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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

Honored by:
Ms. Mary Ellen Glasgow

In 1946, LCDR Thomas A. Glasgow had his first airplane flight as a passenger from Hamilton AFB to DCA as "Sacred Cow" General Hap Arnold provided space on an available flight. In 1952, LCDR Glasgow reported to NAS Pensacola as a student naval aviator. In 1953, RADM Dale Harris CNABT pinned on his wings of gold as a Naval Aviator. His flying experience is summarized below:

1954 - Air Anti Submarine Squadron 32 at NAS Quonset Point, RI
Checked out in S2F, TF, co pilot R4D
1958 - Reported to NAS Pensacola as a flight instructor
Checked out in T28B
1961 - Reported to U S Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA for Line School
Checked out in T2J first jet qualification
1962 - Reported aboard USS Coral Sea as Assistant Navigator
Qualified as OOD and CDO underway, task force steaming
1964 - Reported to NAS Alameda, CA as Personnel Officer
1965 – Retired

Promotion History: Flight Summation:
ENS 1953 Total Pilot Hours 3466
LTJG 1955 Total Jet Pilot Hours 43
LT 1958 Total CV Landings 151
LCDR 1963

Prior Enlisted Service
In 1944, LCDR Glasgow enlisted at NRS Philadelphia. He attended recruit training and Signalman School at NTC Bainbridge, MD. In LION VIII, he trained in various aspects of amphibious warfare and landed at Okinawa's Buckner Bay HECP. After VJ day, he participated in the Imperial Mine Sweep, Izumi Nada, Japan. From 1946 - 1949, he served as a Signalman & Electronics Technician on USS TERROR & USS MCCOMB. He attended Electronics School USNTC Great Lakes, IL and NRL Washington, DC. From 1949 - 1952, he served as an Electronics Technician at NAMC, Mustin Field. He applied and was accepted for Flight Training and was recommissioned on USS JENKINS DDE 447 at USNSY Mare Island. He completed shakedown and transit to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and was then transferred to NAS Pensacola, Florida. In summary, LCDR Thomas A. Glasgow, USN (Ret) served his country as a navy pilot. His exemplary service is consistent with the standards for the National Aviation and Space Exploration Wall of Honor.