... were also many people who did think that a separate air service would be a great advantage to the United States. In the fall of 1921, these issues were put to the test, as Billy Mitchell performed a series of tests to see whether or no an airplane could or could not sink a naval vessel. Mitchell's planes successfully took out the targets with energy ... The Mitchell Era www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/history/postwwi/gbm.htm; No Date 5. Author Unknown Billy Mitchell www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/cc/mitch.htm; No Date 6. Grant, Rebecca The Real Billy Mitchell www.afa.org/magazine/Feb...

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