The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Robert Wells Harper

Harper, Robert Wells

Lieutenant-General

* 7th of November 1900

† 7th of December 1982

(USAAF/USAF)

Promotions

1941-11-15 Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States)(Air Corps)
1941-12-24 Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States)
1942-03-01 Colonel (Army of the United States)(Air Corps)
1943-01-15 Colonel (Army of the United States)
1943-02-08 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1944-02-27 Major-General (Army of the United States)
1947-06-12 Lieutenant-Colonel

Service

1939-07-01 1942-06-25 Assistant Tactics Instructor at US Military Academy West Point
1941-01-16 1942-06-25 Commanding Officer Battalion of Cadets, US Military Academy West Point
1942-07-16 1944-09-15 Assistant Chief of the Air Staff for Operations & Training, Headquarters US Army Air Forces
1944-09-30 1944-12-15 Air Advisory to European Advisory Commission
1944-09-30 1944-12-15 Director of Air Activities for Control of Germany, US Strategic Air Forces in Europe
1944-09-30 1944-12-15 Director of Post Hostilities Planning, US Strategic Air Forces in Europe
1944-12-16 1944-12-31 Chief of Air Division, US Group Control Council for Germany
1945-01-01 1945-02-13 Director of Air Activities for Control of Germany, US Strategic Air Forces in Europe
1945-02-14 1945-10-14 Chief of Air Division, US Group Control Council for Germany
1945-10-15 1947-05-19 Director of Armed Forces Division, Office of Military Government United States, Germany
1947-07-01 1948-05-XX Commanding General Air Transport Command
1948-05-17 1948-10-14 Commanding General Air University
1948-10-14 1954-06-30 Commanding General Air Training Command
1954-06-30 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Kerry McCully