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William Lendrum Mitchell (December 29, 1879 – February 19, 1936) was a United States Army officer who is regarded as the father of the United States Air Force. [1] [2] Mitchell served in France during World War I and, by the conflict's end, commanded all American air combat units in that country.
William Lendrum Mitchell o Billy Mitchell ( Niza, Francia; 29 de diciembre de 1879- Nueva York ( Estados Unidos ), 19 de febrero de 1936) fue un aviador estadounidense de origen francés . Se alistó en el ejército y prestó servicio en la guerra hispano-estadounidense.
William Mitchell was a U.S. Army officer who early advocated a separate U.S. air force and greater preparedness in military aviation. He was court-martialed for his outspoken views and did not live to see the fulfillment during World War II of many of his prophecies: strategic bombing, mass.
2 de ene. de 2020 · Updated on January 02, 2020. Brigadier General William "Billy" Lendrum Mitchell was an early advocate for air power and is generally considered the father of the US Air Force. Entering the US Army in 1898, Mitchell developed an interest in aviation and progressed through the ranks to oversee American air operations in Europe during ...
31 de ago. de 2023 · By Phillip S. Meilinger. Aug. 31, 2023. Father of the U.S. Air Force. William L. “Billy” Mitchell was born in Nice, France, in 1879, the son of a U.S. senator and Civil War veteran. Billy had the martial urge as well, so he enlisted in the Army when the Spanish-American War broke out.
William "Billy" Mitchell became an untiring advocate for air power between the two world wars. His name remains synonymous with military aviation during the 1920s.
12 de jun. de 2006 · Mitchell met British General Hugh ‘Boom’ Trenchard and quickly adopted his thesis that military air power could and should be used in a ‘relentless and incessant offensive’ in wartime and, if so used, would one day become much more important in military strategy than sea power.
