The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Thatcher, Herbert Bishop
Lieutenant-General
* 1st of May 1909
† 11th of June 1986
(USAAF/USAF)
Promotions
| 1942-01-23 | Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States)(Air Corps) |
| 1942-02-01 | Major (Army of the United States) |
| 1942-06-10 | Captain |
| 1943-01-05 | Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States) |
| 1943-01-19 | Colonel (Army of the United States)(Air Corps) |
| 1943-09-09 | Colonel (Army of the United States) |
| 1944-06-03 | Brigadier-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1948-04-02 | Colonel (United States Air Force) |
Service
| 1942-01-XX | – | 1942-03-XX | Commanding Officer 3rd Air Support Command |
| 1942-03-XX | – | 1942-08-10 | Acting Executive Officer, 3rd Bomber Command |
| 1942-08-11 | – | 1942-09-16 | Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations & Training (A-3), 3rd Bomber Command |
| 1942-09-17 | – | 1943-11-11 | Commanding Officer 323rd Bombardment Group [United Kingdom] |
| 1943-11-12 | – | 1944-11-04 | Commanding Officer 99th Combat Bombardment [United Kingdom - France] |
| 1944-11-05 | – | 1945-10-07 | Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations & Training (A-3), Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces |
| 1945-11-23 | – | 1946-03-26 | Assistant Chief of Staff for Plans (A-5), Continental Air Forces |
| 1946-03-02 | – | 1947-01-24 | Deputy Commanding General 11th Air Force |
| 1946-03-02 | – | 1947-01-24 | Chief of Staff, 11th Air Force |
| 1947-02-18 | – | 1947-06-01 | Commanding General 314th Composite Wing [Japan] |
| 1947-06-02 | – | 1949-06-20 | Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations & Training (A-3), Far East Air Forces [Japan] |
| 1949-08-27 | – | 1950-05-02 | Deputy Commanding General for Operations, Continental Air Command |
| 1950-05-03 | – | 1950-05-12 | Acting Vice Commanding General Continental Air Command |
| 1950-05-13 | – | 1950-12-31 | Deputy Commanding General Operations, Continental Air Command |
| 1951-01-01 | – | 1951-08-XX | Deputy Commanding General for Operations, Air Defense Command |
| 1951-09-01 | – | 1951-12-XX | Commanding General Western Air Defense Force |
| 1952-01-01 | – | 1954-XX-XX | Deputy Director of Plans, Headquarters US Air Force |
| 1952-01-01 | – | 1954-XX-XX | Air Force Member of Joint Strategic Plans Committee, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington |
| 1954-XX-XX | – | 1956-07-XX | Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Research & Development, Headquarters US Air Force |
| 1954-XX-XX | – | 1956-07-XX | Senior Member of Military Liaison Committee to the Atomic Energy Commission |
| 1956-07-XX | – | 1958-04-XX | Deputy Commander in Chief US Air Forces in Europe |
| 1958-04-XX | – | 1960-08-XX | Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group to Germany |
| 1960-08-XX | – | 1961-01-XX | Air Force member of the Joint Strategic Survey Council, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| 1961-01-XX | – | 1961-09-XX | Special Assistant to the Joint Chiefs of Staff for Disarmament Affairs, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| 1961-09-XX | – | 1963-07-XX | Chief of Staff, United Nations Command South Korea |
| 1961-09-XX | – | 1963-07-XX | Chief of Staff, US Forces in Korea |
| 1963-08-01 | – | 1967-07-31 | Commanding General Air Defense Command |
| 1967-07-31 | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of Shawn M. Bohannon