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  • 522 Fighter Squadron (ACC)

    Lineage. Constituted 16 Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 22 Dec 1939. Activated on 1 Feb 1940. Redesignated: 522 Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 23 Aug 1943; 522 Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on 30 May 1944. Inactivated on 7 Nov 1945. Activated on 20 Aug 1946. Redesignated: 522 Fighter Squadron, Two

  • 349 Air Refueling Squadron (AMC)

    Lineage. Constituted 349 Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 28 Jan 1942. Activated on 1 Jun 1942. Redesignated 349 Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, on 20 Aug 1943. Inactivated on 1 Dec 1945. Redesignated 349 Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy, on 13 May 1947. Activated in the Reserve on 29 May 1947.

  • 344 Air Refueling Squadron (AMC)

    Lineage. Constituted 344 Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 28 Jan 1942. Activated on 3 Feb 1942. Redesignated: 344 Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, on 1 Jul 1943; 344 Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy, on 23 May 1945. Inactivated on 27 Mar 1946. Activated on 1 Jul 1947. Redesignated 344 Bombardment

  • Aerial Victory Credits Preface

    PREFACE Technology has revolutionized warfare. Inventions such as the repeating rifle, the machine gun, the guided missile, and the atomic bomb have magnified the destructive potential of armed forces and made warfare increasingly impersonal. In a sense, the airplane defied this trend, resurrecting

  • Aerial Victory Credits Foreword

    FOREWORD USAF Wartime Aerial Victory Credits edited by Daniel L. Haulman Air Force Historical Research Agency Maxwell AFB AL 2000 Air Force flyers earn aerial victory credits for shooting down manned enemy aircraft during war. During the twentieth century, the United States has participated in five

  • TYNAN, JOHN E. Papers. 1917-1966

    .1 cu ftCall No. 167.612IRIS Nos. 10110140-1010142Second Lieutenant, 1917-1919. Born in New York, NY. Served to grade of Private, Air Service, 1917-1918; commissioned Second Lieutenant, Air Service, May 1918. Career assignments include: duty with 1st Reserve (later 26th) Aero Squadron,

  • TUNNER, MARGARET ANN (HAMILTON) Papers. 1940-1945

    .1 cu ft, one reel negative microfilmCall No. 168.7128, 34418IRIS Nos. 1034110A-1034112Ferrying Pilot, Women's Air Force Service Pilots (WASP), 1942-1944. Born in Enid, OK. WASP Flying School, 1942. Began duty in WASP program as Ferrying Pilot (classified as civil servant), 1942. Career assignments

  • TITTMANN, HAROLD HILGARD, JR. Papers. 1917-1920

    .07 cu ftCall No. 167.60011IRIS No. 0913617First Lieutenant. Air Service, 1917-1920. Served to grade of Sergeant, Aviation Section, Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps, 1917; commissioned First Lieutenant, Aviation Section, Signal Officer Reserve Corps, October 1917. Served with 94th Aero Squadron, 1918.

  • TIMBERLAKE, EDWARD JULIUS Papers. 1950-1951

    One reel negative microfilmCall No. 168.7077, 32833IRIS No. 1022373Lieutenant General. USAF, 1931-1965. Born in Fort Hunt, VA. BS, United States Military Academy, 1931. National War College, 1947. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Infantry, June 1931; began duty in Air Corps, September 1931. Career

  • THOMPSON, STEPHEN WILKINS Papers. 1913-1974

    1 cu ftCall No. 168.7008IRIS Nos. 0125910-0125919, 1004901, 1020253First Lieutenant. Coast Artillery Corps, 1917-1919. Born in West Plains, MO. BS, U of Missouri, 1917. First American credited with an aerial victory (as observer-gunner in French plane) while a member of the US Service in World War