3 May 1943

MONDAY, 3 MAY 1943

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force)
In Iceland, Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews, the USAAF officer who
is Commanding General European Theater of Operations, U.S. Army (ETOUSA),
is killed in an aircraft crash while landing. There has been speculation
over the years whether Andrews instead of Eisenhower would have commanded
the Allied forces in Europe if he had lived. Camp Springs Army Air Field,
Camp Springs, Maryland was renamed Andrews Army Air Field (now Air Force
Base) in 1945 in his memory.