Martin F. Scanlon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Martin F. Scanlon

Date of Birth: 11-Aug-1889

Place of Birth: Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 26-Jan-1980

Profession: military personnel

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Martin Francis Scanlon (11 August 1889 – 26 January 1980) was a general officer in the United States Air Force during World War II. After joining the United States Army in 1912, Scanlon served on the Mexican border, and participated in the United States occupation of Veracruz.
He joined the Aviation Section, U.S.
Signal Corps, and during World War I served with the American Expeditionary Force on the Western Front as a pilot with the 91st Aero Squadron. Between the wars he was an assistant military attaché in Rome and London, and was the military attaché in London from 1939 to 1941, during the first part of World War II.
He was an Assistant Chief of the Air Staff from July 1941 to March 1942 at Headquarters, United States Army Air Forces, and then went to Australia as commanding general, Air Command No.
2, based at Townsville, Queensland.
As such he was in charge of the air forces in New Guinea during the Kokoda Track campaign. In September 1942, he returned to the United States where he commanded the 38th Flying Training Wing and the 36th Flying Training Wing.
He retired from the United States Air Force in 1948, and was director of export and vice president of Republic Aviation until 1957.