The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Howard McMath Turner

Turner, Howard McMath

Major-General

* 21st of February 1902

† 25th of June 1965

(USAAF/USAF)

Promotions

1941-11-15 Lieutenant-Colonel (Temporary)
1942-03-01 Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States)(Air Corps)
1943-01-16 Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States)
1943-11-01 Colonel (Army of the United States)
1944-06-05 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1945-03-23 Major-General (Army of the United States)

Service

1941-08-26 1942-03-08 Commanding Officer 4th Staff Squadron
1942-03-09 1943-02-XX Deputy Director of Individual Training, Headquarters US Army Air Forces
1942-03-09 1942-12-31 Pilot-Aide to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson
1943-04-28 1943-06-07 Commanding Officer 100th Bombardment Group [United Kingdom]
1943-06-08 1943-09-16 Commanding Officer 102nd Combat Bombardment Wing [United Kingdom]
1943-09-17 1944-10-21 Commanding Officer 40th Combat Bombardment Wing [United Kingdom]
1944-10-22 1944-12-31 Commanding General 1st Bombardment Division [United Kingdom]
1945-01-01 1945-09-22 Commanding General 1st Air Division [United Kingdom]
1945-09-23 1945-10-XX Commanding General 8th Fighter Command [United Kingdom]
1946-01-XX 1946-04-02 Commanding General Bermuda Base, North Atlantic Division, Air Transport Command
1946-06-18 1947-12-XX Commanding General 10th Air Force
1948-01-01 1948-11-30 Vice Commanding General Air Defense Command
1948-12-01 1949-05-24 Vice Commanding General Continental Air Command
1949-06-12 1951-09-30 Commanding General 13th Air Force
1949-11-07 1951-09-30 Commanding General Philippine Air Command
1951-10-01 1952-07-XX Special Assistant to the Commanding General Far East Air Forces
1951-10-19 1952-07-05 US Air Force Member of the United Nations Command Armistice Negotiations Team [Korea]
1952-08-09 1954-05-XX Commanding General 1st Air Force
Picture source: http://www.forms.bedford.gov.uk/civic/civic_images/Turner0010.jpg