The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Robert Wilkins Jr. Douglass

Douglass, Robert Wilkins Jr.

Major-General

* 8th of March 1900

† 27th of May 1976

(USAAF/USAF)

Promotions

1941-10-30 Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States)(Air Corps)
1941-12-24 Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States)
1942-02-01 Colonel (Army of the United States)
1942-03-01 Colonel (Army of the United States)(Air Corps)
1942-09-18 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1944-09-03 Major-General (Army of the United States)
1945-06-13 Lieutenant-Colonel

Service

1941-04-25 1941-11-05 Executive Officer, 3rd Fighter Command
1941-11-06 1942-02-05 Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations (G-3), 3rd Air Force
1942-02-07 1942-09-02 Member of the Operations Division, War Department General Staff
1942-02-07 1942-09-02 Member of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense, Canada & United States
1942-02-07 1942-09-02 : Member of the Inter-American Defense Board
1942-09-15 1944-04-15 Commanding General 7th Fighter Command [Hawaii]
1942-09-15 1944-04-15 Deputy Commanding General 7th Air Force [Hawaii]
1944-04-16 1945-06-23 Commanding General 7th Air Force [Hawaii]
1944-12-31 1945-06-23 Deputy Commanding General US Strategic Air Force Pacific Ocean Areas
1945-07-16 1945-10-14 Member of the Joint Post War Committee, Joint Chiefs of Staff
1945-10-20 1946-03-27 Commanding General 1st Air Force
1946-03-28 1946-05-14 Deputy Commanding General 1st Air Force
1946-05-15 1947-06-07 Commanding General 1st Air Force
1947-07-01 1948-10-09 Commanding General Indoctrination Division, Air Training Command
1948-10-16 1951-02-28 Chief of Staff, US Air Forces in Europe
1951-02-28 1951-03-13 Acting Commanding General 12th Air Force
1951-03-14 1951-04-14 Special Assistant to the Commander in Chief US Air Forces in Europe
1951-04-30 1954-09-29 Commanding General 18th Air Force
1954-09-30 1957-02-XX Senior Air Force Member of US Delegation on the Joint Mexico-United States Defense Commission
1954-11-01 Senior Air Force Member of US Delegation on the Joint Brazil-United States Defense Commission
1957-02-XX Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Shawn M. Bohannon