The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Spaatz, Carl Andrew
General
* 28th of June 1891
† 14th of July 1974
(USAAF/USAF)
Nickname: Tooey
Promotions
| 1935-09-16 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1939-11-07 | Colonel (Temporary) |
| 1940-10-02 | Brigadier-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1942-01-28 | Major-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1942-09-17 | Colonel |
| 1943-03-12 | Lieutenant-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1943-09-01 | Brigadier-General |
| 1944-10-05 | Major-General |
| 1945-03-11 | General (Army of the United States) |
| 1948-06-30 | General |
Service
| 1935-09-03 | – | 1936-06-19 | Attending the Command and General Staff School |
| 1936-06-XX | – | 1939-01-XX | Executive Officer, 2nd Wing |
| 1939-01-XX | – | 1940-07-XX | Assistant Executive Officer, Office of the Chief of the Air Corps |
| 1940-05-XX | Р| 1940-09-XX | Assistant Military Attach̩ for Air to United Kingdom |
| 1940-05-XX | – | 1940-09-XX | Special Military O to Unitede Kingdom |
| 1940-10-15 | – | 1940-11-19 | Chief of Air Corps Material Division, Office of the Chief of the Air Corps |
| 1940-11-20 | – | 1941-06-19 | Chief of Plans Division, Office of the Chief of the Air Corps |
| 1941-06-20 | – | 1942-01-26 | Chief of the Air Staff, Headquarters US Army Air Forces |
| 1942-01-27 | – | 1942-03-08 | Commanding General Air Force Combat Command |
| 1942-05-05 | – | 1942-12-01 | Commanding General 8th Air Force [United Kingdom] |
| 1942-07-07 | – | 1942-12-01 | Commanding General US Army Air Forces, European Theater of Operations |
| 1942-08-21 | – | 1942-12-01 | Chief of the Air Section, European Theater of Operations US Army |
| 1942-12-03 | – | 1943-01-05 | Deputy Commander in Chief for Air of the Allied Forces in Northwest Africa |
| 1943-01-05 | – | 1943-02-18 | Commander in Chief Allied Air Forces in North Africa |
| 1943-02-18 | – | 1943-12-10 | Commanding General Northwest African Air Forces |
| 1943-03-01 | – | 1943-12-21 | Commanding General 12th Air Force [North Africa - Italy] |
| 1943-12-10 | – | 1944-01-01 | Commanding General US Army Air Forces, North African Theater of Operations |
| 1944-01-06 | – | 1945-06-03 | Commanding General US Strategic Air Forces in Europe |
| 1945-07-18 | – | 1945-10-XX | Commanding General U.S. Army Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific |
| 1945-10-XX | – | 1946-02-XX | Attached to Headquarters US Army Air Forces |
| 1946-02-09 | – | 1947-09-26 | Commander in Chief US Army Air Forces |
| 1947-09-26 | – | 1948-04-29 | Chief of Staff, Headquarters US Air Force |
| 1948-06-30 | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of Shawn M. Bohannon