Background
Wilson, Roscoe Charles was born on June 11, 1905 in Centralia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Everett Roscoe and Edith Edna (Porter) Wilson.
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Wilson, Roscoe Charles was born on June 11, 1905 in Centralia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Everett Roscoe and Edith Edna (Porter) Wilson.
Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1928; student, Air Corps Flying Schools, 1928-1929; student, Air Corps Tactical School, 1938; student, George Washington University, 1948.
Commissioned Second lieutenant, 1928. Advanced through grades to lieutenant general, 1958. Chief aircraft design Wright Field, Ohio, 1933.
Assistant professor department natural and experimental philosophy United States Military Academy, 1937. Chief engineering branch Headquarters, Army Air Forces, 1941. Chief of staff 316th Bomb Wing, Okinawa, 1944.
Vice deputy chief Air Staff for Research and Development, 1945. Deputy chief Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, 1947. Air member Military Liason Committee to Atomic Energy Commission, 1948.
Member committee on atomic energy Research and Development Board, 1948-1951. Commandant Air War College, Montgomery, Alabama, 1951-1954. Commander Third United States Air Force, Middlesex, England, 1954.
Air Force member of weapons evalutaion group Office of Assistant Secretary Defense, Washington, to 1958. Deputy chief staff development headquarters United States Air Force, 1958-1961. Military director United States Air Force, Science Advisory Board.
Retired United States Air Force, 1961. Past president, chairman Allied Research Associates Inc., Boston. Military director Rand Corporation, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
(Second Library Copy. San Diego Air and Space Museum.)
Member Coplay Society Boston (director), Institute Aeronautical Sciences (honorary), Ends of Earth Club, Pilgrims Club (London), Quiet Birdmen (Cleveland), Army and Navy Club (Washington).
Married Elizabeth Lewis Robinson, November 2, 1929. Children: Charles Everett, Elizabeth Galt, Richard Lee.