The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Lauris Norstad

Norstad

Lauris, General

(1907 – 1988) (USAAF/USAF)

1936
- 1939
Adjutant, 9th Bombardment Group, Mitchel Field, New York
1939
- 1940
Assistant Operations Officer, 9th Bombardment Group, Mitchel Field, New York
1939
Student at the Air Corps Tactical School (12-week course), Maxwell Field, Alabama
1940
Adjutant, 25th Bombardment Group (Heavy), Langley Field, Virginia
1940
- 1941
Assistant Intelligence Officer (G-2), General Headquarters Air Force, Langley Field, Virginia; from 28.03.1941, Bolling Field, D.C.
1941
- 1942
Assistant Intelligence Officer (G-2), Air Force Combat Command, Bolling Field, D.C.
1942
Member of Advisory Council to the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Air Forces
1942
- 1943
Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations and Training (A-3), Ninth Air Force, Bolling Field, D.C.; from 12.11.1942, Egypt
1943
Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations and Training (A-3), Northwest African Air Forces (NAAF)
1944
Director of Operations, Mediterranean Allied Air Forces (MAAF)
1944
- 1945
Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Headquarters U.S. Army Air Forces, and Chief of Staff of the Twentieth Air Force, Washington, D.C.
1945
- 1946
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff for Plans, Headquarters U.S. Army Air Forces, and Chief of Staff of the Twentieth Air Force
1946
- 1947
Director of Plans and Operations, War Department General Staff, Washington, D.C.
1947
- 1950
Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
1950
Acting Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
1951
- 1953
Commanding General of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Wiesbaden, Germany
1951
- 1953
Additional duty as Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Air Forces in Central Europe
1953
- 1956
Deputy Commander for Air to the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR)
1956
- 1963
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR) and Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. European Command, Paris, France
1963
Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Shawn M. Bohannon