The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Burns
Robert Whitney, Lieutenant-General
(1908 – 1964) (USAAF/USAF)
1940
- 1942
Member of the Air Corps Military Mission to Chile
1942
- 1943
Assistant to the Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations & Training (A-3), US Army Air Forces School of Applied Tactics
1943
Assistant to the Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations & Training (A-3), 8th Fighter Command [United Kingdom]
1944
Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations & Training (A-3), 8th Fighter Command [United Kingdom]
1944
- 1945
Director of Operations, 8th Air Force [United Kingdom]
1945
Commanding Officer 4th Combat Bombardment Wing [United Kingdom]
1945
Commanding General 14th Bombardment Wing [United Kingdom]
1945
Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations & Training (A-3), 8th Air Force [Okinawa]
1945
Member of the US Army Air Forces Special Board for Flying Pay, 8th Air Force [Okinawa]
1946
Chief of Military Personnel Division, Office of the Assistant Chief of the Staff for Personnel & Administration, Headquarters US Army Air Forces
1947
Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel & Administration, Management Branch, Headquarters US Army Air Forces
1947
- 1948
Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel & Administration, Headquarters US Air Force
1948
Special Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel & Administration, Headquarters US Air Force
1948
Chief of Staff, 8th Air Force
1948
Deputy Commanding General Air Training Command
1948
- 1949
Chief of Staff, Air Training Command
1949
- 1950
Deputy Commanding General Air Training Command
1950
- 1951
Vice Commanding General Air Training Command
1951
Special Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters US Air Force
1951
- 1953
Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters US Air Force
1953
-
Assistant Vice Chief of Staff, Headquarters US Air Force
- 1957
Commanding General Air Proving Ground Command
1957
- 1958
Commanding General Air Proving Ground Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida
1958
- 1961
Commanding General 5th Air Force [Japan]
1958
- 1961
Commanding General US Forces Japan
1961
- 1963
Chairman of the Inter-American Defense Board
1963
- 1964
Commanding General Air Training Command
1964
Retired due to illness
Picture source: Courtesy of Shawn M. Bohannon