The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Laurence Cardee Craigie

Craigie, Laurence Cardee

Lieutenant-General

* 26th of January 1902

† 27th of February 1994

(USAAF/USAF)

Nickname: Bill

Promotions

1941-12-05 Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States) (Air Corps]
1942-01-05 Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States)
1942-03-01 Colonel (Army of the United States)(Air Corps)
1943-01-09 Colonel (Army of the United States)
1943-09-25 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1946-06-12 Lieutenant-Colonel
1946-07-07 Major-General (Army of the United States)

Service

1940-03-31 1943-03-12 Assistant Chief of Technical Staff, Experimental Engineering Section, Air Corps Material Division
1940-03-31 1943-03-12 Chief of the Airplane Projects Branch, Air Corps Material Division
1943-03-13 1943-04-01 Chief of Air Defense Survey, US Army Air Forces School of Applied Tactics
1943-04-02 1943-06-10 Commanding Officer Boston Air Defense Wing
1943-06-11 1943-11-21 Commanding Officer New York Fighter Wing
1943-11-22 1944-03-05 Commanding General 87th Fighter Wing [North Africa - Italy]
1944-03-06 1944-06-30 Commanding General 63d Fighter Wing [Corsica]
1944-07-01 1944-09-30 Allied Air Commander, Corsica
1944-10-01 1944-10-06 Commanding General 63d Fighter Wing [Corsica]
1944-12-10 1945-08-14 Deputy Chief of the Engineering Division, Air Technical Service Command
1945-08-15 1947-08-13 Chief of the Engineering Division, Air Technical Service Command
1947-08-14 1947-08-23 Chief of the Research & Engineering Division, Headquarters US Army Air Forces
1947-08-24 1948-08-24 Director of Research & Development, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Material, Headquarters US Air Force
1948-09-01 1950-06-28 Commandant of the US Air Force Institute of Technology
1950-07-14 1951-10-20 Vice Commanding General Far East Air Forces [Japan]
1951-07-09 1951-10-20 US Air Force member of the United Nations Command Armistice Negotiations Team [Korea]
1951-11-14 1954-04-XX Deputy Chief of Staff for Development of the Air Force, Headquarters U.S. Air Force
1954-04-XX 1955-06-XX Commanding General of the Allied Air Forces in Southern Europe [Italy]
1955-06-30 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Shawn M. Bohannon