Anthony Quintus Mustoe
Military![Bishop Adna Wright Leonard with Colonel Anthony Mustoe and Brigadier General Chauncey. Image stamped on reverse: 'Confidential.' [stamp],'Passed for publication 27 Apr 1943.' [stamp] and '26114.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Bishop Adna Wright Leonard, Was DC, Chairman of the General Committee of Army and Navy Chaplains at a US Air force Headquarters in England. Greeting himis Col Anthony O Mustoe, weather office, Hot Springs VA, while Brig Gen Chauncey, Air Force Chief of Staff effects the i](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/wysiwyg_x2/public/freeman/media-456665.jpg.webp?itok=5CC02Ikj)
Biographical Directory of the 8th Air Force 1942-1945
(Command and Staff Officers) by Russell Strong.
Object Number - FRE 9793 - Bishop Adna Wright Leonard with Colonel Anthony Mustoe and Brigadier General Chauncey. Image stamped on reverse: 'Confidential.' [stamp],'Passed for...
Chief Weather Officer, 8th Air Force from April 1942 to December 1943.
Air Inspector, 1st Bombardment Division from December 1943 to June 1944.
Commanding Officer 305th Bombardment Group 22-Jun-1944 to 22-Oct-1944.
Commanding Officer, 40th Combat Bomb Wing from 22 October 1944 to 1 March 1946.
Retired in June 1947.
Awards: DFC, DSC, AM, DUC, WWII Victory. EAME.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Division
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 18th Weather Squadron
- Service Numbers: 656-A
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Staff Weather Officer
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Charlottesville, Virginia | 8 January 1904 | Son of Robert Lee and Sarah Elizabeth [Moore] Mustoe. |
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Died |
Rutherfordton, NC, USA | 3 April 1994 | |
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Buried |
Saint Francis Episcopal Cemetery Rutherfordton Rutherford County NC | 7 April 1994 | Saint Francis Episcopal Cemetery Rutherfordton Rutherford County North Carolina, USA Plot: Garden of Ashes |
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Based |
Chief Weather Officer, 8th Air Force - Apr-42 to Dec-43. Air Inspector, 1st Bombardment Division - Dec-43 to Jun-44. Commanding Officer 305th Bombardment Group 22-Jun-44 to 22-Oct-44. Commanding Officer, 40th Combat Bomb Wing from 22-Oct-44 to 1-Mar-46. |
Revisions
GENERAL ORDER # 668, 310December 1944, from Headquarters 1 Bomb Division by Brigadier General Turner.
Information from duplicate AAM file https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/9867 was consolidated with this file.
Biographical Directory of the 8th Air Force 1942-1945
(Command and Staff Officers) by Russell Strong.
Biographical Directory of the 8th Air Force 1942-1945
(Command and Staff Officers) by Russell Strong.
Biographical Directory of the 8th Air Force 1942-1945
(Command and Staff Officers) by Russell Strong.
Biographical Directory of the 8th Air Force 1942-1945
(Command and Staff Officers) by Russell Strong.
Lee Cunningham 23-Nov-2014.Added CO 305BG dates to history: http://www.usaaf.com/8thaf/bomber/305bg.HTM
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Who's Who in the Eighth Air Force and/or Biographical Directory Command & Staff Officers Eighth Air Force 1942-45
![Bishop Adna Wright Leonard with Colonel Anthony Mustoe and Brigadier General Chauncey. Image stamped on reverse: 'Confidential.' [stamp],'Passed for publication 27 Apr 1943.' [stamp] and '26114.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Bishop Adna Wright Leonard, Was DC, Chairman of the General Committee of Army and Navy Chaplains at a US Air force Headquarters in England. Greeting himis Col Anthony O Mustoe, weather office, Hot Springs VA, while Brig Gen Chauncey, Air Force Chief of Staff effects the i](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-456665.jpg.webp?itok=pAj_56mn)