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MAJOR GENERAL TIMOTHY I. AHERN
Retired Dec. 1, 1978. Died April 16, 2003.
Major General Timothy I. Ahern is assistant deputy chief of staff for research and development, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
General Ahern was born in New Haven, Conn., in 1924. He entered New Haven State Teachers College in September 1940 at the age of 15, and in 1943 enlisted as an aviation cadet. He completed pilot training in the Eastern Flying Training Command and was commissioned a second lieutenant in February 1944.
He completed B-17 aircraft training at MacDill Field, Fla., and in July 1944 was assigned to the 731st Bombardment Squadron of the 8th Air Force in England. In August 1944, while on a bombing mission over Germany, he was shot down by anti-aircraft fire and taken prisoner of war. During the winter of 1944, he participated in the forced march from ...