The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General David Myron Schlatter

Schlatter, David Myron

Lieutenant-General

* 21st of November 1901

† 1st of January 1974

(USSAF/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)
1943-09-25 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1945-01-25 Major-General (Army of the United States)
1946-06-12 Lieutenant-Colonel
1950-01-27 Major-General (United States Air Force)

Service

1941-04-26 1942-01-24 Executive Officer, West Coast Air Corps Training Center, Moffett Field, California
1942-02-24 1943-01-19 Director of Air Support, Office of the Director of Military Requirements, Headquarters US Army Air Forces
1943-01-31 1943-10-06 Deputy Chief of Staff, Flying Training Command
1943-06-XX 1943-10-XX Attending the Army-Navy Staff College
1943-10-07 1943-12-XX Acting Chief of Staff, Flying Training Command
1944-01-03 1944-08-07 Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, 9th Air Force [United Kingdom]
1944-08-08 1944-10-15 Chief of Operations, Allied Expeditionary Air Force [United Kingdom - France]
1944-10-16 1945-07-15 Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Air Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces
1944-10-16 1945-07-15 Commanding General US Component, Air Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces
1945-07-01 1945-10-01 Deputy Commanding General US Air Forces in Europe
1945-12-01 1946-01-31 Acting Commandant of the US Army Air Forces School
1946-02-01 1948-06-30 Deputy Commanding General for Education, Air University
1948-07-04 1950-01-31 Deputy Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters US Air Force
1949-XX-XX Member of the Military Liaison Committee to the Atomic Energy Committee
1950-02-01 1950-02-16 Commanding General Research & Development Command
1950-02-16 1951-06-24 Commanding General Air Research & Development Command
1951-07-14 1954-06-XX Commanding General Allied Air Forces Southern Europe
1953-07-01 1953-08-19 Acting Commander in Chief Allied Forces Southern Europe
1954-07-01 1957-07-31 Commandant of the Armed Forces Staff College
1957-07-31 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Shawn M. Bohannon