Background
Gustavo was born on April 26, 1897, in Santiago, Chile.
Gustavo was born on April 26, 1897, in Santiago, Chile.
Educated Liceó de Aplicación, Liceo V. Letelier, Escuela Militar.
Sect, chief, army’s aviation office, 1928. Chief of communications, office of aeronautics, 1930. Director of aeronautics, 1936.
Commander, anti-aerial defense group, 1937. Delegate, Inter-American Aviation Conference, Lima, 1937, Inter-American Radio Communications Conference, Santiago, 1940. Studied aviation in the United States, 1937.
On mission to Canada and United States, 1939. Director of services, air force, 1941. Director of armaments, air force, 1943-1944.
Retired in 1944. Member American Institute of Radio Engineers.
Member aviation commission in London, 1924. Member Royal Signal Corps, English army, Aldershot, and Communications School, Royal Air Force, Winchester, 1924-1925. Member Academy, de Guerra, 1927. Member American Institute of Radio Engineers.