Goddard, George W., 1889-1987

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U.S. Air Force officer; b. George William Goddard; d. 1987.

From the description of Papers, 1889-1983 (bulk 1940-1976). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28424344

A member of the 1857 handcart group from Salt Lake to Florence, Nebraska.

From the description of Letter, December 21, 1893. (Utah Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122497875

U.S. Air Force officer, known as the father of modern aerial photographic reconnaissance; died 1987.

From the description of Papers of George W. Goddard, 1889-1984 (bulk 1940-1976). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132497

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1889, June 15 Born, Tunbridge Wells, England 1904 Moved to Syracuse, N.Y., to live with relatives 1910 Graduated, Washington Irving Preparatory School, New York, N.Y. 1912 1917 Free-lanced in Rochester, N.Y., as cartoonist and illustrator Staff artist for Coke and Iron Monthly, Chicago, Ill. 1917 Enlisted in the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps, United States Army 1918 Graduated, First Officer's School in Aerial Photography, School of Military Aeronautics, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. Appointed instructor of aerial photographic interpretation, School of Military Aeronautics Naturalized in Syracuse, N.Y. 1919 Assigned to McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, by Gen. William "Billy" Mitchell; appointed officer-in-charge of aerial photographic research 1920 Promoted to first lieutenant and appointed officer-in-charge of aerial photography in the Office of the Chief of the Air Corps, Washington, D.C. 1924 Reappointed officer-in-charge of aerial photographic research, McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio 1927 1929 Appointed commanding officer of the Sixth Photographic Section, Camp Nichols, Philippine Islands 1929 Named director of the Army Photographic School, Chanute Field, Rantoul, Ill. 1934 Promoted to captain Supervised aerial mapping operations in central and northern Alaska 1936 Appointed chief of aerial photographic research and development, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio 1940 Promoted to major 1942 Promoted to lieutenant colonel Developed the first stereoscopic strip camera 1943 Married Elizabeth Hayes 1944 Awarded Legion of Merit for work at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio Assisted United States Navy with aerial photographic reconnaissance in England and France 1945 Appointed photographic disarmament officer and assigned to Germany Awarded Oak Leaf Cluster for the Legion of Merit and the French Croix de Guerre 1946 Assigned to Bikini Island in connection with atom bomb testing 1948 Promoted to colonel 1950 Received the Thurman H. Bane Award from the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences Granted patent for the flashlight cartridge and camera night aerial photographic system 1951 Received the Progress Medal Award from the Photographic Society of America 1952 Promoted to brigadier general and appointed director of reconnaissance, Allied Air Forces in Central Europe, Fontainbleu, France 1953 Retired from air force Photographic director, Bulova Research and Development Laboratories, N.Y. 1959 Assistant to the president, Itek Laboratories, Boston, Mass. 1962 Asked by Gen. Curtis LeMay to make stereo strips of Cuban missile sites with the stereoscopic strip camera 1969 With coauthor DeWitt S. Copp published autobiography Overview: A Life-long Adventure in Aerial Photography. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday Retired from Itek Laboratories 1976 Inducted into the Aviation Hall of Fame and the International Aerospace Hall of Fame 1987, Sept. 20. Died, Boca Raton, Fla. From the guide to the George W. Goddard Papers, 1889-1984, (bulk 1940-1976), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Aerial photography


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Aerial reconnaissance, American


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