The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Quesada
Elwood Richard, Lieutenant-General
(1904 – 1993) (USAAF/USAF)
Nickname: Pete
1937
- 1938
Commanding Officer 1st Bombardment Squadron
1938
- 1940
Technical Advisor to the Argentine Air Force
1940
- 1941
Chief of Foreign Liaison Section, Intelligence Division, Office of the Chief of the Air Corps
1941
- 1942
Commanding Officer 33rd Pursuit Group
1942
Commanding Officer Philadelphia Air Defense Wing
1942
- 1943
Commanding General 1st Air Defense Wing [North Africa]
1943
Commanding General 12th Fighter Command [North Africa]
1943
Deputy Commanding General Northwest African Air Force [North Africa]
1943
- 1944
Commanding General 9th Fighter Command [United Kingdom]
1944
Commanding General 9th Air Support Command [United Kingdom]
1944
- 1945
Commanding General 9th Tactical Air Command [United Kingdom - France - Belgium - Germany]
1945
- 1946
Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Headquarters US Army Air Forces
1946
Commanding General 3rd Air Force
1946
- 1948
Commanding General Tactical Air Command
1948
- 1949
Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff Reserve Affairs, Headquarters US Air Force
1949
- 1950
Chairman of the Joint Technical Planning Committee for creation of a Joint Task Force to conduct atomic tests at Eniwetok Atoll, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
1950
- 1951
Commanding General Joint Task Force 3 [Eniwetok Atoll]
1951
Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Shawn M. Bohannon