Wilson, Donald, 1892-1978

U.S. Army and Air Force officer.

From the description of Papers of Donald Wilson, 1910-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71069019

Biographical Note

• 1892, Sept. 25: Born, Hiner’s Mill, W.Va.
• 1910: Surveyor, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
• 1916 - 1917 : Enlisted in the Maryland National Guard as a private and served with it on the Mexican border
• 1918 - 1919 : Served on the Western Front during World War I and was transferred to the United States Army Air Service
• 1938 - 1939 : Director of Air Tactics and Strategy and head of Air Corps Tactical School, the forerunner of the Air University at Maxwell Field in Alabama
• 1942 - 1944 : Chief of staff, Fifth Air Force
• 1944: Assistant chief of staff, United States Army Air Forces for Organization, Commitments and Requirements
• 1945: Present at the Battle of Iwo Jima as an official Army Air Forces observer Assumed command of Air Force Proving Ground Command.
• 1947: Discharged from army with rank of major general
• 1973: Published Wooing Peponi: My Odyssey thru Many Years. [Carmel, Calif.]: D. Wilson
• 1978, June 21: Died

From the guide to the Donald Wilson Papers, 1910-1979, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)