The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Patrick Weston Timberlake

Timberlake, Patrick Weston

Lieutenant-General

* 25th of December 1901

† 18th of October 1983

(USAAF/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)
1942-11-02 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1946-06-12 Lieutenant-Colonel
1947-10-23 Major-General (Air Force of the United States)

Service

1939-10-03 1942-06-19 Chief of the Production Engineering Section, Air Corps Material Division, Office of the Chief of the Air Corps
1942-07-15 1942-08-20 Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations & Training (A-3), 9th Air Force [Egypt]
1942-08-21 1942-12-31 Commanding Officer 9th Bomber Command [Egypt]
1943-01-01 1943-12-31 Director of Operations & Plans, Mediterranean Air Command
1943-07-01 1943-12-31 Chief of Staff, Mediterranean Air Command
1944-01-01 1944-04-30 Commanding General Rear Echelon of Mediterranean Allied Air Forces
1944-07-01 1945-06-30 Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Headquarters US Army Air Forces
1945-08-05 1945-11-29 Chief of Staff, 8th Air Force [Okinawa]
1945-11-30 1946-06-06 Commanding General 8th Air Force [Okinawa]
1946-06-07 1946-10-01 Commanding General 1st Air Division [Okinawa]
1946-12-16 1947-09-30 Special Assistant to the Army & Navy Munitions Board
1947-10-01 1949-03-09 Air Force Member of the Executive Committee, Munitions Board, Office of the Secretary of Defense
1949-03-10 1949-09-30 Director for Military Programs, Munitions Board, Office of the Secretary of Defense
1949-03-10 1949-09-30 Deputy Director of Staff, Munitions Board, Office of the Secretary of Defens
1949-10-01 1950-12-25 Director of Staff, Munitions Board, Office of the Secretary of Defense
1950-12-26 1951-12-31 Director of Installations, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Material, Headquarters US Air Force
1952-01-01 1952-07-24 Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters US Air Force
1952-07-25 1955-04-XX Commanding General Air Proving Ground Command
1955-04-XX 1957-07-XX Commanding General Allied Air Forces in Southern Europe
1957-07-31 Retired
Picture source: From: "Assembly, September 1985" by United States Military Academy. Association of Graduates.