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EIGroup releases a biographical article on Billy Mitchell, whose public court martial for insubordination embarrases Army and Navy brass and demonstrates to the American public the need for the creation of the United States Air Force as a separate branch of the armed services. |
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First anti-aircraft defense set up at Mitchell Field. |
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Billy Mitchell dies in a New York hospital at the age of 56. |
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Col. William Mitchell's court martial concludes with a guilty verdict and the sentence is suspension from rank, command and duty with forfeiture of pay and allowances for five years.
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Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell is court-martialed for insubordination as a result of his 6,000 word statement saying that recent military accidents were "the result of incompetency, criminal negligence, and the almost treasonable negligence of our national defense by the War and Navy departments." ... |
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The U.S. Navy dirigible Shenandoah crashes and is destroyed during a flight. This accident prompts Col. Billy Mitchell to publish a 6,000 word inflammatory diatribe against the Army and Navy and their failure to promote military aviation. |
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U.S. Col. Billy Mitchell organizes a force of 1481 allied airplanes to support a victorious U.S. ground attack at the Battle of Saint-Mihiel. |
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Billy Mitchell is born of American parents in Nice, France. He will grow up in Milwaukee, WI. |
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