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Wolfe was a brilliant engineer who became the project director for development of the B-29
Superfortress. He later organized 20
Bomber Command, but he lacked operational experience and was unable
to achieve results from the Chinese bases. The lingering teething
troubles with the B-29s gave Arnold
an excuse to return Wolfe to the States to help work the bugs out, and
Wolfe held no further operational commands during the war.
| 1896
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Born at Denver, Colorado |
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| 1918-1 |
Private first class |
Enlists in teh Signal Reserve
Corps |
| 1918-7 |
Second
lieutenant |
Commissioned into the Air Service |
| 1919-7 |
Officer in charge of flying,
Souther Field, Georgia |
|
| 1920-1 |
Chief engineer officer, Air
Intermediate Depot, Americus, Georgia |
|
| 1920-7-1 |
Second lieutenant First lieutenant |
Receives regular commission and
is promoted the same day |
| 1922-11 |
Flying instructor, Brooks Field,
Texas |
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| 1926-5 |
Plans and operations officer, Clark Field |
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| 1928-8 |
Engineer and parachute officer,
Langley Field, Virginia |
|
| 1930-7 |
Air Corps Engineering School |
|
| 1931-6 |
Inspection Branch |
|
| 1935-8 |
Air Corps Tactical School |
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| 1936-6 |
Command and General Staff School |
|
| 1937-6 |
Air Corps liaison, Douglas Aircraft Company |
|
| 1939-3 |
Assistant chief, Production
Engineering Section, Air Corps Material Division, Wright Field |
|
| 1940-2 |
Chief, Production Division, Air Corps Material Center, Wright Field | |
| 1943-6-21
|
Brigadier general |
Commander, 58 Bombardment Wing,
Georgia |
| 1943-11-19
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Commander, 20 Bomber Command | |
| 1944-7 |
Commander, Air Material Command,
Wright Field |
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| 1944-8 |
Chief of Engineering and
Procurement, Air Technical Service Command, Wright Field |
|
| 1945-4 |
Headquarters, U.S. Army Air
Forces |
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| 1945-8 |
Chief of staff, 5 Air Force, Okinawa |
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| 1945-10-4
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Major general |
Commander, 5 Air Force, Nagoya |
| 1948-1 |
Director of Procurement and
Industrial Mobilization Planning, Air Material Command,
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base |
|
| 1949-9 |
Deputy Chief of Staff for
Material, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force |
|
| 1951 |
Retires |
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| 1971-10-1 |
Dies |
References
Aeronautical
Systems Center (accessed 2009-2-25)
Arlington
National Cemetary Website (accessed 2009-2-25)
Frank (1999)
Generals.dk
(accessed 2009-2-25)
Pettibone (2006)
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