Paul Bernard Wurtsmith (9 August 1906 – 13 September 1946) was a United States Army Air Forces general during World War II. Enlisting in the United States...
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Wurtsmith Air Force Base is a decommissioned United States Air Force base in Iosco County, Michigan. Near Lake Huron, it operated for seventy years, from...
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the Pacific, the Seventh Air Force was added as well. Major General Paul Wurtsmith replaced Streett in March 1945, and Air Commodore Frederick Scherger...
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author [citation needed] Thomas E. White, businessman and Army officer Paul Wurtsmith, Army Air Forces general Vincent W. Patton III, Master Chief Petty Officer...
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Amon Göth, Austrian Nazi military officer and war criminal (b. 1908) Paul Wurtsmith, United States Army Air Forces general during World War II (b. 1906)...
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LeMay, Frank O. Hunter, Emmett "Rosie" O'Donnell, Earle E. Partridge, Paul Wurtsmith and over 100 men who rose to the rank of Air Force general ("Home of...
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The Wurtsmith Air Museum is an aviation museum located at Oscoda–Wurtsmith Airport in Oscoda, Michigan focused on the history of Wurtsmith Air Force Base...
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Brigadier General Paul Wurtsmith (second from left), Commanding General, V Fighter Command, the pilot of first allied combat plane to land at Tadji; Sverdrup...
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wounded Japanese fighter could not follow and dove into the sea. General Paul Wurtsmith put MacDonald on a one-month "punitive leave" for allowing the national...
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orthodox pattern, consisting of V Fighter Command under Brigadier General Paul Wurtsmith, V Bomber Command under Walker, and an Air Services Command under Major...
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MacArthur had agreed that the 49th Fighter Group, commanded by Colonel Paul Wurtsmith, should be diverted to the Northern Territory. However, Darwin was left...
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California in August 1945 while testing a P-80 Shooting Star jet aircraft. Paul Wurtsmith commanded the 49th Fighter Group from December 1941 to November 1942...
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Vietnam. In an address at the Australian War Memorial in 2005, journalist Paul Kelly referred to him as "Australia's most prominent military hawk" at the...
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besides some barracks at RAAF Base Garbutt. Eventually Brigadier General Paul Wurtsmith of the 5th AF organized a refresher session for the new pilots, and...
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American P-51 Mustang, 1945 Northrop P-61 Black Widow, 1945 Brig Gen Paul Wurtsmith, 1 February 1944 Col Neel E. Kearby, 26 February 1944 Maj Gen St Clair...
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article was later revised and published in The Detroit News in 1910. Wurtsmith Air Force Base was a United States Air Force commissioned in 1923 in Oscoda...
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(soon redesignated the 49th Fighter Group) under the command of Colonel Paul Wurtsmith. The Darwin area suffered sixty-four air raids between February 1942...
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Democratic gubernatorial nominee, at age 77 in Okemos September 13 - Paul Wurtsmith, "Detroit's top-ranked air ace", at age 40 in a plane crash in North...
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Minneapolis–Saint Paul Joint Air Reserve Station is a United States Air Force base, located at Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport. It is located...
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CONUS in 1957 and upgraded to F-102 Delta Dagger interceptors at the new Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Michigan. Reassigned to Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota...
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number 60-0003) of the 524th Bombardment Squadron during climbout from Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Michigan on a practice bombing mission. Instruments...
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Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. "A roaring farewell at Wurtsmith air base." Chicago Tribune, 4 December 1992. Dorr & Peacock 2000, p. 52...
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In June 1962 Carlton assumed command of the 379th Bombardment Wing at Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Michigan, and in November 1963, was assigned as commander...
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Miller–Sparta Mt. Pleasant Oceana County Ontonagon County Oscoda County Oscoda–Wurtsmith Owosso Padgham Presque Isle County Linden Price's Roben–Hood Roscommon...
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Schools at the former Clark Air Base, Philippines. Originally named the Wurtsmith Hill School, it was renamed on November 14, 1968. It housed 3rd and 4th...
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Ontonagon County Airport (Schuster Field) GA 0 Oscoda OSC OSC KOSC Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport GA 1 Owosso RNP KRNP Owosso Community Airport GA 0 Rogers City...
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Truax Tyndall Vandenberg Vincent Walker Webb Westover Wright-Patterson Wurtsmith Youngstown Overseas Ernest Harmon Frobisher Bay Goose Keflavik McAndrew...
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Truax Tyndall Vandenberg Vincent Walker Webb Westover Wright-Patterson Wurtsmith Youngstown Overseas Ernest Harmon Frobisher Bay Goose Keflavik McAndrew...
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