The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Richard Clark Lindsay

Lindsay, Richard Clark

Lieutenant-General

* 31st of October 1905

† 3rd of November 1990

(USAAF/USAF)

Promotions

1942-01-05 Lieutenant-Colonel (Temporary)
1942-07-22 Colonel (Army of the United States)(Air Corps)
1942-08-31 Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States)
1943-09-14 Colonel (Army of the United States)
1944-09-10 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1946-09-04 Major

Service

1941-11-20 1942-03-15 Chief of African-Middle East Section, War Department General Staff
1942-03-16 1942-07-04 Member of Combined Subjects Section, Strategy & Policy Group, Operations Division, War Department General Staff
1942-07-27 1943-06-02 Chief of Combined Subjects Section, Strategy & Policy Group, Operations Division, War Department General Staff
1943-05-10 1944-06-30 Member of Joint War Plans Committee, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
1944-07-01 1945-06-27 Chief of Joint War Plans Committee, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
1945-08-02 1945-12-19 Assistant Chief of Staff for Plans (A-5), US Army Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific
1945-12-20 1946-01-17 Assistant Chief of Staff for Plans (A-5), Pacific Air Command US Army
1946-01-18 1947-02-23 Commanding General 316th Bombardment Wing [Okinawa]
1947-02-24 1947-06-13 Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence (A-2), Far East Air Forces
1947-06-30 1948-04-18 Chief of Policy Division, Office of the Director of Plans & Operations, Headquarters US Air Force
1948-04-19 1949-10-02 Deputy Director of Plans & Operations, Headquarters US Air Force
1949-10-03 1950-04-30 Air Force Member of the Joint Strategic Plans Group, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
1950-05-01 1951-06-30 Deputy Director for Strategic Plans, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
1951-07-01 1952-06-01 Standing Group Liaison Officer to the Council of Deputies, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
1952-07-19 1954-04-XX Commanding General 3650th Air Force Indoctrination Wing
1954-04-XX 1957-02-10 Director of Plans, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans, Headquarters US Air Force
1957-02-11 1957-07-31 Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans, Headquarters US Air Force
1957-08-01 1960-04-30 Commanding General Allied Air Forces in Southern Europe
1960-04-30 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Shawn M. Bohannon