The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier-General Emil Charles Kiel

Kiel

Emil Charles, Brigadier-General

(1895 – 1971) (USAAF/USAF)

1931
- 1932
Student at the Air Corps Tactical School, Maxwell Field, Alabama
1932
- 1936
Instructor at the Air Corps Tactical School, Maxwell Field, Alabama
1936
- 1937
Student at the Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
1937
- 1939
Commanding Officer of the 34th Attack Squadron, March Field, California
1939
- 1940
Student at the Army War College, Washington Barracks, D.C.
1940
- 1941
Duty in the Operations and Training Division, War Department General Staff, Washington, D.C.
1941
Chief of Section III, Plans Division, Office of the Chief of the Air Corps, Washington, D.C.
1941
- 1944
Chief of Staff of the Fourth Air Force, San Francisco, California
1944
Commanding General of the 318th Fighter Wing, Glendale, California
1944
Chief of Staff of the Fourth Air Force, San Francisco, California
1944
- 1945
Deputy Commander for Administration, Eighth Air Force, High Wycombe, England
1945
Chief of Staff of the Eighth Air Force, High Wycombe, England; from 16.07.1945, Okinawa
1945
- 1946
Commanding General of the VIII Fighter Command, High Wycombe, England; from 26.10.1945, Honington, England
1946
Commanding General of the 40th Bombardment Wing (Heavy), Erlangen, Germany
1946
- 1947
Deputy Commander of the XII Tactical Air Command, Bad Kissingen, Germany
1947
Temporary duty to the War Crimes Trials, Dachau, Germany as President of a specially appointed General Military Government Court
1947
- 1948
Commanding General of the 3505th Air Force Base Unit of the Technical Division, Air Training Command, Scott AFB, Illinois
1948
Temporary duty to the United Kingdom
1948
- 1949
Commanding General of the 3310th Technical Training Wing, Scott AFB, Illinois
1949
- 1950
Commanding General of the 3750th Technical Training Wing, Sheppard AFB, Texas
1950
- 1953
Commanding General of the Caribbean Air Command, Albrook AFB, Panama Canal Zone
1953
Retired