Burge, Vernon Lee, Col

Deceased

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Last Rank
Colonel

Primary Unit
1939-1939, AAF MOS 1060, 6th Bomb Group, Very Heavy

Service Years
1907 - 1942

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Home State

Illinois

Illinois

Year of Birth
1888

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Home Town Fisher, Illinois	Last Address San Antonio, Texas
Date of Passing Sep 06, 1971
Location of Interment Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery (VA) - San Antonio, Texas	Wall/Plot Coordinates Section E, Site 237

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Last Known Activity:

He is known as the first enlisted pilot. In 1912 while he was a corporal and an airplane mechanic he was trained and qualified as a pilot. At first the Army brass objected to it but then relented and he was promoted to sergeant. In 1917 he was commissioned and retired as a colonel in 1942.

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Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Burge
http://earlyaviators.com/eburge.htm
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=70701894
http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=1420
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0IBP/is_5_47/ai_101496072/
http://home.ancestry.com

World War I
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