Legacy of the Skies: Colonel James Goodwin Hall of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group

Legacy of the Skies: Colonel James Goodwin Hall of the 7th Photographic Reconnaisance Group With Doug Hall Part of our 8th Air Force Series    • The 8th Airforce   Also part of our Aviation series    • Aviation and Air Power   Also part of our Individual Heroes of WW2 series    • Individual Heroes of WWII   James Goodwin Hall (1896 - 1952), not only lived through a remarkable period of history, but also participated in making contributions to each field of endeavor he pursued. On the aviation front, he would become a pioneer of early aviation, flying early pre-commercial routes, and setting speed records. In the financial world, he would establish membership and a financial brokerage office on Wall Street and he would develop and race seaplane and motorboat prototypes in San Diego Bay. In addition, he served during two World Wars. James G. Hall was a decorated pilot in World War I. In World War II he was a reconnaissance squadron commander and rose to the rank of Colonel. He directed all related reconnaissance preparation for the D-Day invasion off the coast of France against Nazi Germany. Doug Hall is an author, freelance writer, interviewer and podcast host of "Talk About Jazz with Doug Hall. Buy the book: USA https://www.amazon.com/Legacy-Skies-G... Sign up for news about the book: https://ddhall5728.substack.com/p/my-... You can become a YouTube Member and support us here    / @ww2tv   You can become a Patron here   / ww2tv   Please click subscribe for updates also "like" the video - it really helps! Social Media links -   / ww2tv     / ww2tv     / ww2tv   WW2TV Merchandise https://ww2tv.creator-spring.com/ WW2TV Bookshop - where you can purchase copies of books featured in my YouTube shows. Any book listed here comes with the personal recommendation of Paul Woodadge, the host of WW2TV. For full disclosure, if you do buy a book through a link from this page WW2TV will earn a commission. UK - https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/WW2TV USA - https://bookshop.org/shop/WW2TV Patreon Brigadiers: Susan Yu, David Keahey and Tom Mullen Become a WW2TV Brigadier and become part of this Hall of Fame   / ww2tv