Alexander P. De Seversky (1894–1974)
Autor von Victory Through Air Power
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- De Seversky, Alexander P.
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- De Seversky, Alexander Procofieff
- Geburtstag
- 1894-06-07
- Todestag
- 1974-08-24
- Begräbnisort
- Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York, USA
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- Russia
USA - Wohnorte
- Tbilisi, Georgia (Tiflis, Russia)
New York, New York, USA - Ausbildung
- Russian Naval Academy
Military School of Aeronautics, Sebastopol, Crimea - Berufe
- aviator
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- New York Institute of Technology (trustee)
US Army Air Corps Reserve
Seversky Aero Corporation - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Harmon Trophy 1939
Medal of Merit 1945 from President Harry Truman
Exceptional Service Medal 1969
Enshrined in the National Aviation Hall of Fame 1970
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Seversky explained his theories of aviation and long-range bombing as influenced by General Billy Mitchell. Seversky argued that:
1. "The rapid expansion of the range and striking power of military aviation makes it certain that the United States will be as exposed to destruction from the air, within a predictable period, as are the British Isles today;"
2. Those who deny this possibility are exhibiting something like a "Maginot line mentality";
3. The U.S. must begin preparing immediately for "an interhemispheric war direct across oceans;"
4. The U.S. must become the dominant air-power nation, "even as England in its prime was the dominant sea-power nation of the world."… (mehr)