The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Eaker, Ira Clarence
General
* 13th of April 1896
† 6th of August 1987
(USAAF)
Promotions
| 1937-12-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel (Temporary) |
| 1940-08-18 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-12-30 | Colonel (Temporary) |
| 1941-12-24 | Colonel (Army of the United States) |
| 1942-01-17 | Brigadier-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1942-09-07 | Major-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1943-09-01 | Brigadier-General |
| 1943-09-13 | Lieutenant-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1944-12-01 | Major-General |
Service
| 1937-07-XX | – | 1940-11-XX | Assistant Chief of Information Division, Office of the Chief of the Air Corps |
| 1941-01-16 | – | 1941-09-01 | Commanding Officer 20th Pursuit Group |
| 1941-08-XX | – | 1941-09-XX | Attached to the Royal Air Force |
| 1941-09-18 | – | 1942-01-XX | Commanding Officer West Coast Fighter Defenses |
| 1942-02-23 | – | 1942-12-01 | Commanding General 8th Bomber Command [United Kingdom] |
| 1942-05-19 | – | 1942-06-18 | Commanding General Headquarters Detachment, 8th Air Force [United Kingdom] |
| 1942-12-01 | – | 1944-01-06 | Commanding General 8th Air Force [United Kingdom] |
| 1943-10-15 | – | 1944-01-06 | Commanding General US Army Air Forces in the United Kingdom |
| 1944-01-15 | – | 1945-03-24 | Air Commander in Chief Mediterranean Allied Air Forces |
| 1944-01-15 | – | 1945-03-24 | Commanding General US Army Air Forces, US Mediterranean Theater of Operations |
| 1945-04-30 | – | 1947-06-15 | Deputy Commanding General US Army Air Forces |
| 1945-04-30 | – | 1947-06-15 | Chief of Staff, Headquarters US Army Air Forces |
| 1947-07-31 | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of Shawn M. Bohannon