The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Sanders, Homer LeRoy
Major-General
* 25th of July 1904
† 19th of May 1998
(USAAF/USAF)
Nickname: Tex
Promotions
| 1942-01-05 | Lieutenant-Colonel (Temporary) |
| 1942-02-26 | Colonel (Army of the United States) |
| 1944-08-09 | Brigadier-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1946-02-02 | Major |
Service
| 1941-04-18 | – | 1942-12-31 | Commanding Officer 51st Pursuit Group [India] |
| 1943-05-XX | – | 1943-07-XX | Tactical Inspector, 3rd Air Force |
| 1943-08-06 | – | 1943-09-12 | Member of the Combined Operations Planning Committee, 8th Air Force [United Kingdom] |
| 1943-09-13 | – | 1943-12-31 | Commanding Officer 7th Photographic Reconnaissance & Mapping Group [United Kingdom] |
| 1944-01-01 | – | 1945-05-23 | Commanding Officer 100th Fighter Wing [United Kingdom - France - Germany] |
| 1945-05-24 | – | 1945-07-04 | Commanding General 19th Tactical Air Command [Germany] |
| 1945-07-05 | – | 1945-08-04 | Commanding General 100th Fighter Wing [Germany] |
| 1945-08-05 | – | 1945-09-13 | Attached to Headquarters US Army Air Forces |
| 1945-09-14 | – | 1945-10-XX | Commanding General 3rd Fighter Command |
| 1945-10-11 | – | 1945-11-29 | Commanding General Barksdale Field, Louisiana |
| 1945-11-30 | – | 1946-02-XX | Commanding General Brooks Field, Texas |
| 1946-02-25 | – | 1946-03-28 | Commanding General 19th Tactical Air Command |
| 1946-03-28 | – | 1946-08-16 | Commanding General 9th Air Force |
| 1946-09-XX | – | 1947-06-XX | Attending the National War College |
| 1947-07-26 | – | 1948-02-29 | Deputy Commanding General 14th Air Force |
| 1948-03-01 | – | 1948-06-XX | Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations & Training, 14th Air Force |
| 1948-06-17 | – | 1948-08-05 | Chief of Fighter Branch, Requirements Division, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters US Air Force |
| 1948-08-06 | – | 1950-04-03 | Chief of Air Defense Requirements, Requirements Division, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters US Air Force |
| 1950-04-18 | – | 1950-10-22 | Vice Commanding General Tactical Air Command |
| 1950-10-23 | – | 1950-11-12 | Acting Commanding General Tactical Air Command |
| 1950-11-13 | – | 1954-01-24 | Vice Commanding General Tactical Air Command |
| 1951-01-25 | – | 1954-09-15 | Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Tactical Air Command |
| 1951-02-XX | – | 1951-07-XX | Member of Plans Group, Armed Forces Special Weapons Project |
| 1952-02-09 | – | 1952-02-15 | Commanding General Air Force Forces, Exercise Snowfall |
| 1954-09-15 | – | 1957-09-XX | Commanding General Allied Air Forces in Northern Europe |
| 1957-09-XX | – | 1959-04-01 | Vice Commanding General Continental Air Command |
| 1959-04-01 | Retired |
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