# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-henry-tunner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:25:24.674Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-henry-tunner"
name: "William Henry Tunner"
slug: "william-henry-tunner"
description: "William Henry Tunner was a general officer in the United States Air Force and its predecessor, the United States Army Air Forces. Tunner was known for his expertise in the command of large-scale military airlift operations, first in Air Transport Command (ATC) during World War II, commanding The Hump operation, and later in Military Air Transport Service (MATS) during the Berlin Airlift in 1949–1951. He eventually rose to the rank of Lieutenant general and commanded MATS itself."
tagline: "United States Air Force general (1906-1983)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Tunner_at_desk.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1906-07-14"
deathDate: "1983-04-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.43
  momentum:             11.55555555555556
  historical:           5.091830666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William H. Tunner"
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  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Tunner"
    title: "William H. Tunner"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Tunner"
    title: "William H. Tunner"
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  - url: "https://de.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_H._Tunner"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Tunner"
    title: "William H. Tunner"
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  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Tunner"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q322891"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump