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General Truman Hempel " Ted " Landon (February 11, 1905 – January 27, 1986) was a U.S. Air Force general and commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe. [1] Biography. At West Point in 1928. Landon was born in Maryville, Missouri, and grew up in Carlinville, Illinois.
General Landon is currently a command pilot with more than 7,800 hours. Following two years with the 3rd Attack Group at Fort Crockett, Texas, he served as a flying instructor from 1932-1936 at Randolph Field and with the Sixth Bomb Group at France Field in the Canal Zone from 1937 to 1939.
Military officials stand on the steps of a building as the official receiving party for President Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes of Guatemala. Foreground, facing the camera, left to right: unidentified; Major General Truman H. Landon; Major General Charles Dasher; Rear Admiral Lewis Parks; Brigadier General James W. Coutts (saluting).
General Truman Hempel Landon died on 27 January 1986, at the age of 80. He is buried at the United States Air Force Academy Cemetery in Colorado Springs, CO, in Plot 003 B 080. He was survived by his second wife, Willda V. Landon, who died on 11 October 2000.
Who was Truman H. Landon? General Truman Hempel "Ted" Landon was a U.S. Air Force general and commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe. Landon was born in Maryville, Missouri, and grew up in Carlinville, Illinois.
As Commander of the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron from 1939 to 1942, he participated in the first mass flight of B-17s from California to Hawaii in May 1937, and was inbound in a...
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General Truman Hempel "Ted" Landon (February 11, 1905 – January 27, 1986) was a U.S. Air Force general and commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe. Landon was born in Maryville, Missouri, and grew up in Carlinville, Illinois.
