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Time Remaining To Bid: 14 days 23 hours 9 mins. 16 secs.
Item Will Close On Sunday, July 20, 2008 at 8:30:00 PM CST

Lot Number: 5935649

Category: O82 - Personal Letters & Papers

BRIG.GENERAL MARTIN F. SCANLON PHOTOS AND PAPER GROUPING

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Brig.General Martin F.Scanlon Retired June 29, 1948. Died Jan. 26, 1980. served in the Philippine Islands as pilot and commanding officer of the 2nd Aero Squadron at Corregidor, flying seaplanes. He returned to the United States in November 1917, made further aviation studies at Kelly Field, Texas, for a month and after a brief tour at Fort Worth, Texas, sailed for overseas duty with the American Expeditionary Forces. 
From February to August 1918, he took an advanced flying course with the British Royal Flying Corps in England. From August to September 1918, he was on duty as pilot with the 91st Aero Squadron in the Toul Sector, then was commanding officer of the Colombey-Les-Belles Aerodrome. He then became air service commander, V Army Corps serving as such until March 1919. In July 1941 he returned to the United States for duty at Headquarters Army Air Forces, Washington, D.C., and in March 1942 was given an unannounced overseas assignment. He returned to the United States, and in September 1942, became commanding general, 38th Flying Training Wing, Roswell, N.M. Subsequently he was designated commander of the 36th Flying Training Wing, with station at Santa Ana, Calif. In August 1944 he became president of the Army Air Forces Evaluation Board in Hawaii and on April 11, 1946, reverted to his regular rank of colonel. 
He is rated s senior pilot, combat observer and aircraft observer. For more information go to http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=7044

Grouping includes 16 page three ring binder of 6 photos having paper describing each in his own hand writting signed and dated 1965 by him. 

For more information on this collection go to http://www.manions.com/block.htm  Condition: 7

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