Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. Program 437
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Thatcher, Herbert B. (Herbert Bishop), 1909-1986
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Air Force officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Herbert B. Thatcher : oral history, 1970. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122451730 Herbert Bishop Thatcher (1909-1986) was born in East Orange, New Jersey, and attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, where he graduated in 1932. He was commissioned as an Infantry Officer in the U.S. Army. After completing flight instruction and attending the Advanced Fl...
Funk, Ben I. (Ben Ivan), 1913-
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Ben Ivan Funk (b. 1913) attended the University of Denver as a chemical engineering student before entering the armed forces, receiving his pilot's wings in 1936, and being granted his commission in 1937. He entered the regular officer corps in 1938 and was assigned to serve with the 19th Bombardment Group at Albuquerque, New Mexico. At the outbreak of World War II, Funk was flying a ferrying mission to the Middle East and was forced to island hop in the Pacific to evade Japanese forces during t...
