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Roy Arthur Dix graduated from George Washington High School in Danville, Virginia in 1939. He received a scholarship to William and Mary University, graduating in 1943.
He enlisted in 1943, and attended flight training at Dyersburg Army Air Base, Tennessee (346th Bomb Group, Heavy for operational training).
Lt. Dix went to England in May of 1944 as a B-17 pilot with the 364th Bombardment Squadron, 305th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force, 1st Air Division. The unit was stationed at RAF Chelveston, Northamptonshire, England (USAAF Station 105).
His first mission was on 18 June 44 over Hamburg and his last was on 22 October 44 over Hanover. He flew 35 combat missions over Germany and France. He returned home in December 1944.
Cold War Service Experience: To be edited and revised
1948-1950: Served with Flight "C", 5th Air Rescue Squadron, MATS, Maxwell AFB, Alabama (5th Air Rescue Squadron, MATS, Lowry AFB, Colorado). In Bermuda
1950-1951: Served with Det. 1, 1737th Ferry Squadron, MATS, Westover AFB, Massachusetts (1737th Ferry Squadron, MATS, Kelly AFB, Texas).
1951-1954: Served with 384th Bombardment Wing, SAC, Little Rock AFB, Arkansas. (B-47E). During this period, he was presented with membership in the B-47 1000 Hour Club while with the 384th for Outstanding Airmanship. In United Kingdom
10 May 1946 - 9 November 1948 Bermuda
23 July 1951 - 26 July 1954 in the United Kingdom
195203 Military Assistance Advisory Group - United Kingdom (London)
2 April 1963 - 2 July 1964 6102nd AB WIng, Yokota AFB, Japan and Korea
1963-63 3501st Recruiting Group at Stewart AFB, NY
1963-4 Air Attache at Qui Nhon, RVN (MAAGV)
1964-1965 552nd Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing, McClelland AFB, Sact'o, California
Lt. Colonel Dix retired from the Air Force on 31 October 1965.
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http://www.dean-boys.com/552/552nd.htm (history of this unit)http://forum.armyairforces.com/Kindley-Field-Bermuda-1389th-AAFBU-m184970.aspx
(Kindley AFB/Bermuda Air Base)
The SAGE system was a network linking Air Force (and later FAA) General Surveillance Radar stations into a centralized center for Air Defense, intended to provide early warning and response for a Soviet nuclear attack. The Ground Air Transmitting Receiving (GATR) Site (R-18) for communications was located at approximately 1.1 miles souh-southwest from the SAGE building. Normally the GATR site was connected by a pair of buried telephone cables, with a backup connection of dual telephone cables overhead.
DC-18 was initially under the San Francisco Air Defense Sector (SFADS), established on 15 February 1959. DC-18 and the SFADS was inactivated on 1 August 1963 as part of an ADC consolidation and reorganization, with its assigned units assigned to other ADC Sectors. The GATR was reassigned to Mill Valley AFS (Z-38) as an annex designated OL-A, 666th Radar Squadron. Today the large SAGE building is now building 2145, housing the 9th Reconnaissance Technical Squadron; the GATR was inactivated in 1980 and the building is now part of a Skeet-shooting range.
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