Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. AIRCENT WEAPONS MEET, CHAUMONT AB AND SUIPPES RANGE, FRANCE
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Austin, Gordon H. (Gordon Harrison), 1913-2010
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Gordon Harrison Austin (b. Sept. 1, 1913, Davenport, Iowa), major general in the U.S. Air Force, graduated from West Point in 1936 and completed flying training in 1938. He was in command of the 47th Pursuit Squadron in Hawaii during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, and in 1943 and 1944 was commander of the 325th Fighter Group and the 319th Bombardment Group, active in North Africa and the Mediterranean area. After the World War II, he served at NATO's Southern European Reg...
Lee, Robert M. (Robert Merrill), 1909-2003
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A graduate of West Point, Robert M. Lee received his wings in 1932 and was one of the Air Corps pilots flying the treacherous airmail route in 1934. As a Captain, Lee attended the Air Corps Tactical School and, in 1941, he became chief of corps aviation. With World War II underway, Lee was assigned to the Ninth Air Force in France, serving as deputy commander for operations under Hoyt S. Vandenberg, assisting in the defeat of Germany in four major campaigns. In January 1946, Lee returned to the ...
Thorne, Henry G. (Henry Garfield), 1913-
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Henry Garfield Thorne, Jr. (1913- ) was born in Waco, Texas and enlisted in the U.S. Army as a private in 1932. In 1937, he graduated from aviation cadet training and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps. Thorne was stationed in the Philippine Islands as a pilot with the 3rd Pursuit Squadron when World War II began, and was evacuated to Australia after the fall of Bataan. After returning to the U.S. in 1942, he attended the Army Command and General Staff School in...
