Bidspirit auction | MAJOR GEN. CALEB VANCE HAYNES

MAJOR GEN. CALEB VANCE HAYNES PRESENTATION CHANUTE A.F.B. ROCKET DISPLAY - Desktop model of a rocket presented to General Caleb Vance Haynes. The 5.5 in. tall aluminum rocket has brass fins and rests on a bronze base engraved: ”Maj. Gen. C. V. Haynes Chanute A.F.B.” Very good. This gift was probably presented to Haynes some time in the 1950's. CALEB VANCE HAYNES (1895-1966) was a U.S. Air Force major general and one of the most important and talented military aviators and commanders of World War II. Haynes organized the Assam-Burma-China Ferry Command and evacuated Burma with the Chinese and RAF. He then went to China to organize and command the Bomber Command of the China Air Task Force under Gen. Claire Chennault. He later returned to India to organize the India Air Task Force of the 10th Air Force.