Date of birth:

January 4th, 1918 (Fort Stockton,Texas, United States)

Date of death:

May 2nd, 2014 (Orlando, Florida, United States)

Service number:

R9689

Nationality:

American (1776 - present, Republic)

USAAF/USAF/USAFR service numbers: O-54612, 9689A, and R9689, RCAF service number: C6794

Attended the U.S. Air Command and Staff College, Squadron Officer School, and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.

Served in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. He entered service with the RCAF at Ottawa on September 23rd, 1940 and later during the war transferred to the U.S. Army Air Corps on December 25, 1942. He retired as a Colonel having served with the Army Air Forces, Air Force and Air Force Reserve. Married Patricia H. Murray in 1941 and they were together until her death in 1987. Records show they had 3 children, one of them died young in 1955.

Some known assignments & promotions
October 25, 1940: R
December 23, 1940: Trenton
February 7, 1941: No. 8 Service Flying Training School
July 23, 1941: promoted to Flying Officer
1963-1965: Commander of the 48th Air Rescue Squadron
1965-1966: Commander of the 58th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron

Dates of Rank
December 24, 1942: Captain
January 18, 1944: Major
October 19, 1945: Major (Air Reserve)
November 3, 1945: Major (temporary)
December 28, 1945: Lieutenant Colonel
June 21, 1946: Lieutenant Colonel (Air Reserve)
October 10, 1947: First Lieutenant (Air Corps)
July 1, 1948: Captain
December 14, 1950: Major
February 20, 1951: Lieutenant Colonel (temporary)
December 20, 1958: Lieutenant Colonel
October 11, 1965: Colonel (temporary)
September 20, 1967: Colonel

Orlando Sentinel obituary
Aaron, Thomas TexCol. (USAF) Thomas Richard Aaron, 96 of Orlando Florida passed away peacefully on Friday, May 2, 2014, surrounded by his loved ones. Tex was born in Fort Stockton Texas to John Richard and Nellie Marie Aaron. Throughout his life, he lived many places around the globe serving his country in the United States Air Force. Once retired from the military he spent over 40 years calling Orlando, FL home. A memorial service will be held honoring Tex at 11am on Sat., May 24, 2014, at Spring Of Life United Methodist Church, 11101 Moss Park Rd., Orlando 32832

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Flight Lieutenant

Unit:

No. 8 Service Flying Training School, Royal Canadian Air Force

Awarded on:

January 1st, 1943

Citation:
"For twenty months Flight Lieutenant Aaron has been employed as a flying instructor, flight commander and examining officer at No.8 SFTS, during which time he has flown 1,370 hours. He has always set a high standard of devotion to duty and his pupils have shown that they have received painstaking and accurate instruction. An outstanding officer whose enthusiasm and department have been exemplary."

• Photo: Family of Col. Thomas Aaron, USAF/R Retired
• - Third Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 35842 published on the 29 December 1942
  - Air Force Association of Canada
  - 58 Rescue Squadron (ACC)
  - 48 Rescue Squadron (AFSOC)
  - Thomas "Tex" Aaron
  - Air Force Register : Washington,U.S. Air Force : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
  - Col Thomas Richard "Tex" Aaron (1918-2014) - Find a Grave
  - Air Force register. 1969 v.1. - Full View | HathiTrust Digital Library
  - U.S. Army & Air Force Registers (1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1959, 1967, and 1969)
  - United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007
  - Delaware Death Records, 1855-1961
  - Delaware Vital Records, 1650-1974