Gorrell, Edgar Staley

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Gorrell, Edgar Staley

Name: Gorrell, Edgar Staley Years: 1891-1945 Rank: Col. Nationality: American Remarks: Early American military aviator and proponent of strategic bombing, who served as the Chief of Strategical Aviation for the AEF during World War I

Contents 1 Biography 2 Timeline 3 Publications 4 Sources 5 References

[edit] Biography

Gorrell served in the 1st Aero Squadron during the Mexican Punitive Expedition under Pershing^[1].

In August, 1917, Gorrell was named Chief of the Technical Section of the AEF's Air Service, responsible for procurement of the equipment and supplies that the Air Service would need over the course of the next year^[2].

By December, 1917, Gorrell had been made chief of "Strategical Aviation" for the AEF^[1].

[edit] Timeline

• August 15, 1917 Maj. Edgar Gorrell is named Chief of the Technical Section, Air Service, AEF^[2].

[edit] Publications

• Bombardment Plan for the Air Service, AEF, 1917
• Rules of the Air, in U. S. Air Services, Vol. 4, No. 2 (September 1920)

[edit] Sources

• Edgar Staley Gorrell  at EarlyAviators.com

• Edgar S. Gorrell Collection  at National Air and Space Museum Archives

[edit] References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The US Air Service in the Great War 1917-1919, pg. 36
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} U.S. Air Service in World War I, Vol. II, pg. 141