The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Eaker
Ira Clarence, General
(1896 – 1987) (USAAF)
1937
- 1940
Assistant Chief of Information Division, Office of the Chief of the Air Corps
1941
Commanding Officer 20th Pursuit Group
1941
Attached to the Royal Air Force
1941
- 1942
Commanding Officer West Coast Fighter Defenses
1942
Commanding General 8th Bomber Command [United Kingdom]
1942
Commanding General Headquarters Detachment, 8th Air Force [United Kingdom]
1942
- 1944
Commanding General 8th Air Force [United Kingdom]
1943
- 1944
Commanding General US Army Air Forces in the United Kingdom
1944
- 1945
Air Commander in Chief Mediterranean Allied Air Forces
1944
- 1945
Commanding General US Army Air Forces Mediterranean Theater of Operations
1945
- 1947
Deputy Commanding General US Army Air Forces
1945
- 1947
Chief of Staff, Headquarters US Army Air Forces
1947
Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Shawn M. Bohannon