Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. SUMMARY OF AIR FORCE EXPERIENCE, LT GEN GORDON A. BLAKE

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. SUMMARY OF AIR FORCE EXPERIENCE, LT GEN GORDON A. BLAKE

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Blake, Gordon A. (Gordon Aylesworth), 1910-1997

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Gordon Aylesworth Blake (b. 1910, Charles City, Iowa-d. Sept. 1, 1997), Lieutenant General in the U.S. Air Force, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1931 and completed training in the Flying Schools the next year. Assigned to Hawaii, he was communications officer of the 18th Composite Wing. On December 7, 1941, he was base operations officer at Hickam Field, Pearl Harbor, and was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action that day. Blake spent the first few months of World War II s...