Edwin Bowman Lyon

Edwin Bowman Lyon (1892–1971) was an American major general. In 1916, he joined the Pancho Villa Expedition. He was also active in World War II. In 1943, he became the commander of the Antilles Air Force and a year later he was a commander of 75th Flying Training Wing at Fort Myers, Florida. After the war, in 1945, he commanded an Army Garrison Forces at Oahu, Hawaii and later became deputy commander at the Army Air Forces in the Pacific Ocean.

Early life Edwin Lyon was born in 1892 at Las Cruces, New Mexico. In 1915 he graduated from the United States Military Academy and was appointed as a second lieutenant of Cavalry on June 12 of the same year. The same year he served at 7th Cavalry at Douglas, Arizona. He joined the Pancho Villa Expedition into Mexico in March 1916 and in December of the same year, was recruited to the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps at San Diego, California where he worked as a recorder. In September 1918 he graduated from the Bombardment School at Ellington Field, Texas, and then went to Aracadia, Florida to study gunnery. In November of the same year he was given a job at Garden City, Florida, to train a heavy aircraft group, after which he relocated himself to Mitchel Field, New York. Next year, as a general, he went to California where he was stationed at the Presidio of San Francisco.

Career On July 1, 1920, he was relocated again, this time to the Air Service, and a month later became an instructor at the U.S. Military Academy. In August 1921 he was chosen to be an air officer at the First Corps Area at Boston, Massachusetts. Two years later, at Langley Field, Virginia, he was welcomed at the Air Service Tactical School. From that school he graduated three years later and became an instructor there for two years. In June 1927 he graduated from Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and then worked as Chief of Air Corps.