The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Butler, William Ormond
Major-General
* 23rd of September 1895
† 29th of October 1962
(USAAF)
Promotions
| 1936-08-26 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-06-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-10-16 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1941-12-11 | Colonel (Army of the United States) |
| 1942-03-14 | Brigadier-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1942-10-25 | Major-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1945-12-28 | Colonel |
| 1946-01-31 | Major-General (Retired) |
Service
| 1937-01-XX | – | 1939-07-XX | Commanding Officer 6th Bombardment Group [Panama] |
| – | 1940-03-XX | Executive Officer, 5th Air Base | |
| 1940-03-XX | – | 1940-12-03 | Executive Officer, 1st Wing |
| 1940-12-04 | – | 1942-03-XX | Chief of Staff, 4th Air Force |
| 1942-03-08 | – | 1943-09-13 | Commanding General 11th Air Force |
| 1943-10-11 | – | 1944-03-19 | Deputy Commander in Chief of the Allied Expeditionary Air Force |
| 1944-04-XX | – | 1944-09-XX | Commanding General Army Air Force Eastern Flight Training Command |
| 1944-09-21 | – | 1945-07-XX | Commanding General 6th Air Force |
| 1945-07-XX | – | 1946-01-31 | Attached to Headquarters US Army Air Forces |
| 1946-01-31 | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of Shawn M. Bohannon