Jeremiah O’Connor, Brigadier General (deceased), was born in 1920 in Sneem, county Kerry. He joined the Air Corps in April 1940 where he trained as a pilot on aircraft such as the Miles Magister and Avro Cadet. During the Emergency he served with Fighter Squadron based in Rineanna, Shannon. He became the first General Officer Commanding the Air Corps and was Director of Military Aviation from 1974 until his retirement in 1980. He was interviewed in 2008 by then Airman Michael J. Whelan before the Military Archives Oral History Project was formally established. Brig Gen O’Connor passed away in April 2016.