The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General James Edmund Parker

Parker, James Edmund

Major-General

* 9th of August 1896

† 19th of March 1946

(USAAF)

Promotions

1941-07-15 Lieutenant-Colonel (Temporary)
1941-09-15 Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States)
1942-02-01 Colonel (Army of the United States)
1942-03-01 Colonel (Army of the United States)(Air Corps)
1942-12-11 Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-12-04 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1944-11-09 Major-General (Army of the United States)

Service

1941-08-01 1942-09-11 Depot Engineer Officer, Mobile Air Depot, Brookley Field, Alabama
1942-09-15 1942-11-03 Assistant Chief of Staff (A-4), 3rd Bomber Command
1942-11-04 1944-07-05 Commanding Officer 3rd Bomber Command
1944-07-14 1945-05-17 Commanding General 4th Air Force
1945-05-18 1945-07-15 Deputy Commander for Administration US Army Air Forces, Pacific Ocean Areas
1945-07-16 1945-10-15 Commanding General US Army Air Forces Middle Pacific
1945-10-15 1946-03-19 Commanding General 12th Air Force
1946-03-19 Killed in an aircraft crash in northern Formosa
Picture source: Courtesy of Bill Cole