{{short description|U.S. Army Air Forces general}} {{For|the Wisconsin politician|Robert S. Travis}} {{use dmy dates|date=March 2017}} {{good article}} {{Infobox military person |name=Robert F. Travis |image= Brigadier General Robert F. Travis.jpg |caption= Brigadier General Robert F. Travis, USAF |birth_date= {{birth date|1904|12|26|df=y}} |death_date= {{death date and age|1950|08|05|1904|12|26|df=y}} |birth_place= [[Savannah, Georgia]] |death_place= [[Travis Air Force Base|Fairfield-Suisun AFB]], California |burial_place= [[Arlington National Cemetery]] |burial_label= |nickname= |allegiance= {{flag|United States|23px}} |branch= [[United States Army Air Corps]]<br/>[[United States Air Force]] |service_years= 1928–1950 |service_number=0-17187<br/>373A |rank =[[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]] |unit= |commands={{hlist|[[5th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing]]|[[9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing]]|[[7th Air Division]]|[[17th Bombardment Training Wing]]|[[15th Bombardment Training Wing]]|[[41st Bombardment Wing (World War II)|41st Combat Bombardment Wing]]|[[I Bomber Command]]|[[29th Bombardment Group]]|[[43d Bombardment Squadron]]}} |battles= {{hlist|[[World War II]]|[[Korean War]]}} |awards={{hlist|[[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]]|[[Silver Star]] (3)|[[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] (4)|[[Purple Heart]]|[[Air Medal]](4)|[[Army Commendation Medal]]|[[Legion of Honor]] (France)|[[Croix de Guerre 1939–1945|Croix de Guerre]] (France)|[[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] (United Kingdom)|[[Belgian Croix de Guerre|Croix de Guerre]] (Belgium)}} |relations= |other_work= }} Brigadier General '''Robert Falligant Travis''' (26 December 1904 – 5 August 1950) was a [[United States Army Air Forces]] general during [[World War II]].
A 1928 graduate of the [[United States Military Academy]] at [[West Point, New York]], Travis saw action as commander of the [[Eighth Air Force]]'s [[41st Bombardment Wing (World War II)|41st Combat Bombardment Wing]], based at [[RAF Molesworth]] in England. He personally led 35 combat missions over Nazi-occupied Europe, including a costly raid on a fighter plant in [[Oschersleben]], Germany, on 11 January 1944, for which the wing received a [[Distinguished Unit Citation]]. His decorations included the [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]], the [[Silver Star]] with two [[oak leaf cluster]]s, the [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] with three oak leaf clusters, and the [[Purple Heart]].
Travis was killed in [[1950 Fairfield-Suisun Boeing B-29 crash|the crash]] of a [[Boeing B-29 Superfortress|B-29 Superfortress]] at [[Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base]] near [[Fairfield, California]]. The base was named for him the following year.
==Early career== [[File:Robert Falligant Travis (1904–1950) at West Point in 1928.png|thumb|left|150px|At West Point in 1928]]
Robert Falligant Travis was born in [[Savannah, Georgia]], on 26 December 1904,<ref name="BIO">{{cite web| first = Dr Robert O.| last = Fogerty| title = Biographical data on Air Force General Officers| year = 1953| publisher=[[Air University (United States)|Air University]]| place = Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama |url = http://www.afhra.af.mil/Portals/16/documents/Studies/51-100/AFD-090601-135.pdf |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161229154038/http://www.afhra.af.mil/Portals/16/documents/Studies/51-100/AFD-090601-135.pdf |url-status = dead |archive-date = 29 December 2016 | access-date =24 February 2017 }}</ref> the son of Robert Jessie Travis, a lawyer who reached the rank of [[major general (United States)|major general]] in the [[Georgia National Guard]], and his wife Rena {{nee}} Falligant. He had a younger brother, William Livingston, and two sisters, Rena and Cecilia.<ref name="Emory">{{cite web |url=https://findingaids.library.emory.edu/documents/travis469/ |title=Robert Jesse Travis papers 1884–1964 |publisher=Emory University | access-date =16 March 2017 }}</ref>
Travis entered the [[University of Georgia]] in [[Athens, Georgia|Athens]] in 1924, but received an appointment to the [[United States Military Academy]] at [[West Point, New York]],<ref name="USAF"/> which he entered on 1 July 1924. He graduated on 9 June 1928 and was commissioned a [[Second lieutenant#United States|second lieutenant]] in the [[Field Artillery Branch (United States)|Field Artillery]], ranking 115th out of 261 in class of 1928.{{sfn|Cullum|1930|pp=2106–2107}} His brother, William, graduated 53d in the class of 1933,{{sfn|Cullum|1940|p=993}} and would eventually reach the rank of [[colonel (United States)|colonel]] in the [[United States Air Force]].<ref name="Emory" />
Travis commenced flight training on 1 September 1928 at the [[United States Army Air Corps|Air Corps]] Primary Flying School at [[Brooks City-Base|Brooks Field]], Texas. On completion of the course he attended the Air Corps Advanced Flying School at [[Kelly Field, Texas]].{{sfn|Cullum|1930|pp=2106–2107}} On 15 November 1929, he was posted to the [[1st Observation Squadron]] at [[Mitchel Field]], New York, as an engineering officer. He was transferred to the Air Corps on 21 November 1929. From 19 July 1932 to 7 August 1933 he was a student at the Air Corps Engineering School at [[Wilbur Wright Field|Wright Field]] in [[Dayton, Ohio]].{{sfn|Cullum|1940|p=751}} He then joined the 59th Service Squadron at [[Langley Field]], Virginia, as its supply engineering and operations officer.<ref name="USAF"/>
From February to May 1934, during the [[Air Mail scandal]], Travis served as the engineering inspector for the Eastern Zone of the Army Air Corps Mail Operation (AACMO) based at [[Floyd Bennett Field]], [[Brooklyn]], and [[Mitchel Field]], [[Long Island]], in New York. Upon completion of this assignment, he returned to Langley Field, where he became the engineering and armament officer of the [[49th Bombardment Squadron]], [[2d Bombardment Group]], in December 1934. In March 1935, he was made a flight commander in the 49th Bombardment Squadron. By October 1937, he transferred to the headquarters staff of the 2nd Bombardment Group as the group intelligence and armament officer.<ref name="USAF"/> He was promoted to [[First Lieutenant#United States|first lieutenant]] on 1 June 1934, and was temporary [[Captain (United States O-3)|captain]] from 20 April 1935 to 16 June 1936. He was promoted to captain again on 9 June 1938.<ref name="BIO"/>
==World War II== [[File:Robert Travis beside a B-17 (1944).jpg|thumb|Travis beside a B-17 'The 8 Ball' during World War II (1944)]] In March 1939, Travis went to the [[72d Bombardment Squadron]] at [[Hickam Field]], Hawaii, to serve as operations officer and a flight commander. In July 1939, he became its commanding officer. He then became materiel officer of the [[5th Bombardment Group]] in September 1940, and was promoted to [[major (United States)|major]] on 31 January 1941.<ref name="BIO"/> In May 1941, he returned to the United States, where he was assigned to the [[29th Bombardment Group]] at [[MacDill Field]], Florida, as the commanding officer of the [[43d Bombardment Squadron]]. He was subsequently elevated to Executive Officer and then commander of the 29th Bombardment Group, with the rank of [[lieutenant colonel (United States)|lieutenant colonel]] from 5 January 1942, and [[colonel (United States)|colonel]] from 1 March 1942. He moved with the 29th Bombardment Group in June 1942, when it was relocated to [[Boise Airport|Gowen Field]] in [[Boise, Idaho]]. In September 1942, he became the commanding officer of the [[15th Bombardment Training Wing]] at [[Gowen Field]]. He moved with it to [[Sioux City Army Air Base]] in [[Iowa]], in February 1943. He was promoted to [[Brigadier general (United States)|brigadier general]] on 4 May 1943. In July, he became the Commanding General of the [[I Bomber Command]] at [[El Paso Army Airfield]] in Texas.<ref name="USAF"/>
Travis was next assigned to the [[European Theater of Operations]],<ref name="USAF"/> and assumed command of the [[41st Bombardment Wing (World War II)|41st Combat Bombardment Wing]] of the [[Eighth Air Force]] based at [[RAF Molesworth]] in England on 16 September 1943. Flying the [[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]], Travis flew 35 missions over enemy-occupied territory, including a mission to destroy the [[Focke-Wulf]] [[AGO Flugzeugwerke]] fighter plant in [[Oschersleben]], Germany,<ref name="USAF"/> on 11 January 1944, for which the wing received a [[Distinguished Unit Citation]].{{sfn|Maurer|1983|p=390}} The Eighth Air Force lost 60 bombers that day, 34 of them in the attack on Oschersleben.{{sfn|Craven|Cate|1951|p=24}} For his services as commander of 41st Combat Bombardment Wing, he was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]], the [[Silver Star]] with two [[oak leaf cluster]]s, the [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] with three oak leaf clusters, [[Air Medal]] with three oak leaf clusters, the [[Army Commendation Medal]] and the [[Purple Heart]].<ref name="Military Times" />{{sfn|Cullum|1950|p=573}}
Travis returned to the United States in October 1944 and was named Commanding General of the [[17th Bombardment Training Wing]] at [[Grand Island Army Airfield]] in [[Nebraska]]. The wing later moved to [[Sioux City Army Air Base]] in [[Iowa]]. In August 1945, he was assigned to command the [[Sioux Falls Army Air Field]] in [[South Dakota]].<ref name="USAF"/>
==Post-war career== {{main|1950 Fairfield-Suisun Boeing B-29 crash}} Travis was deputy commander of the [[Fourteenth Air Force]] at [[Orlando Air Force Base]] in Florida from May to September 1946, when he entered the [[National War College]]. He graduated in June 1947, and in September he became the deputy commander of the [[Seventh Air Force]] at [[Hickam Air Force Base]] in Hawaii. He assumed command of the [[7th Air Division]] (formally the Seventh Air Force) there in May 1948.{{sfn|Cullum|1950|p=573}} In September 1948, he was appointed Commanding General of the [[Pacific Air Command]] at Hickam. On 17 June 1949, he became the Commanding General of the [[9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing]] at [[Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base]], [[California]]. He assumed command of the [[5th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing]] on 8 November 1949, commanding both wings at the base.<ref name="USAF"/>
In July 1950, soon after the outbreak of the [[Korean War]], the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]] decided to send ten [[Silverplate|nuclear-capable]] [[Boeing B-29 Superfortress|B-29 Superfortress]] bombers to Guam as a deterrent to a Chinese attack on Taiwan, and possible future use in Korea.{{sfn|Dingman|1988–1989|p=62}} They were loaded with [[Mark 4 nuclear bomb]]s, but without the [[fissile]] [[pit (nuclear weapon)|cores]].{{sfn|Rhodes|1995|pp=444–446}} Travis was one of twenty passengers and crewmen on board B-29 Superfortress 44-87651 when it commenced take off from Fairfield-Suisun at 2200 on 5 August 1950. The plane was piloted by Captain Eugene Q. Steffes, with First Lieutenant Carter W. Johnson as his co-pilot and [[Technical Sergeant]] Donald W. Moore as his flight engineer.<ref name="Educator" />
As the plane reached a speed of {{convert|125|mph}} about three quarters of the way down the {{convert|8000|ft|adj=on}} runway with the [[Propeller (aeronautics)|propeller]]s rotating at 2,800 rpm, the number two propeller suddenly went up to 3,500 rpm. Steffes ordered the propeller [[Propeller (aeronautics)#feathering|feathered]]. The aircraft lifted off at an airspeed of {{convert|155|mph}}, but the landing gear failed to retract. Then the number three propeller suddenly went to 3,500 rpm. Moore reduced its speed to 2,800 rpm by reducing the manifold pressure. The drag caused by the landing gear reduced the plane's speed to {{convert|145|mph}}. The crew attempted an emergency landing. The plane turned around but lost lift, and crashed at {{convert|120|mph}}.<ref name="Educator">{{cite web |url=http://www.koreanwar-educator.org/topics/airplane_crashes/b29_fairfield_19500805/b29_fairfield.htm#NewsArticles |publisher=Korean War Educator |title=Topics – Boeing Superfortress 44-87651, Fairfield, California – 5 August 1950 |access-date=17 March 2017}}</ref>
The plane broke up on landing, and burst into flames. All ten people in the rear compartment died in the crash, but eight of the ten in the nose section, which broke off, escaped. Travis was pulled alive from the wreckage but died on his way to hospital.<ref name="Educator" /> The high explosives in the bomb detonated during the fire 20 minutes after the crash, spreading wreckage and burning fuel over a wide area. An additional seven people who were not part of the crew died on the ground in the explosion.<ref name=B29crash>{{cite web |url=http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/Travis_B-29_crash_site.htm |title=The Crash of the B-29 on Travis AFB, CA |publisher=Check-Six.com |date=17 March 2011 |access-date=10 April 2011}}</ref><ref name="Gross">{{cite journal|last1=Gross|first1=Daniel A.|title=An Aging Army|journal=Distillations|date=2016|volume=2|issue=1|pages=26–36|url=https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/magazine/an-aging-army|access-date=22 March 2018}}</ref>
The 19 bodies were taken to the McCune Garden Chapel in Vacaville.<ref name="Daily Republic">{{cite news |newspaper=Daily Republic |first=Ian |last=Thompson |page=TRA25 |date=31 January 2014 |url=http://www.dailyrepublic.com/projects/salute-to-travis-2014/base-namesake-gen-travis-was-tough-beloved/ |title=Base namesake Gen. Travis was tough, beloved |access-date=17 March 2017 |archive-date=4 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104070954/http://www.dailyrepublic.com/projects/salute-to-travis-2014/base-namesake-gen-travis-was-tough-beloved/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Travis was buried at [[Arlington National Cemetery]] with full military honors on 16 August 1950. He was survived by his wife, Jane Frances Travis, who was interred with him after she died on 22 November 1987,<ref name="Arlington">{{cite web |url=http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/rftravis.htm |title=Robert F. Travis, Brigadier General, United States Air Force |publisher=Arlington National Cemetery |access-date=17 March 2017 }}</ref> and his four children: Jayne, Robert, John and Roger.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[San Bernardino Sun]]|volume=56 |issue=301 |date=7 August 1950 |title=19 dead or missing, 60 hurt in B-29 crash |page=1 |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SBS19500807.1.1 |access-date=17 March 2017}}</ref> Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base was officially renamed [[Travis Air Force Base]] in his honor on 20 October 1950. A formal renaming ceremony was held on 20 April 1951, presided over by the [[Governor of California]], [[Earl Warren]], which was attended by Travis' family.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://travisheritagecenter.org/html/crash.html |title=The Travis B-29 Crash |publisher=Travis Air Force Base Heritage Center |access-date=17 March 2017 |archive-date=17 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317144143/https://travisheritagecenter.org/html/crash.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Awards and decorations== {| |[[File:COMMAND PILOT WINGS.png|120px]]||[[USAF aeronautical rating#Pilot ratings|Command pilot]] |<ref name="USAF">{{cite web |url=https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/108237/robert-f-travis/ |title=Brigadier General Robert F. Travis |publisher=United States Air Force |access-date=16 March 2017 }}</ref> |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Distinguished Service Cross ribbon.svg|width=80}} |[[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]] |<ref name="Military Times">{{cite web |url=http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=33390 |title=Valor awards for Robert Falligant Travis |publisher=Military Times |access-date=16 March 2017 }}</ref> |- |{{ribbon devices|number=2|type=oak|ribbon=SilverStar.gif|width=80}} |[[Silver Star]] with two [[oak leaf cluster]]s |<ref name="Military Times" /> |- |{{ribbon devices|number=3|type=oak|ribbon=Distinguished Flying Cross ribbon.svg|width=80}} |[[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] with three oak leaf clusters | <ref name="USAF" /> |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Purple Heart ribbon.svg|width=80}} |[[Purple Heart]] | <ref name="USAF"/> |- |{{ribbon devices|number=3|type=oak|ribbon=Air Medal ribbon.svg|width=80}} |[[Air Medal]] with three oak leaf clusters | <ref name="USAF"/> |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Army Commendation Medal ribbon.svg|width=80}} |[[Army Commendation Medal]] | <ref name="USAF"/> |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force Presidential Unit Citation ribbon.svg|width=80}} |[[Distinguished Unit Citation]] | <ref name="USAF"/> |- |{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=American Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=80}} |[[American Defense Service Medal]] with [[Bronze Service Stars|bronze service star]] | <ref name="USAF"/> |- |{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=American Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=80}} |[[American Campaign Medal]] with [[Bronze Service Stars|bronze service star]] | <ref name="USAF"/> |- |{{ribbon devices|number=4|type=service-star|ribbon=European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign ribbon.svg|width=80}} |[[European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal]] with four [[service stars]] | <ref name="USAF"/> |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg|width=80}} |[[World War II Victory Medal]] | <ref name="USAF"/> |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=80}} |[[National Defense Service Medal]] | <ref name="USAF"/> |- |{{ribbon devices|number=4|type=oak|name=Air Force Longevity Service ribbon|width=80}} ||[[Air Force Longevity Service Award]] with four oak leaf clusters | <ref name="USAF"/> |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Legion Honneur Chevalier ribbon.svg|width=80}} |[[Legion of Honor]], grade of Chevalier (France) | <ref name="USAF"/> |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Croix de guerre 1939-1945 with palm (France) - ribbon bar.png|width=80}} |[[Croix de Guerre 1939–1945|Croix de Guerre]] with palm (France) | <ref name="USAF"/> |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=United Kingdom Distinguished Flying Cross ribbon.svg|width=80}} |[[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] (United Kingdom) | <ref name="USAF"/> |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Oorlogskruis with Palm.jpg|width=80}} |[[Belgian Croix de Guerre|Croix de Guerre]] with palm (Belgium) | <ref name="USAF"/> |- |}
===Distinguished Service Cross citation=== [[File:Army distinguished service cross medal.png|50px|left]] :Travis, Robert F. :Brigadier General, U.S. Army Air Forces :41st Bombardment Wing, Eighth Air Force :Date of Action: August 31, 1943 to September 21, 1944
:Citation:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Brigadier General Robert Falligant Travis, United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as Commanding Officer of the 41st Bombardment Wing, Eighth Air Force, while directing bombing missions from 31 August 1943 through 21 September 1944. In operations over Germany, Denmark, France, and Czechoslovakia, with and without fighter support, General Travis distinguished himself by personally choosing to lead bombardment elements on combat missions in which it was known that heavy and extremely hazardous opposition would be met. In the face of fierce attacks by enemy airplanes which often completely overwhelmed fighter support, and very often under unusually adverse weather conditions which caused other elements to abort, this officer has exhibited great courage, coolness, and determination in carrying out operations as planned. On twenty-three missions he occupied the position of Air Commander of the 1st Bombardment Division and as such he was responsible for the efforts of hundreds of B-17 aircraft. Six times he has commanded Combat Bombardment Wing formations with great skill. During this period he has been wounded in action and the airplanes in which he has flown have repeatedly received battle damage as a result of enemy attacks. The extraordinary heroism displayed by General Travis in sustained operations has been, in large measure, responsible for the infliction of severe damage on enemy installations throughout Continental Europe. His gallant leadership, personal courage and zealous devotion to duty displayed by Brigadier General Travis on this occasion have upheld the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, the 8th Air Force, and the United States Army Air Forces.<ref name="valor.militarytimes.com">{{cite web|url= https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/33390 |title=Valor awards for Robert Falligant Travis|website=Military Times |access-date=2022-03-24}}</ref>
==Dates of rank== {| class="wikitable" !Insignia !Rank ! Component !Date !Source |- |align=center|[[File:US-OF1B.svg|15px]] |[[Second Lieutenant#United States|Second Lieutenant]] | [[Field Artillery Branch (United States)|Field Artillery]] |9 June 1928 |<ref name="USAF"/> |- |align=center|[[File:US-OF1B.svg|15px]] |[[Second Lieutenant#United States|Second Lieutenant]] | [[United States Army Air Corps|Air Corps]] |8 September 1929 |<ref name="BIO"/> |- |align=center|[[File:US-OF1A.svg|15px]] |[[First Lieutenant#United States|First Lieutenant]] | Air Corps |1 June 1934 |<ref name="USAF"/> |- |align=center|[[File:US-O3 insignia.svg|40px]] |[[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]] (temporary) | Air Corps |20 April 1935 |<ref name="BIO"/> |- |align=center|[[File:US-OF1A.svg|15px]] |[[First Lieutenant#United States|First Lieutenant]] | Air Corps |17 June 1936 |<ref name="BIO"/> |- |align=center|[[File:US-O3 insignia.svg|40px]] |[[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]] | Air Corps |9 June 1938 |<ref name="BIO"/> |- |align=center|[[File:US-O4 insignia.svg|37px]] |[[Major (United States)|Major]] | [[Army of the United States]] |31 January 1941 |<ref name="BIO"/> |- |align=center|[[File:US-O4 insignia.svg|37px]] |[[Major (United States)|Major]] (temporary) | Air Corps |1 February 1941 |<ref name="BIO"/> |- |align=center|[[File:US-O5 insignia.svg|37px]] |[[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]] (temporary) | Army of the United States |5 January 1942 |<ref name="BIO"/> |- |align=center|[[File:US-O5 insignia.svg|37px]] |[[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]] | Army of the United States |1 February 1942 |<ref name="BIO"/> |- |align=center|[[File:US-O6 insignia.svg|65px]] |[[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] (temporary) | Army of the United States |1 March 1942 |<ref name="BIO"/> |- |align=center|[[File:US-O7 insignia.svg|37px]] |[[Brigadier General (United States)|Brigadier General]] (temporary) | Army of the United States |4 May 1943 |<ref name="BIO"/> |- |align=center|[[File:US-O4 insignia.svg|37px]] |[[Major (United States)|Major]] | Air Corps |9 June 1945 |<ref name="BIO"/> |- |align=center|[[File:US-O6 insignia.svg|65px]] |[[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] | [[United States Air Force]] |2 April 1948 |<ref name="BIO"/> |- |}
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