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General Truman Hempel " Ted " Landon (February 11, 1905 – January 27, 1986) was a U.S. Air Force general and commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe. [1] Biography. At West Point in 1928. Landon was born in Maryville, Missouri, and grew up in Carlinville, Illinois.
General Landon is currently a command pilot with more than 7,800 hours. Following two years with the 3rd Attack Group at Fort Crockett, Texas, he served as a flying instructor from 1932-1936 at Randolph Field and with the Sixth Bomb Group at France Field in the Canal Zone from 1937 to 1939.
Landon, Truman H. (Truman Hempel), 1905-1986. Official Receiving Party for President Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes of Guatemala. Military officials stand on the steps of a building as the official receiving party for President Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes of Guatemala.
Who was Truman H. Landon? General Truman Hempel "Ted" Landon was a U.S. Air Force general and commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe. Landon was born in Maryville, Missouri, and grew up in Carlinville, Illinois.
General Truman Hempel Landon died on 27 January 1986, at the age of 80. He is buried at the United States Air Force Academy Cemetery in Colorado Springs, CO, in Plot 003 B 080. He was survived by his second wife, Willda V. Landon, who died on 11 October 2000.
On the morning of December 7, 1941, twelve B-17 "Flying Fortress" bombers under the command of U.S. Army Major Truman H. Landon approached Hickam Field on Oahu Island, Hawaii for a fuel stop. At the time the first wave of Japanese aircraft attacked the Navy ships and airfields at Pearl Harbor, Major Landon was 150 miles north of Oahu.
STAIRWAY OF STARS. Truman H. Landon. General. (1905-1986) Early Life. Truman Hempel Landon was born on February 11, 1905, in Maryville, Missouri, to Perry and Helene Landon. Landon’s family later moved to Carlinville, Illinois, where he graduated from high school in 1922.
