Charles Bond (pilot), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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United States Air Force officer
Date of Birth: 22-Apr-1915
Place of Birth: Dallas, Texas, United States
Date of Death: 18-Aug-2009
Profession: military officer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Charles Bond (pilot)
- Charles Rankin Bond, Jr.
- (April 22, 1915 – August 18, 2009) was an American pilot and United States Air Force officer.
- He served with the Flying Tigers in Burma and China during World War II.
- He was shot down twice and was credited with shooting down 9.5 Japanese airplanes.
- He later served in the Soviet Union as an aide and personal pilot to W.
- Averell Harriman.
- He rose to the rank of brigadier general and, during the Vietnam War, he was the deputy commanding officer of the 2d Air Division in Vietnam and the 13th Air Force in the Philippines.
- He retired from the United States Air Force in 1968 as commander of the Twelfth Air Force.
- In 1984, Bond's diary of his service with the Flying Tigers was published and became a bestseller.
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