PDG CH 2 Airmen Heritage pt. 1 of 3 questions and answers

When did the US Army 1st use balloon detachments? during the civil war What did Thaddeus Lowe demonstrate that a balloon could do? effectively direct artillery fore by telegraph Who became the Army's 1st enlisted pilot in 1912? PFC Vernon Burge Who died while testing Aeroplane No. 1 at Fort Myers in September 1908? Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge The hunt for Pancho Villa was unsuccessful; however, what valuable aviation lessons were learned? Lessons about aviation under field condition, including the need for adequate maintenance and plenty of backup aircraft to rotate into service When Congress authorized the aviation section of the signal Corps on 18 July 1914, how many officers and enlisted men were authorized? 60 officers and 260 enlisted men TRUE Most enlisted pilots received commissions after the US formally declared war in 1917. (T/F) Late 1912, Congress passed the Flight Officer Act (public law 658). What did it do? It automatically promoted sergeant pilots to flight officers and reserved the cockpit for the commissioned. When WW1 began in Europe in August 1914, the 1st Aero Squadron mustered 12 officers, 54 enlisted men and six aircraft. How many did it have by the end of 1915? 44 officers, 224 enlisted men, and 23 airplanes Traditionally, commissioned officers served as pilots before WW1. What types of auxiliary capacities did trained enlisted personnel fill? Supply, construction, photo reconnaissance, radio, mechanics, armament specialist, welders, riggers, sail makers, ect. (mechanics were needed most) What did the Army Reorganization Act of 1920 do? it made the Air Service an official combat arm of the Army What did the relatively limited air activities focus on through the mid 1920s? establishing records, testing equipment and garnering headline Between the World Wars, most enlisted pilots were NCOs holding commissions in the _______. Reserves Who was the last of about 2,500 men to graduate from enlisted pilot training and last enlisted pilot to serve (retiring in 1957)? MSgt George Holmes Even thought training centers expanded and multiplied from 1939 to 1941, what helped meet the demand for training? private school Name the sergeant known as the "Father of Blind Flight" Sgt William C. Ocker Why did the Army Air Forces revitalize the flying sergeants and launch a massive program of enlisted pilot training? the threat of WW2 made General Headquarters (GHQ) Air Force view enlisted pilots more positively Name the TSgt who was liberated as a POW in Germany during WW2 and later became the 1st CMSAF in 1967 TSgt Paul Airey -he received the 1st air force POW medal in 1988 When did the air wing of the Army accept blacks in the service? 1942 Name the four enlisted memebers who received the Medal of Honor during WW2 Maynard "Snuffy" Harrison Smith (1943); Forrest Lee Vosler (1943); Archibald Mathies (1944); and Henry "Red" Eugene Erwin (1945)