Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. PRESIDENT OF FINLAND VISITS VANDENBERG AFB
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Preston, Joseph J. (Joseph James), 1912-1984
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Joseph James Preston (b. 1912, Elgin, Minn.-d. Nov. 27, 1984), U.S. Air Force office, entered the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1938 after graduating from university and was commissioned and earned his pilot wings in 1939. Since winning his pilot's wings he accumulated more than 6,000 hours of flying time, many in jet aircraft. Shortly after the Pearl Harbor attack, he joined the Far East Air Forces on Java Island as a combat crew pilot and flight leader. In 1942 he went with the 305th Bombardment Grou...
