The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Lyon, Edwin Bowman
Major-General
* 8th of December 1892
† 12th of August 1971
(USAAF/USAF)
Promotions
| 1936-06-29 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-03-01 | Colonel (Temporary) |
| 1941-06-26 | Colonel (Army of the United States) |
| 1941-07-10 | Brigadier-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1943-10-01 | Colonel |
| 1947-10-03 | Major-General (Army of the United States) |
Service
| 1936-08-06 | – | 1937-07-16 | Assistant Commandant of the Air Corps Primary Flying School |
| 1937-07-17 | – | 1940-08-24 | Acting Commandant of the Air Corps Primary Flying School |
| 1937-07-17 | – | 1940-08-24 | Commanding Officer Randolph Field, Texas |
| 1939-09-01 | – | 1940-08-24 | Director of Training, Air Corps Primary Flying School |
| 1940-09-09 | – | 1941-06-21 | Commandant of the Air Corps Basic Flying School |
| 1940-09-09 | – | 1941-06-21 | Commanding Officer Moffett Field, California |
| 1941-06-22 | – | 1941-07-31 | Commanding Officer West Coast Training Command |
| 1941-08-04 | – | 1941-10-25 | Commanding General 19th Bombardment Wing [Panama] |
| 1941-10-25 | – | 1943-05-13 | Commanding General 6th Bomber Command [Panama] |
| 1943-05-14 | – | 1943-05-31 | Commanding General Antilles Air Task Force |
| 1943-06-01 | – | 1943-12-31 | Commanding General Antilles Air Command |
| 1944-01-17 | – | 1944-05-XX | Commanding General 75th Flying Training Wing |
| 1944-05-20 | – | 1945-03-01 | Deputy Commanding General for Flexible Gunnery, US Army Air Forces Flying Training Command |
| 1945-03-17 | – | 1945-06-25 | Commanding General Army Garrison Force 457 [Hawaii] |
| 1945-07-22 | – | 1945-10-15 | Commanding General 6th Air Service Area Command [Hawaii] |
| 1945-10-16 | – | 1945-12-31 | Commanding General US Army Air Force Middle Pacific |
| 1946-03-16 | – | 1946-08-30 | Member of the Officers' Selection Board, Headquarters US Army Air Forces |
| 1946-08-31 | – | 1947-10-09 | Chief of the Officers' Selection Board, Headquarters US Army Air Forces |
| 1947-10-10 | – | 1948-01-22 | Director of Administrative Services, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel & Administration, Headquarters US Air Force |
| 1948-01-23 | – | 1952-12-01 | Director of the Secretary of the US Air Force Personnel Council |
| 1952-12-01 | Retired |