biography
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| (1892–1954)
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| biography:
| Aviator, born in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. Commissioned in the army (1916), he was chief of aviation for the US 1st Army Corps in France during World War 1. As chief of the Army Air Force's matériel division (1940–5), he helped build the largest and most powerful air force the world had seen. He retired in 1949 to become chairman and chief operating officer at Northrop Aircraft. |
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