Fitz fulton biography

Fitz Fulton was born on June 6, 1925, in Blakely, Georgia. He enlisted in the Aviation Cadet Program of the Army Air Forces on April 9, 1943, and was commissioned a 2Lt and awarded his pilot wings on December 23, 1944.

Fulton served as a transport pilot and B-29 Superfortress co-pilot in the United States during World War II, and he served at Roswell AFB (later renamed Walker AFB), New Mexico, from November 1945 to September 1948. Fulton then served as a pilot in the Berlin Airlift from September 1948 to October 1949, before serving as a test pilot at Eglin AFB, Florida, from October 1949 to January 1950.

Fitz fulton biography

He then served as a test pilot at Edwards AFB, California, from January 1950 to June 1951, when he went through combat crew training in the B-26 Invader. After training, Fulton was assigned to the 13th Bomb Squadron of the 3rd Bomb Group during the Korean War, where he flew 55 combat missions between September 1951 and April 1952.

He then resumed his test pilot duties at Edwards A