Albert Francis Hegenberger

Albert Francis Hegenberger
Born September 30, 1895(1895-09-30)
Boston, Massachusetts
Died July 23, 1983(1983-07-23) (aged 88)
Goldenrod, Florida
Allegiance  United States
Service/branch United States Air Force
Rank Major General
Commands held II Bomber Command
Tenth Air Force
1st Air Division
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Distinguished Service Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross

Albert Francis Hegenberger (September 30, 1895 – August 31, 1983) was a Major General in the United States Air Force and a pioneering aviator who set a flight distance record in 1927.[1]

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Biography

He was born on September 30, 1895 in Boston, Massachusetts.[1]

After completing the Air Corps Tactical and the Command and General Staff Schools, he served with the various Air Corps units in Hawaii. In World War II, Hegenberger served with the 21st Bombardment Wing, commanded the II Bomber Command, became Chief of Staff of the Second and Fourteenth Air Forces, and commanded the Tenth Air Force. After the war, he commanded the 1st Air Division of the Far East Air Forces. He then was Chief of Special Weapons in Air Force Headquarters. He then served as Assistant for atomic energy to the Chief of Staff and in 1948.[1]

Hegenberger died of pneumonia in Goldenrod, Florida on August 31, 1983.[2]

Legacy

Hegenberger Road in Oakland, California is named after him.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Major General Albert Francis Hegenberger". United States Air Force. http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=5760. Retrieved 2011-11-15. "Albert Francis Hegenberger was born at Boston, Mass., in 1895. He attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology and entered the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps as a private on Sept. 14, 1917. ..." 
  2. ^ "Albert Francis Hegenberger, Aviation Pioneer". Miami Herald. September 14, 1983. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB35D882E979720&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM#ixzz1dkeUVwXV. Retrieved 2011-11-15. "Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Albert Francis Hegenberger, who made the first nonstop flight from California to Hawaii, has died at a nursing home at the age of 87. Mr. Hegenberger died Aug. 31 of pneumonia. In June 1927, a month after Lindbergh's solo Atlantic crossing, Mr. Hegenberger flew with Lt. Lester Maitland in a Fokker plane from Oakland, Calif., to Hawaii. The 2,400-mile trip took 25 hours, 40 minutes. In 1934, Mr. Hegenberger made the first solo..." 
  3. ^ Deborah Cooper, "Hegenberger Road to the Airport", Oakland Museum of California

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