This is a very rare AAC AAF historical item from Lt. General George E. Stratemeyer. It is his personal aircraft chart case when he was commander of the 7th Bomb Group at Hamilton Field, California in 1936. It is in very good condition and contains the original papers from the 7th Bomb Group related toAir Corps Flying. One of the straps was torn and I had it repaired to keep it all original. It is made of sheet metal and more than likely was made by the USAAC sheet metal workers for the General. It measures 10 1/2\" X 13 1/2\" x 1\".

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Brief Biography:

Lieutenant GeneralGeorge Edward Stratemeyer was World War II chief of Air Staff and Far East AirForces commander during the first year of the Korean War. Stratemeyer was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1890. He graduated from the U.S.Military Academy in June 1915 as a second lieutenant of Infantry. He servedwith the 7th and 34th Infantry divisions in Texas and Arizona until September1916 when he was detailed to the Aviation Section for flying training atRockwell Field, San Diego, Calif. Stratemeyer became a first lieutenant in June1916. He became commanding officer of the Air Service Flying and TechnicalSchools at Kelly Field, Texas in May 1917. He became a captain in August 1917and later commanding officer of Chanute Field, Ill. Stratemeyer was promoted tomajor in August 1918. With official transfer to the Air Corps from the Infantryin 1920 he went to Luke Field, Hawaii as commanding officer of the 10th AirPark. He returned to West Point in August 1924 as instructor in tactics. He graduatedfrom the Air Corps Tactical School at Langley Field, Va., in June 1930 and fromthe Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., in 1932. Heremained at Leavenworth as an instructor for the next four years. Stratemeyerwas promoted to lieutenant colonel in June 1936 and assigned to command the 7thBomb Group at Hamilton Field, Calif. He graduated from the Army War College in1939 and went to the office of the Chief of Air Corps as head of the Trainingand Operations Division, with promotion to colonel in March 1940. A year later Stratemeyer became executive officer to General H.H. Arnold, thechief of the Air Corps, and in August he was promoted to brigadier general.General Stratemeyer commanded the Southeast Air Corps Training Center atMaxwell Field, Ala., for five months and returned to Washington in June 1942 aschief of Air Staff for General Arnold. He had been promoted to major general inFebruary 1942. General Stratemeyer went to the China-Burma-India Theater in mid-1943, becomingcommanding general of the India-Burma Sector and air adviser to the commandinggeneral of the China-Burma-India Theater. Stratemeyer was promoted tolieutenant general in May 1945 and from April 1944 until March 1946 wascommander of the Army Air Forces in the China Theater with headquarters atChungking. After the war General Stratemeyer commanded the Air Defense Command at MitchelField, N.Y., and the Continental Air Command which was organized there inNovember 1948. At both positions, Stratemeyer tried to improve America\'swarning system. He went to Tokyo in April 1949 as commanding general of Far East Air Forces,which he led through the first year of the Korean War. His units respondedrapidly to the North Koreans\' invasion of the South and provided South Koreaand MacArthur with the vital air arm. General Stratemeyer had a serious heartattack in Tokyo in May 1951 and was confined to the Air Force hospital atnearby Tachikawa. His awards include the Distinguished Service Medal with three oak leafclusters; Distinguished Flying Cross; Air Medal with oak leaf cluster; AmericanDefense Service Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Theater Medal with five service stars;European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with service star; World War IVictory Medal; World War II Victory Medal; American Campaign Medal with servicestar; National Defense Service Medal; Korean Service Medal with four servicestars; Mexican Border Service Medal; Ho-Tu Medal of Chinese Air Force; TashouCloud Banner (Chinese); British Order of Companion of the Bath Chinese Special;Chinese Pilot\'s Badge; Polish Order of Polonia Restituta Commander\'s Cross;Most Excellent Order of the British Empire Degree of Knight Commander;Yugoslavian pilot\'s badge.