The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Donald Robert Hutchinson

Hutchinson, Donald Robert

Major-General

* 5th of January 1909

† 23rd of July 1989

(USAAF/USAF)

Promotions

1942-03-01 Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States)(Air Corps)
1942-12-10 Colonel (Army of the United States)(Air Corps)
1943-08-23 Major (Army of the United States)
1944-06-08 Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States)
1944-06-08 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)

Service

1942-11-11 1943-01-30 Commanding Officer 49th Figther Group [Australia]
1943-01-31 1943-07-XX Chief of Staff, 5th Figther Command
1943-XX-XX 1944-XX-XX Commanding Officer 3rd Air Task Force [New Guinea]
1944-02-01 1944-10-16 Commanding Officer 310th Bombardment Wing
1944-10-XX 1945-01-XX Chief of Staff, 5th Air Force
1945-01-XX 1946-04-XX Chief of Staff, Far East Air Force
1945-01-XX 1946-04-XX Chief of Staff, Allied Air Forces Southwest Pacific Area
1946-05-23 1947-06-XX Commanding Officer 311th Reconnaissance Wing
1946-10-07 1948-01-12 Commanding Officer MacDill Field, Florida
1948-01-13 1949-03-28 Commanding Officer MacDill Air Force Base, Florida
1949-04-XX 1949-05-XX Commanding Officer 5020th Air Base Wing
1949-05-24 1950-09-18 Commanding Officer Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska
1949-05-24 1950-09-18 Commanding Officer 57th Figther Interceptor Wing
1950-10-13 1954-04-05 Commanding Officer 27th Air Division
1950-10-17 1950-12-06 Commanding Officer George Air Force Base, California
1954-04-XX 1955-09-XX Commanding General Iceland Defense Force
1955-09-XX 1957-02-12 Senior Air Force Member, Military Studies & Evaluation Division, Weapons System Evaluation Group, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research & Development
1957-02-13 1957-09-23 Assistant Vice Chief of Staff for Air Defense Management Systems, Headquarters US Air Force
1957-09-23 Assistant for Mutual Security, Headquarters US Air Force
1962-06-XX Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Shawn M. Bohannon