The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Edwards, Idwal Hubert
Lieutenant-General
* 5th of April 1895
† 25th of November 1981
(USAAF/USAF)
Promotions
| 1938-06-17 | Lieutenant-Colonel (Temporary) |
| 1940-08-18 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-01-21 | Colonel (Temporary) |
| 1941-12-24 | Colonel (Army of the United States) |
| 1942-05-24 | Brigadier-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1943-02-05 | Major-General (Army of the United States) |
Service
| 1937-09-XX | – | 1938-06-XX | Attending the Army War College |
| 1938-08-01 | – | 1940-06-30 | Attached to the Operations & Training Division, War Department General Staff |
| 1940-07-01 | – | 1940-12-11 | Officer in Charge of the Operations Section, Miscellaneous Branch, Operations & Training Division (G-3), War Department General Staff |
| 1940-12-17 | – | 1942-03-03 | Commandant of the Air Corps Basic Flying School |
| 1940-12-17 | – | 1942-03-03 | Commanding Officer Randolph Field, Texas |
| 1942-04-23 | – | 1942-05-15 | Executive Officer, Operations & Training Division, War Department General Staff |
| 1942-05-16 | – | 1943-04-15 | Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations & Training G-3, War Department General Staff |
| 1943-05-15 | – | 1943-11-22 | Chief of Staff, European Theater of Operations US Army |
| 1943-07-01 | – | 1943-11-22 | Deputy Commanding General European Theater of Operations US Army |
| 1943-11-23 | – | 1943-12-XX | Deputy Commanding General 8th Air Force [United Kingdom] |
| 1944-01-01 | – | 1945-02-XX | Deputy Commanding General Mediterranean Theater of Operations US Army |
| 1945-02-14 | – | 1946-02-12 | Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations & Training (G-3), War Department General Staff |
| 1946-03-02 | – | 1947-08-14 | Commanding General US Air Forces in Europe |
| 1947-08-XX | – | 1948-04-28 | Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel & Administration, Headquarters US Air Force |
| 1948-04-29 | – | 1950-02-28 | Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Headquarters US Air Force |
| 1950-03-01 | – | 1950-10-09 | Acting Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters US Air Force |
| 1950-10-10 | – | 1951-07-XX | Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters US Air Force |
| 1951-07-28 | – | 1953-02-28 | Commanding General of the Air University |
| 1953-02-23 | Retired | ||
| 1954-02-03 | Recalled | ||
| 1954-02-03 | – | 1954-03-09 | President of a Special Officers Board, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. |
| 1954-03-09 | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of Shawn M. Bohannon