George V. Holloman

George Vernon Holloman (1902–1946) was an American inventor in the United States Army.

George Holloman was born in Rich Square, North Carolina in 1902.[1]

With Carl J. Crane, Holloman developed and demonstrated an automatic landing system for airplanes. For his invention he was awarded the Mackay Trophy in 1938.[2] He died in a crash in Formosa in 1946.[3]

On 19 March, 1946 Holloman was killed in a Boeing B-17G-95-DL (44-83779, piloted by Major General James Edmund Parker) accident due to bad weather in Hokusekiko, Taiwan,[4] en route from China to the Philippines. Holloman had received the DFC for conducting the first instrument-only landing of an aircraft. Alamogordo Army Air Base in New Mexico was renamed Holloman AFB on 13 January 1948.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ Gallico, Paul (1944-03-25). "The Three Gadgeteers". The Saturday Evening Post. Vol. 216, no. 39. pp. 16–17, 43–44, 46. ISSN 0048-9239.
  2. ^ "Receive Mackay Trophy. Two Army Captains Made First Automatic Landing in History". New York Times. July 22, 1938. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  3. ^ "Col. G. V. Holloman Listed As Missing In Formosa Crash". New York Times. March 24, 1946. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  4. ^ "Accident Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 44-83779, 19 Mar 1946". Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  5. ^ Mueller, Robert, "Air Force Bases Volume 1: Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982", United States Air Force Historical Research Center, Office of Air Force History, Washington, D.C., 1989, ISBN 978-0-912799-53-7, p. 245.
  6. ^ "March 1946 USAF Accident Reports". Aviationarchaeology.com. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  7. ^ "MAJOR GENERAL JAMES EDMUND PARKER > Air Force > Biography Display". af.mil. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
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