Pete quesada biography by the baseball pages

“Pete” Quesada was a pioneer of aerial refueling, an architect of U.S. tactical air power, and was a key U.S. Army Air Forces leader during WWII.

He was also a member of the baseball, basketball, tennis, and track teams.

Elwood Richard Quesada, CB, CBE (April 13, – February 9, ), nicknamed "Pete", was a United States Air Force Lt. General, FAA administrator.

Elwood R. “Pete” Quesada, born in in Washington, DC, joined the Army in He received his pilot's wings, and returned to civilian life before.

Elwood Richard "Pete" Quesada, CB, CBE (April 13, – February 9, ) was a United States Air Force General, FAA administrator, and, later, a club owner in.

Elwood Richard Quesada, CB, CBE (April 13, – February 9, ), nicknamed "Pete", was a United States Air Force Lt. General, FAA administrator..

Elwood Richard Quesada

United States Air Force general (1904–1993)

Elwood Richard Quesada, CB, CBE (April 13, 1904 – February 9, 1993), nicknamed "Pete", was a United States Air ForceLt.

General, FAA administrator, and, later, a club owner in Major League Baseball.

Early years

Elwood Richard Quesada was born in Washington, D.C., in 1904 to an Irish-American mother and a Spanish father.

He attended Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pa., University of Maryland, College Park, and Georgetown University.

Early military career

In September 1924, Quesada enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a flying cadet and was commissioned as a reserve officer a year later.

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He had a wide variety of assignments as aide to senior officers, military attaché and technical adviser to other air forces, and in intelligence. He was also part of the team (with Ira Eaker and Carl Spaatz) that developed and demonstrated air-to-air refueling in 1929 on the Question Mark.

All five crew members were a