Major General Gilbert L. Meyers

Major General Gilbert L. Meyers (HM2ADQ)

Location: Myrtle Beach, SC 29577 Horry County
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Country: United States of America
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N 33° 40.809', W 78° 54.609'

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General Gilbert Meyers entered military service in 1936. He completed his pilot training in 1938 and was assigned to the Eighth Pursuit Group at Langley Field, Virginia. His distinguished career contained many firsts.

During the early part of World War II he accepted the first P-47 Thunderbolt fighter for use by the Army Air Corps. Serving with the 386th Fighter Group in England, his was the first Air Corps unit to land in France after Normandy. After the German surrender, General Meyers served with the Fifth Air Force in the Far East and landed at Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, only days after the unofficial Japanese surrender. In 1946, he assumed command of the First Fighter Group when it was the first jet fighter unit in the Air Corps.

In 1950, General Meyers went to Korea for two years as Fifth Air Force director of operations during the Korean conflict. His other post-war assignments included acting as deputy chief of staff operations, Headquarters, Tactical Air Command; vice commander of the Ninth Air Force; deputy director for requirements, Headquarters, United States Air Force; and commander of the 27th Tactical Fighter Wing. He was commander of the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing from 1960 to 1963.

Among his awards and decorations are the Distinguished



Service Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with seven Oak leaf clusters, Bronze Star and the Croix de Guerre.
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Date Added Tuesday, August 14th, 2018 at 7:02pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 693730 N 3728652
Decimal Degrees33.68015000, -78.91015000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 33° 40.809', W 78° 54.609'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds33° 40' 48.54" N, 78° 54' 36.54" W
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Area Code(s)803, 843
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 775 17th Ave S, Myrtle Beach SC 29577, US
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