PAUL S. BECHTEL (1917-2003) Colonel, american fighter ace who served with the U.S. Army Air Forces and U.S. Air Force. Pacific Theater in early 1942. Bechtel participated in the Solomon Islands Campaign and flew missions over Guadalcanal, the Russell

PAUL S. BECHTEL (1917-2003) Colonel, american fighter ace who served with the U.S. Army Air Forces and U.S. Air Force. Pacific Theater in early 1942. Bechtel participated in the Solomon Islands Campaign and flew missions over Guadalcanal, the Russell Islands, Bougainville, and other areas in the Southwest Pacific. He also served as commander of the 12th and as an operations office with XIII Fighter Command. He command a reconnaissance squadron during the Korean War, later Air Force Research and Development Command (ARDC) and the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD)

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