Carl Spaatz and Harrison McComley [sp?]

Photograph [unframed]. The black and white photograph is approximately 10 inches by 8 inches, and has no matt. The back of the photograph has "Harrison McComley & General Spaatz" written in ink. t. The image has McComley standing to the left, the Stephens' portrait of General Fechet in the center, and General Spaatz standing to the right. Carl Andrew Spaatz (born Spatz; June 28, 1891 – July 14, 1974), was an American World War II general. As commander of Strategic Air Forces in Europe, he pressed for the bombing of the enemy's oil production facilities as a priority. He became Chief of Staff of the newly formed United States Air Force in 1947. Spaatz served in the First Aero Squadron, which was attached to General John J. Pershing during the Punitive Expedition. During the final months of the First World War with the 13th Aero Squadron, Spaatz shot down three enemy planes and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. During the Battle of Britain in 1940, spent several weeks in England as a special military observer. In May 1942 Spaatz became commander of the Eighth Air Force and transferred its headquarters to England in July. Spaatz was placed in overall command of the USAAF in the European Theater of Operations, while retaining his Eighth Air Force command. He was promoted to the permanent rank of colonel in September 1942. He was named commander of the Allied Northwest African Air Force in February 1943, the Twelfth Air Force in March 1943, the Fifteenth Air Force, and Royal Air Forces in Italy in November 1943, and the U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe in January 1944. Thomas Edgar Stephens (November 18, 1884 – January 4, 1966) was a Welsh-American artist and portrait painter. Born in Cardiff, Wales in 1886, he studied at the Art School of Cardiff University, then at the Heatherly School in London, and then at the Académie Julian in Paris. One of the first portraits Stephens painted upon his arrival in the United States in 1929 was that of Abraham Lincoln. His portrait of Eisenhower hangs in the Smithsonian Institution's Gallery of Presidents in Washington, D.C. and his portrait of Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower at Gettysburg Battlefield home. His portrait of Eisenhower appeared on the front page of Time on April 4, 1969, the issue that carries Eisenhower's obituary. Stephens also painted portraits of George C. Marshall and Douglas MacArthur and many more of the Army's foremost generals of World War II on commission from the United States Military Academy. That of MacArthur appeared on a Life magazine cover on August 28, 1950. He also painted many judges such as Fred M. Vinson and Charles Davenport Lockwood. He painted Harry Truman and the entire Eisenhower cabinet such as George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury. He also painted the Duke of Windsor. Winston Churchill allowed him to paint his portrait at Eisenhower's request. Stephens' works can be found, among other places, in the White House, the National Gallery of Art, the U.S. Supreme Court, the Pentagon, Walter Reed Hospital, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the U. S. Naval Academy, the Eisenhower Museum in Abilene, Kansas, the Legion of Honor Gallery in Paris; the American Embassy in London, IBM corporate headquarters, Cornell University, Columbia University, Harvard University, the Harry Truman Library and others. Condition: Very good.

Keywords: Carl Spaatz, Air Force, Air Service, Army Air Corps, Military Aviation, General Officers, Chief of Staff, Thomas Edgar Stephens, Artist, Portrait, Harrison McComley

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