Birth Name:

Guy M. Townsend

Male

Birth Date:

Mon, Oct 25, 1920

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Columbus, Mississippi, United States

Age:

103

Zodiac Sign:

Scorpio

Astrology Data:

Sun

1°

Sco

59'

About Guy M. Townsend

Guy Mannering Townsend III (October 25, 1920 – March 28, 2011) was a United States Air Force brigadier general, test pilot, and combat veteran. As an Air Force officer, he served as chief of bomber test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, flew as co-pilot on the first flight of the B-52 Stratofortress, was test force director for the XB-70 Valkyrie, and served as program director for the C-5 Galaxy and B-1 Lancer. He was the first military pilot to fly the B-47 Stratojet, B-50 Superfortress, B-52 Stratofortress, and the prototype of the KC-135 Stratotanker. During his years at Boeing, he was the head of the Supersonic Transport operations organization.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• "Retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Guy Townsend autographs a B-52 photo". Boeing. April 17, 2002. Archived from the original on October 10, 2012. Retrieved July 18, 2015.

• "How the B-47 Grew from the Start". B-47 Stratojet Association. Archived from the original on October 21, 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2015.

• "A Townsend Flew the First B-52 Bomber" (PDF). Townsend Genealogical Journal. Oyster Bay, New York: Townsend Society of America. I (III): 5–6. Summer 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 1, 2007. Retrieved July 18, 2015.

• "The History Of Flight From Around The World 1950s". American Institute of Aeronautics. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2015.

• "Cover Flown On First Flight of the Boeing YB-52 "Stratofortress"". Check Six. Retrieved June 14, 2009.

• Puffer, Raymond (April 12, 2002). "The venerable B-52: 50 years and counting". Air Force Link. United States Air Force. Archived from the original on June 24, 2003. Retrieved June 13, 2009.

• Wagner, Ray. "Designing the B-52". American Combat Planes. Retrieved June 14, 2009.

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Guy M. Townsend: Sun 1 Scorpio, Moon 7 Aries, Mercury 25 Scorpio, Venus 1 Sagittarius, Mars 5 Capricorn, Jupiter 12 Virgo, Saturn 20 Virgo, Uranus 1 Pisces, Neptune 13 Leo, Pluto 8 Cancer, Sun Trine Uranus, Mercury Conjunct Venus, Sun Sextile Mars, Sun Semi Sextile Venus, Mercury Sesquiquadrate Pluto, Venus Square Uranus, Mars Sextile Uranus, Mars Opposition Pluto, Jupiter Semi Sextile Neptune, Jupiter Sextile Pluto

Categories related to Guy M. Townsend: 2011 deaths, Washington, Recipients of the Legion of Merit, United States Air Force generals, October 25 births, Texas A&M University alumni, American aviators, Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States), Recipients of the Air Medal, U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School alumni, American test pilots, 1920 births, United States Army Air Forces officers, United States Army Air Forces pilots of World War II, People from Mercer Island, Aviators from Mississippi

Photo attribution: Unknown US Airman, Scanned USAF Photo courtesy of Gen. Townsend