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  • Col Vincent H. McGovern USAF
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    Wall of Honor Level:
    Air and Space Friend

    Honored by:

    Commissioned 2nd LT in 1944. Pilot B-24s 98th B.G. 15th AF Italy 50 missions
    1945 P-51 training – assigned to 363 Recon Group. 1947 Helicopter Training, St. Marcos, Texas
    1948-51 3rd Air Rescue Squad Japan-Korea – 98 missions.
    1952 led 1st (trans-Atlantic) helicopter flight from Westover AFB, MA to Wiesbaden, Germany.
    1954-58 12th ARG Germany.
    1959-62 HQ USAF, Washington, D.C.
    1963-66 Vice Commander Tempelhof Air Base, Berlin, Germany.
    1966-69 HQ USAF Washington, D.C.
    1969 Air Force Advisory Group, Vietnam IG VNAF
    1970-73 Commander, Westover AFB Chicopee, MA 99th BW (SAC)

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