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Gilkeson was a pioneering Army aviator and graduate of the Air Tactical School and Command and General Staff School who, like many career officers of his generation, worked with the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. This was valuable training for many officers who would later oversee the enormous wartime expansion of the Army.
Gilkeson commanded an air base in the Panama Canal Zone when
war broke out, but was transferred to China in early 1944 to command 312 Fighter Wing. He later served on the staff of 10 Air Force.
| 1893-1-25 |
Born at Lansdale Pennsylvania |
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| 1915-6-12 |
Second lieutenant |
Graduates from West Point. 11 Infantry Regiment |
| 1916-7-1 |
First lieutenant |
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| 1916-9 |
Flight school |
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| 1917-5 |
Major |
1 Aero Squadron |
| 1917-7 |
Commandant, School of Military Aeronautics, Princeton University |
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| 1917-9 |
Chanute Field |
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| 1918-1 |
Rich Field |
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| 1918-4 |
Wilbur Wright Field |
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| 1918-8 |
Chanute Field |
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| 1919-1 |
Commander, 217 Aero Squadron |
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| 1919-4 |
Hazelhurst Field |
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| 1919-10 |
60 Infantry Regiment |
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| 1920-8 |
Executive officer, Carlstrom Field |
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| 1921-7 |
Commander, Clark Field/Commander, 3 Pursuit Squadron |
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| 1923-7 |
Professor of Military Science and Tactics, MIT |
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| 1925-9 |
Chemical Warfare School |
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| 1925-11 |
Air Force Liaison, Chemical Warfare School |
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| 1928-6 |
Air Corps Engineering Schol |
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| 1929-7 |
Chief, Equipment Branch, Air Corps Materiel Division |
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| 1931-9 |
Air Corps Tactical School |
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| 1932-6 |
Executive officer, 1 Pursuit Group |
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| 1934-11 |
Organized Reserves, 8 Corps Area |
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| 1935-3 |
Lieutenant colonel |
Commander, 8 Pursuit Group |
| 1938-9 |
Command and General Staff School |
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| 1939-6 |
Commander, Albrook Field/Commander, 12 Pursuit Wing |
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| 1940-3-1 |
Colonel |
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| 1942-2-17 |
Brigadier general | |
| 1942-3 |
Commander, 26 Interceptor Command |
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| 1942-10 |
Commander, 3 Fighter Command |
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| 1944-3 |
Commander, 312 Fighter Wing |
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| 1944-10 |
10 Air Force |
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