461st plaque

461st Bombardment Group (H)

Philip H. Hawes

Philip H. Hawes

1913 - 1956

Colonel, USAF, 1444A. Los Angeles, California

United States Military Academy, BS; Army War College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Reported to AWC as student, Army War College.

Prior service includes duty as 461st Bomb Group commander with the Fifteenth Air Force; command of three Air Transport Command bases; member of Joint Strategic Plans Group, Joint Staff; Air Attache, American Embassy, Moscow.

Faculty Advisor to Seminar 10 in Studies 1 and 2; member of Phase III Planning Committee.