
January 27, 1939 - Lt. Benjamin Kelsey makes the first flight of the Lockheed XP-38 at Marsh Field CA. The two leading American aces of all time, Major Richard I. Bong (40 victories) and Major Thomas B McGuire (38 victories) would fly P-38s. A P-38 is on display in this gallery.
April 3, 1939 - President Roosevelt signs the National Defense Act of 1940, which authorizes a 5,300 Million budget and 6,000 airplanes for the Army Air Corps and increases AAC Personnel to 3203 officers and 45,000 enlisted troops. It also included funding for Hill Field near Ogden, Utah.
August 27, 1939 - The first jet-powered aircraft, the Heinkel He-178, makes its first flight.
World War II Begins
September 1, 1939 - AT 4:34 a.m., Lt Bruno Dilley leads three Junkers Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers in an attack against the Dirschau Bridge. The German invasion of Poland, the first act of World War II, begins six minutes later.
December 29,1939 - The Consolidated XB-24 Liberator makes a seventeen-minute first flight from Lindbergh Field in San Diego, CA, with company pilot Bill Wheatley at the controls. More that 18,000 B-24s will be built in the next five and one half years, making for the largest military production run in US history. A B-24 is on display in this gallery.
July 10. 1940 - The German Luftwaffe attacks British shipping in the English Channel in the first action of the Battle of Britain.
August 13 - October 5, 1940 - Against overwhelming odds, Royal Air Force pilots fend off the luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain and ward off German invasion of the British Isles.
October 8, 1940 - The Royal Air force announces the formation of the first Eagle Squadron, a fighter command unit to consist of volunteer pilots from the US. Utah's own Chesley Peterson was one of the First Eagle Squadron commanders. See his display in this gallery.
April 11, 1941 - Consolidated and Boeing are invited to submit designs for an airplane that would eventually become the B-36.
May 6, 1941 - First flight of the P-47 takes place at republic facilities in Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
June 20, 1941 - The U.S. Army Air forces are established with Maj. Gen. Henry H. "Hap" Arnold as Chief of Staff. General Arnold will command the build up of the largest Air Force in the World and will become the first and only Air Force Five Star General.
December 7, 1941 - The Imperial Japanese forces attack Pearl Harbor, Hawii
AMERICA GOES TO WAR