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Author: StephenBerrey
Surnames: Chaney
Classification: census
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Dedicated to the ancestors/lineage of James Eugene Chaney, and to the officers and
maintenance personnel of the Air Defense Command and of the Northeast Air District located
at Mitchel Field U.S. Army Air Corps Post, Hempstead Township, Nassau County, New York.
On Thursday, 04 May 1940, Enumerator 1st Lieutenant Harold L. Jones, USAAC, recorded
Brigadier General James Eugene Chaney & wife Miriam C. Chaney residing at USAAC base
quarters 363. The Chaney household is listed on lines 54 - 55, on sheet 1B / page 2221B,
enumeration district 30-132, supervisor district 1, Mitchel Field U.S. Army Air Corps
Post, Hempstead Township, Nassau County, New York.
At time of this census, Brigadier General Chaney was commander of the Air Defense Command
that comprised the 22nd Bombardment Group. Later in the year (1940), he would also be in
command of the Northeast Air District- both commands headquartered at Mitchel Field.
Further details regarding Brigadier General Chaney are found at these websites:
1.
http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=4973
2.
http://www.8thafhs.org/combat1942.htm
3.
http://www.armyaircorps.us/wwii_1st_Air_Force.cfm
4.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6841527
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