URI(s)
Fuller Name
- William Henry
Variants
- Tonnage Tunner, 1906-1983
- Tunner, Tonnage, 1906-1983
- Tunner, William Henry, 1906-1983
- Willie the Whip, 1906-1983
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1906-07-14
Death Date
- 1983-04-06
Has Affiliation
- Organization: United States. Air Force
- Organization: United States. Army Air Forces
Birth Place
- Elizabeth (N.J.)
Associated Language
- English
Occupation
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: His Over the hump, 1985:t.p. (William H. Tunner, Lt. Gen., U.S. Air Force)
- found: 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)
- found: 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)
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Change Notes
- 1984-11-16: new
- 2021-05-25: revised
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