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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

Honored by:

ESTES, HOWELL MARION, JR., former air force officer, airline executive; b. Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., Sept. 18, 1914; s. Howell Marlon and Juanita (Dickson) E.; m. Annan Verdeck, Mar. 8, 1941; children.- Howell Marlon III, Michael Summer, Charles Dickson. BS. U.S. M11. Acad., 1936; grad. pilot tng., 1940; postgrad, diploma, A1r War Coll., 1949. Commissioned 2d It. U.S. Army, 1936; advanced through grades to gen.-USAF, 1964; assigned 7th Cav. U.S. Army, Ft. Bliss, Tex., 1936-37, acting a.d.c. to comdr. 1st Cav. Div., 1937-39; flight 1nstr. 'USAAF, Brooks Field, Tex., 1940, comdt. cadets Advanced Flying Sen., 1940-42, d1r. tng., 1943-44; comdr. USAAF, Lackland A1r Base, Tex., 1944, Lubbock Army A1r Field, Tex., 1944-45; chief br. plans and policy d1v. ops. USAAF, Wiesbaden, Germany, 1946, chief ops. staff, 1946-47, asst. chief staff plans, 1947; comdr. 1st A1r Base Group 22d Bomb W1ng USAAF, March A1r Base, Calif., 1949; assigned 22d Bomb Group USAAF, Eng., 1959-51; comdr. 44th Bomb W1ng, Far East A1r Forces Bomber Command USAAF, March A1r Base, 1951, comdr. 320th Bomb W1ng, 1951-52, comdr. 12th A1r Div., 1952-53, comdr. A1r Task Groups 7 and 4, 1952-54; d1r. weapon systems ops. A1r Research and Devel. Command USAF, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, 1954-55, asst.
dep. cmdr. weapon systems, comdr. detachment 1 Hdqrs. A1r Research and Devel. Command, d1r. systems mgmt., 1955-57; asst. chief staff air def. systems Hdqrs. USAF, Washington, 1957-58, 1957-58, asst. dep. chief staff ops., 1958-61; dep. comdr. aerospace systems A1r Force Systems Command USAF, Los Angeles, 1961-62; vice comdr. A1r Force Systems Command USAF, Andrews AFB, Md., 1962-64, comdr. M11. Airlift Command, 1964-69; ret. USAF, 1969; sr. v.p. World Airways Inc., Oakland, Calif., 1969-71, exec. v.p., 1971; pres. World Airways Inc., Oakland, 1971-74; chrmn. bd., chief exec. officer Fed. Express Corp., Memphis, Tenn., 1974-75; chrmn. bd. Vanguard International Alrcargo Inc., 1975—. Decorated Legion of Merit with 2 clusters, D.F.C., A1r medal with 2 clusters, U.S. Army D.S.M., USAF D.S.M., War Cross Czechoslovakia; recipient Gen. H.H. Arnold trophy. Memb. Nat. Def. Transp. Assn. (def. adv. council). Home: 7603 Shadywood Rd Bethesda MD 20817