The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Kessler, Alfred August Jr.
Major-General
* 3rd of August 1898
† 30th of November 1956
(USAAF/USAF)
Promotions
| 1941-08-05 | Lieutenant-Colonel (Temporary) |
| 1941-12-24 | Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States) |
| 1942-03-01 | Colonel (Army of the United States)(Air Corps) |
| 1943-01-06 | Colonel (Army of the United States) |
| 1944-05-31 | Brigadier-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1945-06-13 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1948-04-02 | Colonel (United States Air Force) |
| 1950-01-27 | Brigadier-General (United States Air Force) |
Service
| 1941-07-01 | – | 1942-08-17 | Chief of the Contracts Section, Material Command |
| 1942-08-19 | – | 1942-11-15 | Deputy Chief of Staff, 2nd Bombardment Command |
| 1942-11-16 | – | 1943-05-22 | Commanding Officer 95th Bombardment Group (Heavy) [United Kingdom] |
| 1943-05-23 | – | 1943-09-13 | Commanding Officer 402nd Provisional Combat Wing [United Kingdom] |
| 1943-09-14 | – | 1944-02-08 | Commanding Officer 13th Combat Bombardment Wing (Heavy) [United Kingdom] |
| 1944-02-09 | – | 1944-05-31 | Officer in Charge of Special Project, Eastern Command, US Strategic Air Forces [Soviet Union] |
| 1944-06-01 | – | 1944-09-20 | Commanding General Eastern Command, US Strategic Air Forces [Soviet Union] |
| 1944-10-24 | – | 1944-12-08 | Member of Air Force Mission to Holland for Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force |
| 1944-12-14 | Р| 1947-07-24 | Military Attach̩ to Sweden |
| 1944-12-14 | Р| 1947-07-24 | Military Air Attach̩ to Sweden |
| 1947-11-12 | – | 1950-03-16 | Director of Procurement & Industrial Planning, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Material, Headquarters US Air Force |
| 1950-03-17 | – | 1951-07-15 | Deputy Director of Maintenance, Supply and Services, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Material, Headquarters US Air Force |
| 1951-07-16 | – | 1952-09-07 | Director of Supply & Services, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Material, Headquarters US Air Force |
| 1952-09-08 | – | 1955-02-XX | Commanding General 4th Air Force |
Picture source: From: "Assembly, January 1958" by United States Military Academy. Association of Graduates.