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Photo Courtesy William Werner |
| MONDAY, 2 FEBRUARY 1942 AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS ZONE OF INTERIOR (3d Air Force): 122d Observation Squadron (Light) and 154th Observation Squadron (Medium), 68th Observation Group, cease flying ASW patrols from New Orleans AAB, Louisiana and Eglin Field, Valpariso, Florida respectively with O-47's and O-49's. PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA, Hawaiian Air Force): VII Interceptor Command is activated at Ft Shafter, Territory of Hawaii with Brigadier General Howard C Davidson in command. Major General Willis H Hale commands the VII Bomber Command Coutesy of Southern Heritage Press |
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BOLLING AIR FORCE BASE LEADERS HONORED AT FIELD CLOSING Bolling Air Force Base, at Washington, D. C., was named for Raynal C. Bolling, first officer of the Signal Corps, Aviation Section, to be killed in combat during World War I. The field was opened July 1, 1918; forty-four years later, July 1, 1962, its use for operation of fixed- wing aircraft was closed. Special honor was accorded, in the closing ceremonies, to former Commanding Officers of the Base, among whom were two Early Birds. Three other members of our Organization were there, notably General Benjamin D. Foulois; the others were Vincent Burnelli and your historian Paul Edw. Garber. One of these Early Birds is the oldest-living former Commander of this Base. General Martin F. Scanlon, as a Major, directed operations at the field as its second leader, from November 1919 to June 1922. He was Commander again from January 1935 for one year. The ninth Commander was another Early Bird, General Howard C. Davidson who served from January 1928 to August 1932. In all, there were twelve former Commanders at the ceremony. |
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Howard C. Davidson Obituaries, September 13, 1998 |
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BIOGRAPHY: United States Airforce. |
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