Sujet
General Mason M. Patrick 1923
Légende
In October 1921, he was appointed Chief of the Air Service Under his direction the Air Service established experimental facilities at Wright Field, Ohio, and a large training facility at San Antonio, Texas. It was also here that he learned how to fly for the very first time in his life. In 1925, he sat on the court martial of his former assistant, Colonel William Mitchell. As a result of urging by Mitchell and Patrick, among others, the Air Service was reorganized as the Air Corps in July 1926, receiving an additional degree of autonomy under an Assistant Secretary of War. He was reappointed Chief of the Air Service in October 1925 and retired from the Army in December 1927. The following year he published "The U.S. In the Air". From 1929 to 1933 he was Public Utilities Commissioner for the District of Columbia.
Date
1923
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group
Notre référence
UMG20A65_177
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
45,7Mo (9,1Mo) / 37,3cm x 30,7cm / 4408 x 3622 (300dpi)