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1879 – 1936Billy Mitchell (1879-1936)Died 19 February 1936, aged 56Billy Mitchell was a US Army general and an early advocate of military air power. He was court-martialled in 1925 for publicly criticising his superiors. He is regarded as a father of the United States Air Force.