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"Fighter Hutch" Hutchinson commanded fighter formations until February 1944, when he took command of 310 Bombardment Wing. He was described as a "quiet spoken man" in his Air Force biography.
| 1909 |
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Born at Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1931 |
Graduates from Case Institute of Technology with B.S. in mechanical engineering |
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| 1931 |
Flight school |
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| 1932-10 |
Second lieutenant |
78 Pursuit Squadron |
| 1934-1 |
74 Pursuit Squadron |
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| 1934-9 |
Leaves active duty. Works for Dredging Division, Panama Canal Zone. |
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| 1936-10 |
Receives regular commission and returns to active duty. 24 Pursuit Squadron. |
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| 1937-3 |
77 Pursuit Squadron |
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| 1939-7 |
79 Pursuit Squadron |
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| 1939-10 |
First lieutenant |
1 Pursuit Squadron |
| 1940-9-9 |
Captain |
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| 1941-1 |
Commander, 2 Pursuit Squadron |
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| 1941-5 |
Executive officer, 49 Pursuit Group |
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| 1941-12-5 |
Major |
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| 1942-3-1 |
Lieutenant colonel |
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| 1942-11-11 |
Colonel |
Commander, 49 Fighter Group |
| 1943-1-30 |
Chief of staff, 5 Fighter Command |
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| 1943-8 |
Commander, 3 Air Task Force |
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| 1944-2-1 |
Commander, 310 Bombardment Wing |
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| 1944-6-8 |
Brigadier general | |
| 1944-10-16 |
Chief of staff, 5 Air Force |
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| 1945 |
Chief of staff, Far East Air Force |
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| 1945 |
Chief of staff, Allied Air Forces Southwest Pacific |
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| 1946-6 |
Commander, 311 Reconnaissance Wing |
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| 1947-6 |
Commander, MacDill Field |
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| 1948 |
Commander, MacDill Air Force Base |
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| 1949 |
Commander, 5020 Air Base Wing |
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| 1949-4 |
Commander, Elmendorf Air Force Base |
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| 1949 |
Commander, 57 Fighter Interceptor Wing |
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| 1950-10 |
Commander, 27 Air Division |
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| 1950 |
Commander, George Air Force Base |
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| 1954-4 |
Commander, Iceland Defense Force |
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| 1955 |
Staff, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research & Development | |
| 1957-2-13 |
Staff, U.S. Air Force |
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| 1957-8-5 |
Assistant for Mutual Security, U.S. Air Force |
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| 1962 |
Retires |
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| 1989 |
Dies |
References
Generals.dk (accessed 2013-11-15)
U.S.Air Force (accessed 2013-11-15)
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