The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Grandison Gardner

Gardner, Grandison

Major-General

* 18th of September 1892

† 19th of January 1973

(USAAF/USAF)

Promotions

1940-03-11 Lieutenant-Colonel (Temporary)
1941-02-04 Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-11-15 Colonel (Temporary)
1942-02-01 Colonel (Army of the United States)
1942-08-06 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1946-07-02 Major-General (Army of the United States)

Service

1940-XX-XX Military Air Observer in England
1941-02-XX – Assistant Chief of Engineering Section, Material Division, Office of the Chief of Air Corps
–1942-03-XX Chief of Engineering Section, Material Division, Office of the Chief of Air Corps
1942-03-30 –1945-07-XX Commanding Officer Air Proving Ground Command
1942-03-30 –1944-03-01 Commanding Officer Eglin Field, Florida
1944-04-16 –1945-06-01 Commanding Officer Eglin Field, Florida
1945-XX-XX –1946-XX-XX Deputy Chairman of the US Strategic Bombing Survey
1946-06-XX –1946-11-XX Air Comptroller, Headquarters US Army Air Forces
1946-11-XX –1947-03-XX Attached to Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Material, Headquarters US Army Air Forces
1947-03-XX –1947-10-03 Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Material, Headquarters US Army Air Forces
1947-10-03 –1948-09-XX Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force
1948-09-XX –1949-03-XX Director of Installations, Headquarters US Air Force
1949-03-XX –1950-06-XX President of the Air Force Base Development Board
1950-06-XX –1951-01-XX Commandant of US Air Force Institute of Technology
1951-01-20 –1951-04-01 Commanding General 10th Air Force
1951-04-XX –1951-06-XX Attached to Headquarters US Air Force
1951-06-XX –1951-07-XX Chairman of the Joint Air Defense Board
1951-07-XX –1954-08-31 Director of the Joint Air Defense Board
1954-08-XX Retired
Picture source: From: "The Air Force Comptroller, July 1966"