The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Fay Roscoe Upthegrove

Upthegrove

Fay Roscoe, Major-General

(1905 – 1992) (USAAF/USAF)

1939
Student at the Air Corps Tactical School (12-week course), Maxwell Field, Alabama
1939
Commanding Officer of the 99th Bombardment Squadron, Mitchel Field, New York
1940
Commanding Officer of the 99th Bombardment Squadron, Mitchel Field, New York
1940
- 1941
Material Officer, 22d Bombardment Group (Medium), Mitchel Field, New York, from 14.11.1940, Langley Field, Virginia
1941
Executive Officer, 22d Bombardment Group (Medium), Langley Field, Virginia
1941
- 1942
Executive Officer, 38th Bombardment Group (Medium), Jackson Army Air Base, Mississippi
1942
Commanding Officer of the 38th Bombardment Group (Medium), Doomben Field, Australia; from 08.03.1942, Ballarat, Australia
1942
Executive Officer, 308th Bombardment Group (Heavy), Gowen Field, Idaho
1942
Commanding Officer of the 308th Bombardment Group (Heavy), Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona
1942
- 1943
Commanding Officer of the 39th Bombardment Group (Heavy), Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona
1942
- 1943
Commanding Officer of the 99th Bombardment Group (Heavy), Pendleton Field Oregon; from 30.09.1942, Walla Walla, Washington; from 17.11.1942, Sioux City Army Air Base, Iowa; from 23.02.1943, Navarin, Algeria; from 04.08.1943, Oudna, Tunisia
1943
- 1944
Temporary duty at Headquarters U.S. Army Air Forces, Washington, D.C., and on leave
1944
- 1945
Commanding Officer, later Commanding General of the 304th Bombardment Wing, Cerignola, Italy
1945
Commanding General of the 76th Flying Training Wing, Smyrna Army Air Field, Tennessee
1945
- 1946
Commanding General of the U.S. Army Air Forces Eastern Flying Training Command, Maxwell Field, Alabama
1946
Duty with the Regular Army Interview Board, Fort Dix, New Jersey
1946
- 1948
Commanding General of Chanute Field (later, AFB), Illinois
1948
Commanding General of the 3345th Technical Training Wing and Chanute AFB, Illinois
1948
- 1949
Commanding General of the 7100th Headquarters Command Wing, Wiesbaden Military Post, Germany
1949
- 1951
Commanding General of the 7100th Headquarters Support Wing, Wiesbaden Military Post, Germany
1951
- 1952
Deputy Commanding General of the Second Air Force, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana
1952
- 1953
Commanding General of the 4th Air Division, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana
1953
- 1955
Commanding General of the Twentieth Air Force, Okinawa
1955
Commander of the 313th Air Division, Okinawa
1955
- 1957
Commander of the 3380th Technical Training Wing, Keesler AFB, Mississippi
1957
Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley