Clarence Adelbert Shoop was a long serving pilot in the California Air National Guard, an American test pilot, and a mustang who eventually rose to rank of major general and post-war commander of the California Air National Guard. His Guard unit was federalized into the United States Army Air Corps in World War II, where he flew photo reconnaissance missions. After the war he returned to work as an executive at Hughes Aircraft Company while continuing as an officer in the California Air National Guard.
- Occupation
- aircraft pilot
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- May 10, 1907
- Died
- 1968, January 27, 1968
