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Roscoe Charles Wilson (11 June 1905 – 21 August 1986) was a United States Air Force general who was Commandant of the Air War College from 1951 to 1954 and Deputy Chief of Staff, Development, from 1958 to 1961. A 1928 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, Wilson was commissioned into the United States Army as a second lieutenant in the field artillery but underwent flying training and, on receiving his pilot's wings, transferred to the United States Army Air Corps in 1929. He attended the Air Corps Engineering School at Wright-Patterson Field, Ohio and was assigned to the Aircraft Design Section of the Aircraft Laboratory there, where he worked on the development of the XB-15, B-17 and XB-19. During World War II, Wilson was Chief of Development Engineering at United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) headquarters, and was the USAAF liaison officer to the Manhattan Project. In December 1944 he became Chief of Staff of the 316th Bombardment Wing. Its B-29s deployed to Okinawa in June 1945, and he participated in the last air raids on Japan. After the war ended he was involved in a survey of the damage done by the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In 1947, he became one of the Deputy Chiefs of the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project. From October 1951 to May 1954 Wilson was Commandant of the Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. He then became commander of the Third Air Force in the United Kingdom. He was promoted to lieutenant general on 1 July 1958 when he became Deputy Chief of Staff, Development. He retired from the Air Force in 1961 and became President and Chairman of Allied Research. == Early life and career == Roscoe Charles Wilson was born in Centralia, Pennsylvania, on 11 June 1905, the son of an Army officer, Colonel Everett R. Wilson.〔 He entered the United States Military Academy at West Point as a cadet on 1 July 1924 and graduated 48th in the class of 1928. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the field artillery on 9 June 1928, but on 8 September he commenced flight training at Brooks Field, Texas. After further training at the Advanced Flying School at Kelly Field, Texas he received his pilot's wings, and transferred to the United States Army Air Corps on 21 November 1929.〔 Wilson's first posting was to the 1st Observation Squadron at Mitchel Field, New York.〔 In 1929 he married Elizabeth Robinson, a Vassar College graduate from Harrods Creek, Louisville, Kentucky in a ceremony at Christ Church Cathedral in Louisville. Their son Charles E. Wilson would also attend West Point, graduating with the class of 1954.〔 Wilson attended the Air Corps Engineering School at Wright-Patterson Field, Ohio from July 1932 to June 1933.〔 After graduating, he was assigned to the Aircraft Design Section of the Aircraft Laboratory there,〔 where he worked on the development of the P-39, XB-15, B-17 and XB-19.〔 He was promoted to first lieutenant on 1 February 1934, and was Director of the Special Research and Test Laboratory and Director of Accessory Design and Test Laboratory.〔 Wilson came back to West Point in July 1937 as an instructor in the Department of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, as the Science Department was then known. He was promoted to captain on 9 July 1938.〔 From May to August 1939, he attended the Air Corps Tactical School,〔 after which he returned to West Point as an assistant professor.〔 While there he built a wind tunnel, and wrote a book, entitled ''Preliminary Airplane Design'', which was published in 1941. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roscoe Charles Wilson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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