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Biographical Notes
William H. Tunner
Date | Event |
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1906, Jul. 14 | Born, Elizabeth, N.J. |
1924-1928 | Attended United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. |
1929 | Attended Advanced Flying School, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex. Married Sarah Margaret Sams (died 1947) |
1935-1937 | Pilot and assistant operations officer, France Field, Panama Canal Zone |
1939 | Completed Air Corps Tactical School short course |
1942-1948 | Commander, Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command |
1944-1945 | Commander, India-China Division, Air Transport Command, Kolkata, India |
1948-1950 | Commander, Berlin Airlift, Wiesbaden, Germany |
1950-1951 | Commander, Combat Cargo Command (Korean Airlift), Tokyo, Japan |
1951 | Married Margaret Ann Hamilton (died 2009) |
1951-1953 | Deputy commander, Air Matériel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio |
1953-1957 | Commander in chief, United States Air Forces in Europe, Wiesbaden, Germany |
1957-1958 | Deputy chief of staff for operations, United States Air Force, Washington, D.C. |
1958-1960 | Commander, Military Air Transport Service, Scott Air Force Base, Ill. |
1960 | Retired from active military service |
1964 | Published Over the Hump. New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce |
1977 | Testified before Congress in favor of Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) military recognition |
1983, Apr. 6 | Died, Ware Neck, Gloucester County, Va. |
Margaret Ann Hamilton Tunner
Date | Event |
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1917, Sept. 3 | Born, Enid, Okla. |
1937-1940 | Attended Oklahoma College for Women, Chickasha, Okla. Attended Oklahoma University, Norman, Okla. |
1940 | Completed Civilian Pilot Training program, Tulsa University, Tulsa, Okla. |
1942-1943 | Completed Women's Flying Training Detachment, Fort Worth, Tex., in second training class |
1943-1944 | Served in 3rd Ferrying Group, Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), Romulus Air Force Base, Mich. |
1948-1951 | Employed at Civil Information Section, Army Occupational Forces, Japan |
1951 | Married William H. Tunner (died 1983) |
1977 | Testified before Congress in favor of WASP military recognition |
2009, Oct. 13 | Died, Ware Neck, Gloucester County, Va. |