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* [[148th Aero Squadron]]
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|laterwork = Commanded U.S. 10th Air Force; Chief of Intelligence
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He was ordered to Washington, D.C., in June 1920, for service as chief of the Tactical Operations Section in the office of Air Service. He was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Air Service, Regular Army, July 1, 1920. In December 1920, he went to [[Langley Field]], Virginia, where he graduated from the [[Air Corps Tactical School|Air Service Field Officers School]] in June 1921. He then remained at Langley Field as flight commander of the [[14th Bombardment Squadron]], and later became an instructor at the Air Service Field Officers School.<ref name="afbio" />
In November 1921, Bissell was ordered to Washington for duty in the office of the Chief of the Air Service, as assistant to Brigadier General [[Billy Mitchell|William Mitchell]], serving in that capacity for four years.<ref name="afbio" /> On August 3–4, 1922, he completed an overnight 450-mile round trip between [[Bolling Air Force Base|Bolling Field]], District of Columbia and [[Mitchel Air Force Base|Mitchel Field]], Long Island. Flying a [[Airco DH.4|DH-4B]] biplane with a new navigational compass, Bissell left Bolling before 10 PM and landed on Long Island at 12:35 AM after using visual cues to navigate around a thunderstorm near [[Trenton, New Jersey]]. Navigating a straight compass return course, he left Mitchel at 2:15 AM and landed in D.C. at 4:25 AM.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1922/08/05/archives/army-aviator-flies-450-miles-at-night-lieutenant-bissell-makes.html |title=Army Aviator Flies 450 Miles At Night: Lieutenant Bissell Makes Round Trip Between Washington and New York. |date=August 5, 1922 |page=10 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=2024-10-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/145993366 |title=Night Flight By Army Plane Makes A Record: Lieut. Bissell Finds Way to New York, and Returns, Using Newly Invented Compass. |date=August 5, 1922 |page=4 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=2024-10-18|id={{ProQuest|145993366}} }}</ref> During this tour of duty, Bissell was also one of the pilots involved in the controversial ''[[Ostfriesland]]'' bombing that was the crux of Mitchell's [[court-martial]].<ref name="aces" />
In January 1924, he was detailed as advanced agent for the round-the-world flight in British Columbia, Alaska, the Aleutians, Greenland, Labrador, Newfoundland and the Maritime Provinces. On return to Washington, he was transferred to Langley Field in December 1924 to serve as secretary of the Air Service Board. Between October and December 1925, he served as assistant defense counsel for Mitchell during his court martial, under the direction of lead counsel Congressman [[Frank R. Reid]].<ref name="afbio" />
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==Later life==
After retirement, Bissell lived in [[Signal Mountain, Tennessee]]. He died at the Veterans Administration Hospital in [[Murfreesboro, Tennessee]] on December 24, 1972.<ref name=NYT_obit>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/27/archives/gen-c-l-bissell-aviator-is-dead-world-war-i-ace-who-led-pentagon.html |title=Gen. C. L. Bissell, Aviator, Is Dead: World War I Ace, Who Led Pentagon Unit, Was 76 |date=December 27, 1972 |page=51 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=2024-10-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/148352968 |title=Clayton L. Bissell, Air Force General |first=Raul |last=Ramirez |date=December 30, 1972 |page=C3 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=2024-10-18|id={{ProQuest|148352968}} }}</ref> Bissell was interred at [[Arlington National Cemetery]] on January 4, 1973.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/index.html#/search-all/results/1/CgdCaXNzZWxsEgdDbGF5dG9uGgFM/ |title=Bissell, Clayton L |website=ANCExplorer |publisher=U.S. Army |access-date=2024-10-18}}</ref>
==See also==
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