Division of Military Aeronautics organization
also: DMA
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Woodrow Wilson founded
Division of Military Aeronautics documented
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“President Wilson by an Executive order of May 20 1918 designated the Division of Military Aeronautics which had been created within the Signal Corps during the previous month an independent agency…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.168
Division of Military Aeronautics split_off_from
United States Army Signal Corps documented
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“President Wilson by an Executive order of May 20 1918 designated the Division of Military Aeronautics which had been created within the Signal Corps during the previous month an independent agency with the duty of performing every aviation …”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.168
Air Service acquired
Division of Military Aeronautics documented
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“By mid-March it was decided that the Air Service would adopt the structure of its AEF operation in France thereby causing it to gain direct control over both DMA and BAP…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.170
Air Service split_off_from
Division of Military Aeronautics documented
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“the Air Service became a coordinate combat branch of the line and the Division of Military Aeronautics was formally abolished…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.171