Background
Montgomery, Richard Mattern was born on December 15, 1911 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles W. Senior and Eva (Mattern) Montgomery.
foundation executive air force officer
Montgomery, Richard Mattern was born on December 15, 1911 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles W. Senior and Eva (Mattern) Montgomery.
Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1933; student, Flying Training Center, San Antonio, 1933-1934; student, Air Corps Training School, 1937-1938; student, Air War College, 1946-1947.
Second in command Lieutenant, United States Army, 1933; advanced through grades to Lieutenant general, United States Army, 1962; chief inspector, test pilot, Panama Air Depot, France Field, Canal Zone, 1935-1937; assigned, Chanute Field, Illinois, 1937-1938; flynig instructor, flight and stage commander, Randolph Field, Texas, 1938-1942; director flying training, Army Air Field, Enid, Oklahoma, 1942; commander, Army Air Field, Independence, Kansas, 1943; chief individual training division office assistant chief Air Staff Training, Pentagon, Washington, 1943-1944; commander, 383d Bomb Wing, 1944-1945; member joint strategic plans and operations group, Headquarters Far East Command, Tokyo, Japan, 1947-1948; commander, 51st Jet Fighter Wing, Naha Air Force Base, Okinawa, 1948-1949; deputy commander, 97th Bomb Wing, Biggs Air Force Base, El Paso, Texas, 1949-1951; deputy chief staff, Headquarters Strategic Air Command, Omaha, 1951-1952; chief of staff, Headquarters Strategic Air Command, Omaha, 1952-1956; deputy commander 2d Air Force, Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1956-1958; commander 3d Air Division, Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, 1958-1959; assistant vice chief of staff, Headquarters United States Air Force, Washington, 1959-1962; vice commander-in-chief, United States Air Force, Europe, 1962-1966; retired, United States Air Force, Europe, 1966; executive vice president development, Freedoms Foundation, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1967-1968; regional vice president, Freedoms Foundation, Valley Forge, 1968-1976. Board directors General Services Life Insurance Company, Washington.
Town commissioner Longboat Key, Florida, 1971-1978. Member council trustees Freedoms Found at Valley Forge, 1976-1987. Member Masons, Shriners, Order Daedalians, Army-Navy Club (Washington).
Married Anne Johnson Young, October 1, 1947. Children: Nancy, Richard Mattern, Thomas.