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Lieutenant General Frank Maxwell Andrews (February 3, 1884 – May 3, 1943) was a senior officer of the United States Army and one of the founders of the United States Army Air Forces, which was later to become the United States Air Force.
- 1906–1943
12 de feb. de 2024 · Frank M. Andrews was a U.S. soldier and air force officer who contributed signally to the evolution of U.S. bombardment aviation during his command (1935–39) of the General Headquarters Air Force, the first U.S. independent air striking force.
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Lieutenant General FRANK M. ANDREWS. Lt. Gen. Frank Maxwell Andrews, United States Army officer: b. Nashville, Tenn., 3 Feb. 1884; d. on active duty in airplane crash over Iceland, 3 May 1943. He was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1906, and commissioned second lieutenant of cavalry; earned his pilot’s wings in 1918 ...
Lt. Gen. Frank M. Andrews. (U.S. Air Force photo) Lt. Gen. Frank M. Andrews. Before his premature death in 1943, Frank Maxwell Andrews played a major role in building the small U.S. Army Air Corps of the 1930s into the powerful U.S. Army Air Forces of World War II.
El teniente general Frank Maxwell Andrews (3 de febrero de 1884 - 3 de mayo de 1943) fue un alto oficial del ejército de los Estados Unidos y uno de los fundadores de las Fuerzas Aéreas del Ejército de los Estados Unidos, que fue más tarde para convertirse en la Fuerza Aérea de los Estados Unidos.
28 de nov. de 2017 · Yet when the B-24 bomber carrying Lt. Gen. Frank Maxwell “Andy” Andrews crashed into the side of an Icelandic mountain in May 1943, his historical legacy perished as instantly as he did. In fact, no full biography of the namesake of Andrews Air Force Base has ever been published.
Frank Maxwell Andrews. Born: February 3, 1884, in Nashville, Tennessee. Death: May 3, 1943. Enshrined: 1986. As commanding general of “GHQ Air Force” from 1935-39, he prepared the Army air arm for global war, which “Hap” Arnold characterized as “the first real step ever taken toward an independent United States Air Force.”.
