Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1886, June 25 | Born, Gladwyne, Pa. |
| 1907 | Graduated, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. Commissioned second lieutenant in the infantry, United States Army |
| 1907-1909 | Served with the twenty-ninth infantry, the Philippines |
| 1909-1911 | Served with the twenty-ninth infantry, Governor's Island, N.Y. |
| 1911 | Taught to fly in ten days by Orville Wright, Dayton, Ohio Received military aviator's license number two |
| 1911-1912 | Flight instructor, Signal Corps Aviation School, College Park, Md., and Augusta, Ga. |
| 1912 | Awarded first Mackay trophy for a thirty-mile triangular reconnaissance flight First military aviator to use a radio for aerial observation of field artillery fire |
| 1913 | Married Eleanor A. Pool |
| 1916 | Served briefly with thirteenth infantry, the Philippines Served two months with third infantry, Madison Barracks, N.Y. |
| 1916-1917 | Returned to air service as a captain Supply officer, Aviation School, San Diego, Calif. |
| 1917 | Organized and commanded Seventh Aero Squadron, Panama Canal Zone |
| 1917-1918 | In charge of Information Service, Aviation Division, Signal Corps Assistant executive director, military aeronautics |
| 1918 | Executive officer and later assistant director, military aeronautics Inspected aviation activities in Europe |
| 1919 | District supervisor, Western District, Air Service, Rockwell Field, Coronado, Calif. |
| 1919-1922 | Originated and activated first army aerial forest fire patrol in Washington, Oregon, and California Air officer, Ninth Corps Area, San Francisco, Calif. |
| 1922-1924 | Commanding officer, Rockwell Air Depot, Coronado, Calif. |
| 1925 | Graduated, Army Industrial College, Washington, D.C. Obtained air mail charter from the postmaster general and organized Pan American Airways with Carl Spaatz, Jack Jouett, and John Montgomery |
| 1926 | Published Airmen and Aircraft: An Introduction to Aeronautics (New York: Ronald Press. 216 pp.) |
| 1926-1929 | Commander, air squadron, Cavalry School, Fort Riley, Kans. |
| 1928 | Published Bill Bruce aviator series |
| 1929 | Graduated, Command and General Staff School, Ft. Leavenworth, Kans. |
| 1929-1936 | Commander, Fairfield and Dayton, Ohio, and March Field, Calif. Established Munroc Lake, Calif., bombing and gunnery range for early experiments in precision bombardment. |
| 1933-1935 | Supervised twenty-five Civilian Conservation Corps, March Field, Calif. |
| 1934 | Directed Western Division, Air Corps air mail service, Salt Lake City, Utah Awarded distinguished flying cross and second Mackay trophy for leading a mass flight of bombers from Washington, D.C., to Alaska |
| 1936 | Published with Ira Eaker This Flying Game (New York: Funk & Wagnalls. 275 pp.) |
| 1936-1938 | Assistant to chief of air corps, Washington, D.C. |
| 1938-1942 | Chief of air corps; acting deputy chief of staff for air, 1940 |
| 1941 | Published with Ira Eaker Winged Warfare (New York: Harper & Bros. 265 pp.) |
| 1941-1942 | Chief of army air forces |
| 1941-1945 | Member, Joint and Combined Chiefs of Staff, Arcadia (Newfoundland), post Arcadia (Washington, D.C.), Casablanca, Quadrant, (Quebec, Canada), Sextant (Cairo, Egypt- Tehran, Iran), London, Octagon (Quebec, Canada), and Terminal (Berlin, Germany) conferences |
| 1942 | Published with Ira Eaker Army Flyer (New York: Harper & Bros. 299 pp.) |
| 1942-1946 | Commanding general, army air forces Deputy chief of staff, army |
| 1943 | Promoted to general |
| 1944 | Named to five star rank of general of the army |
| 1946 | Assigned to duty in the Office of Chief of Staff, Washington, D.C. Retired from active duty to his ranch, Sonoma, Calif. |
| 1949 | Published Global Mission (New York: Harper & Bros. 626 pp.) |
| 1950 | Died, Sonoma, Calif. |