Grandison Gardner
| Grandison Gardner | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 18, 1892 Pine Valley, Utah |
| Died | February 1, 1973 (aged 80) |
| Place of burial | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Air ForceUnited States Army Air Forces United States Army Air Corps United States Army Air Service Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps |
| Years of service | 1917–1954 |
| Rank |
 Major General
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Major General Grandison Gardner, USAF (18 September 1892 - 1 February 1973), service number O-10193, was an American military officer involved with weapons systems development and evaluation.
Gardner was born in Pine Valley, Utah, in 1892, to John Alexander Gardner (1852 – 31 January 1931) and Celestia Snow Gardner (1859 – 13 September 1959). They had ten children, seven boys and three girls. Grandison Gardner obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from Utah State College in 1914. After attending the University of California as a post-graduate student for two years, he entered the U.S. Army in August 1917 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Aviation Section of the Signal Officers Reserve Corps, at Rockwell Field, California, on 27 November 1917.
In July 1918, he went to Mather Field, California, as maintenance officer and assistant engineer officer. He obtained his flight training at Mather Field that October and November, graduating in November 1918, and in January 1920 returned to Rockwell Field. That May he was assigned to the Air Service Observation School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. On 1 July 1920, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Regular Army Air Service, and the following month returned to Mather Field for duty with the 91st Squadron as radio officer.
Going to McCook Field, Ohio, in November 1921, Gardner worked with the development of bomb sights. In August 1923 he went to Luke Field, Hawaii, for duty with the 23d Bomb Squadron, assuming command of it the following July. Two years later he was reassigned to McCook Field, to attend the Air Corps Engineering School, graduated in June 1927, and a year later received his Master of Science degree in mathematics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His thesis was titled "Dynamics of fluid motion about an airfoil" and ran 84 pages. He was then named chief of the Aerodynamics Unit, Air Corps Material Division at Wright Field, Ohio, becoming assistant commandant of the Air Corps Engineering School there in May 1930.
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