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Mason Mathews Patrick (December 13, 1863 – January 29, 1942) was a general officer in the United States Army who led the United States Army Air Service during and after World War I and became the first Chief of the Army Air Corps when it was created on July 2, 1926.
- 1886–1927
- Major General
Nov 2, 2023 · Heroes And Leaders: Mason M. Patrick. By Phillip S. Meilinger. Nov. 2, 2023. The unusual assignment as head of military aviation. Patrick was the first real head of American military aviation. He was an engineer for most of his career, and had a reputation as a solid administrator and organizer.
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MAJOR GENERAL MASON M. PATRICK. He was chief of American Expeditionary Force's Air Service in World War I, postwar head of U.S. Air Service, for whom Patrick Air Force Base, Cocoa, Fla., is named. He was born Dec. 13, 1863 at Lewisburg, W.Va., and died Jan. 29, 1942, in Washington, D.C.
Oct 12, 2023 · While Brigadier General Billy Mitchell immortalized a brazen and maverick approach that involved breaking rules and challenging authority to advocate for airpower, General Mason Patrick championed a more calculated, cautious approach that emphasized preservation and working within the system to achieve the same goal. [1]
Dec 3, 2021 · Dec. 3, 2021. Late Bloomer. For 32 years, Mason Mathews Patrick (West Point, 1886) was a brilliant though somewhat obscure member of the Army Corps of Engineers. Then came June 1918. That month launched him into what may be the most astonishing second act in modern U.S. military history.
Jul 1, 2007 · Mason Patrick’s Inside Game. By Herman S. Wolk. July 1, 2007. Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick is little known or celebrated today—but he should be. He served as head of the Air Service, American Expeditionary Force, in World War I and then went on to become Chief of the Air Service in the period 1921-27.
It was only through the service of an experienced military man, Mason Patrick, that the Air Service survived during a time of massive military cuts and took the first official steps toward an independent aviation branch. Born during the American Civil War, Patrick was the son of a Confederate surgeon.
