The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Craigie, Laurence Cardee
Lieutenant-General
* 26th of January 1902
† 27th of February 1994
(USAAF/USAF)
Nickname: Bill
Promotions
| 1941-12-05 | Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States) (Air Corps] |
| 1942-01-05 | Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States) |
| 1942-03-01 | Colonel (Army of the United States)(Air Corps) |
| 1943-01-09 | Colonel (Army of the United States) |
| 1943-09-25 | Brigadier-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1946-06-12 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1946-07-07 | Major-General (Army of the United States) |
Service
| 1940-03-31 | – | 1943-03-12 | Assistant Chief of Technical Staff, Experimental Engineering Section, Air Corps Material Division |
| 1940-03-31 | – | 1943-03-12 | Chief of the Airplane Projects Branch, Air Corps Material Division |
| 1943-03-13 | – | 1943-04-01 | Chief of Air Defense Survey, US Army Air Forces School of Applied Tactics |
| 1943-04-02 | – | 1943-06-10 | Commanding Officer Boston Air Defense Wing |
| 1943-06-11 | – | 1943-11-21 | Commanding Officer New York Fighter Wing |
| 1943-11-22 | – | 1944-03-05 | Commanding General 87th Fighter Wing [North Africa - Italy] |
| 1944-03-06 | – | 1944-06-30 | Commanding General 63d Fighter Wing [Corsica] |
| 1944-07-01 | – | 1944-09-30 | Allied Air Commander, Corsica |
| 1944-10-01 | – | 1944-10-06 | Commanding General 63d Fighter Wing [Corsica] |
| 1944-12-10 | – | 1945-08-14 | Deputy Chief of the Engineering Division, Air Technical Service Command |
| 1945-08-15 | – | 1947-08-13 | Chief of the Engineering Division, Air Technical Service Command |
| 1947-08-14 | – | 1947-08-23 | Chief of the Research & Engineering Division, Headquarters US Army Air Forces |
| 1947-08-24 | – | 1948-08-24 | Director of Research & Development, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Material, Headquarters US Air Force |
| 1948-09-01 | – | 1950-06-28 | Commandant of the US Air Force Institute of Technology |
| 1950-07-14 | – | 1951-10-20 | Vice Commanding General Far East Air Forces [Japan] |
| 1951-07-09 | – | 1951-10-20 | US Air Force member of the United Nations Command Armistice Negotiations Team [Korea] |
| 1951-11-14 | – | 1954-04-XX | Deputy Chief of Staff for Development of the Air Force, Headquarters U.S. Air Force |
| 1954-04-XX | – | 1955-06-XX | Commanding General of the Allied Air Forces in Southern Europe [Italy] |
| 1955-06-30 | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of Shawn M. Bohannon