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Major General George R. Acheson.(United States Air Force)(Biography)

MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE R. ACHESON

Retired Jan. 31, 1959. Died Aug. 17, 1989.

George Robert Acheson was born in Lewiston, Maine in 1904. He attended the University of Maine and enlisted in the Army as a private Feb. 7, 1925.

After serving with the 24th Pursuit Squadron at France Field, Panama Canal Zone, he was appointed a flying cadet in the Air Service and began primary flying training at Brooks Field, Texas, in March 1926. In September of that year he went to Kelly Field, Texas, for advanced flying training, completed the course, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Air Reserve Feb. 28, 1927. The following June he was appointed a second lieutenant of ...

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