| LC control no. | n 84166682 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Tunner, William H. |
| Variant(s) | Tonnage Tunner, 1906-1983 Tunner, Tonnage, 1906-1983 Tunner, William Henry, 1906-1983 Willie the Whip, 1906-1983 |
| Birth date | 1906-07-14 |
| Death date | 1983-04-06 |
| Place of birth | Elizabeth (N.J.) |
| Place of death | Gloucester (Va.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Air Force United States. Army Air Forces |
| Profession or occupation | Generals |
| Found in | His Over the hump, 1985: t.p. (William H. Tunner, Lt. Gen., U.S. Air Force) Wikipedia, November 9, 2017 (William H. Tunner; William Henry Tunner (July 14, 1906-April 6, 1983) was a general officer in the United States Air Force and its predecessor, the United States Army Air Forces; Tunner was known for his expertise in the command of large-scale military airlift operations, first in Air Transport Command (ATC) during World War II, commanding The Hump operation, and later in Military Air Transport Service (MATS) during the Berlin Airlift in 1949-1951; he eventually rose to the rank of Lieutenant general and commanded MATS itself; he was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey and died in Gloucester, Virginia; nicknames: Willie the Whip, Tonnage Tunner) Library of Congress Manuscript Division for the William H. Tunner and Margaret Ann Hamilton Tunner papers, 1940-99: (William H. Tunner; husband of Margaret Ann Hamilton Tunner) |
| Associated language | eng |
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