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Caleb Vance Haynes (March 15, 1895 [3] – April 5, 1966) was a United States Air Force (USAF) major general. The grandson of Chang Bunker, a famous Siamese Twin, he served in the Air Force as an organizer, able to create air units from scratch.
Caleb Vance Haynes (March 15, 1895 – April 5, 1966) was a United States Air Force (USAF) major general. The grandson of Chang Bunker, a famous Siamese Twin, he served in the Air Force as an organizer, able to create air units from scratch.
Caleb Vance Haynes, Air Force veteran of both World Wars, and holder of ten military awards, was born at Mount Airy, N.C., in 1895. He graduated from Wake Forest College, N.C., in 1917 with a bachelor of laws degree, and a few months later entered the Army as a flying cadet.
Even as the Doolittle raiders were on their way to China aboard the aircraft carrier Hornet, Colonel Caleb V. Haynes was on his way to India via the overland route across Africa and Central Asia with a combined flight of Boeing B-17s and Douglas C-47 transports.
Mar 3, 2024 · CARMEL, California, April 6, 1966 – Major General Caleb V. Haynes, USAF, retired, died yesterday of a heart attack at his home. He was 71 years old. General Haynes was a key figure in aerial experiments in 1937 and 1938.
Mar 15, 2023 · With Col. Robert Olds, commander of the 2nd Bomb Group at Langley Field, Virginia, acting as the mission commander, and Maj. Caleb V. Haynes as lead pilot on B-17 number 80, the bomber flight took off from Mitchel Field, New York at 8:45 a.m. and flew east from Sandy Hook at 170 mph on a true course of 101 degrees through rain, hail, downdrafts ...
In the capacity of Commander of the Assam-Burma-China Ferry Command, the Bomber Force in China, the India Air Task Force, and American Air Command No. 1, General Haynes displayed unusual and...
