Buck, George T.
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1918 - 1993
Biography
George T. Buck was born on December 9, 1918 in Tchula, Mississippi. He graduated from West Point in 1942 and received his pilots’ wings in December of that year. After his initial assignment as a stateside flight and gunnery instructor, he was deployed to Europe in April 1944 and joined the 31st Fighter Group in Italy. He flew with the 307th Fighter Squadron and 309th Fighter Squadron, eventually becoming commander of the 309th. Buck remained in the military after the war and held a number of command positions at Holloman Air Force Base (New Mexico), the Pentagon, and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio). He retired as a colonel in 1970 and passed away in 1993.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Claud V. O'Callaghan Early Airmail Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1987-09-22-B
Contents of the Collection
The Claud V. O'Callaghan Early Airmail Collection is a relatively small collection that contains textual and photographic materials relevant to the early days of airmail via Varney Air Lines (VAL) and Contract Air Mail (CAM) Route 5 with the bulk of materials dating from 1924-1929. Textual materials include early advertisements for the airmail service, VAL traffic reports; correspondence; printed ephemera, including decals, airmail postage, forms, and posters; and samples of...
Dates:
1924-1962; Majority of material found within 1924-1930
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Filtered By
- Subject: airmail stamps X