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Years of service. 1952–1985. Rank. Rear Admiral. Commands held. Fighter Airborne Early Warning Wings of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Paul Thomas Gillcrist (March 22, 1929 – June 30, 2016) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. After retirement from the Navy, he wrote non-fiction and fiction books and was a consultant for television.
Paul T. Gillcrist, Rear Admiral, USN (Ret.) “Paul” Date of Designation: 18 December 1953 NA # T-4011 Dates of Active Duty: 6 June 1952 - 1 October 1985. Total Flight Hours: 6,000+ Carrier/Ship Landings: Fixed wing: 966 Approximate Flight Hours: Jet: 5,200 Prop: 700 Helo: 100 VF/VA: 5,900 Combat Tours:
Aug 21, 2016 · Rear Admiral Paul Thomas Gillcrist March 22, 1929 - June 30, 2016 San Diego Rear Admiral Paul Thomas Gillcrist, USN (Ret.), passed away on June 30, 2016 surrounded by his immediate family.Paul lived a
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Jun 30, 2016 · Added: Apr 23, 2017. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 178706128. Source citation. Rear Admiral U.S. Navy. A former Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Air Warfare, a position he served from 1982 to 1985. Previously, he served as Commander, Naval Base San Diego, Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations for the Commander in Chief of the ...
- San Diego, California
- March 22, 1929
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Jun 23, 1997 · Paul T. Gillcrist is an excellent writer, easily explaining Naval vernacular as he shares his experiences over many years of flying. This is an excellent autobiography and highly recommended for anyone who loves stories of adventure, whether true or fiction.
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Paul Gillcrist graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1952. He retired as a U.S. Navy Rear Admiral.
Books. Tomcat!: The Grumman F-14 Story. Paul T. Gillcrist. Schiffer Publishing, 1994 - History - 208 pages. TOMCAT! The Gurmman F-14 Story is an exciting oral history of the most versatile air supremacy fighter in the world . . . much of it written from the vantage point of the airplane's cockpit! Told in an anecdotal format, this new book is ...
