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Davidson commanded 14 Pursuit
Wing
at Wheeler Field in late 1941, and was responsible for organizing a proper radar-based air warning system for Oahu. He was unable to fully overcome the peacetime mentality that hindered development of early warning facilities and training of personnel, and when war broke out in the Pacific, he saw half his modern fighter strength destroyed in a few minutes.
When Chiang Kai-shek demanded the relief of Clayton Bissel (who got along very poorly with Chennault) as commander of 10 Air Force, Davidson became its new commander, proving "consistently helpful and co-operative" during the drive on Myitkyina (Romanus and Sunderland 1953.) He also briefly wore a second hat as commander of the Strategic Air Force of the Allied Eastern Air Command. He was an advocate of low-level attacks on Japanese shipping off the China coast.
| 1890 |
Born at Wharton, texas |
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| 1913-6-12 |
Second lieutenant |
Graduates from West Point. Assigned to 22 Regiment. |
| 1915-7 |
24 Regiment, Philippines |
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| 1915-9 |
27 Regiment |
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| 1916-7-1 |
First lieutenant |
Flight training |
| 1916-9 |
1 Aero Squadron |
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| 1917-2 |
3 Aero Squadron |
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| 1917-5-15 |
Captain |
Commandant, School of Military Aeronautics |
| 1917-10 |
Air Service Headquarters, France |
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| 1918-9 |
VII Corps |
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| 1919-4 |
Student at Sorbonne |
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| 1919-8 |
McCook Field, Ohio |
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| 1920-7-1 |
Major |
Transfers to Air Service |
| 1921-9 |
Air Service Engineer School |
|
| 1922-7 |
Assistant military attaché, London |
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| 1926-9 |
Operations officer, Mitchel Field |
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| 1927-12 |
Commander, Mitchell Field |
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| 1928-1 |
Commander, Bolling Field |
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| 1931 |
Lieutenant colonel
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| 1932 |
Air Tactical School |
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| 1933 |
Command and General Staff School |
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| 1935 |
Commander, 19 Bombardment Group | |
| 1936-9 |
Executive officer, Training and
Operations Division, Office of the Chief of the Air Corps |
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| 1937 |
Chief, Training and Operations Division, Office of the Chief of the Air Corps | |
| 1939-8-1 |
Colonel |
|
| 1939-9 |
Army War College | |
| 1940-6 |
Commander, 18 Bombardment Wing, Hickam Field |
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| 1941-8-1 |
Brigadier
general |
Commander, 14 Pursuit Wing, Wheeler Field |
| 1942-1-23 |
Commander, VII Interceptor
Command, Fort Shafter |
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| 1942-11 |
Commander, Army Air Forces Technical Training Command, Gulfport, Mississippi |
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| 1943-8-19 |
Commander, 10 Air Force, India-Burma |
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| 1944-1-13 |
Major general | |
| 1946-6-30 |
Retired for disability in the
line of duty |
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| 1984-11-7 |
Dies |
References
Arakaki and Kuborn (1991; accessed 2012-5-22)
Generals.dk (accessed 2008-7-16)
Romanus and Sunderland (1953; accessed 2012-5-22)
U.S. Air Force (2004; accessed 2012-5-22)
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