MAJOR GEN. CALEB VANCE HAYNES PERSONALIZED AIRCRAFT PISTON ASHTRAY

A clever memento owned by Major Gen. Caleb Vance Haynes, an ashtray created from a cross section of a large aircraft piston head and rings. The 6 in. diameter piece has had one side squared-off to accommodate Haynes' engraved facsimile signature and two etched stars, dating the piece to some time after 1949. Fine. 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.