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unusual facts about U.S. Army Air Corps



Art Finley

He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, and in the Korean War, he was recalled to active duty as a reserve officer in the U.S. Air Force, where he helped establish radio stations in Newfoundland and Greenland for the Strategic Air Command.

Don R. Berlin

With his introduction to aeronautics in conducting early wind tunnel tests for the U.S. Army Air Corps at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, subsequently, starting in 1926, Berlin worked for Douglas Aircraft Company as project engineer and chief draftsman.

Hill Air Force Base

Hill Air Force Base is named in honor of Major Ployer Peter Hill (1894–1935), the Chief of the Flying Branch of the U.S. Army Air Corps Material Division of Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio.

Kentucky Route 212

A short road was built in the location of KY 212 when the U.S. Army Air Corps built the predecessor to the CVG Airport.

Pianosa

Joseph Heller's absurdist novel Catch-22 is set on a U.S. Army Air Corps bomber squadron base on Pianosa during World War II, but Heller conceded that he took literary license in making Pianosa big enough for a major military complex.

St. Louis YPT-15

The PT-15 was a development of the "off-the-shelf" PT-1W for use by the U.S. Army Air Corps, ordered for stop-gap duty in the training of airmen in the build-up to World War II.

Whiteman Air Force Base

The base had its beginnings in 1942 when U.S. Army Air Corps officials selected the site of the present-day base to be the home of Sedalia Army Air Field and a training base for WACO glider pilots.


see also

Bomber's Moon

Shortly after completing Bomber's Moon, George Montgomery enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and did not appear in another film until the 1946 20th Century Fox production Three Little Girls in Blue.

Richard I. Bong Memorial Bridge

The bridge’s namesake, Richard Ira Bong, was a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and was named the United States' all time "Ace of Aces".

Thomas Milling

Thomas D. Milling (1887–1960), pioneer of military aviation and general in the U.S. Army Air Corps