The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier-General Alfred Jefferson Lyon

Lyon, Alfred Jefferson

Brigadier-General

* 23rd of August 1892

† 1st of December 1942

(USAAF)

Promotions

1940-11-25 Colonel ((Army of the United States)
1940-12-03 Lieutenant-Colonel (Temporary)
1941-10-15 Lieutenant-Colonel ((Army of the United States)
1942-05-22 Brigadier-General

Service

1939-09-XX 1941-05-29 Attached to the Office of the Chief of the Air Corps
1941-05-29 1942-05-XX Member of the US Special Observer Group London
1942-05-XX 1942-07-XX Air Officer, US Army Forces in the British Isles
1942-07-XX 1942-11-XX Chief of the Air Technical Section, US European Theater of Operations
1942-11-XX 1942-12-01 Hospitalized
1942-12-01 Died of illness
Picture source: https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/2143050/brigadier-general-alfred-jefferson-lyon/