Eaker, Ira, 1896-1987

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Eaker, Ira C.

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Eaker, Ira Clarence 1896-1987

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Eaker, Ira Clarence, 1896-

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Eaker, Ira C., 1896-1987.

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Eaker, Ira Clarence

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1896-04-13

1896-04-13

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Air Force officer.

From the description of Reminiscences of Ira Clarence Eaker : oral history, 1974. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122451540 From the description of Reminiscences of Ira Clarence Eaker : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86147461

U.S. Army officer, U.S. Air Force officer, aviation pioneer, aircraft industry executive, and newspaper columnist.

From the description of Ira Eaker papers, 1917-1989 (bulk 1942-1945). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981146

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1896, Apr. 13 Born, Field Creek, Tex. 1917 Joined Sixty-fourth Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army, El Paso, Tex.; appointed second lieutenant 1918 Flight instruction, Austin and Kelly Field, Tex. 1919 1921 Second and Third Aero Squadrons, Philippine Islands; promoted to captain 1922 1923 Commander, Fifth Aero Squadron and Post Adjutant, Mitchel Field, N.Y. 1923[?] Married Leah Chase (divorced 1930) 1923 1924 Studied contract law, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1924 1926 Executive assistant, Office of Air Service, Washington, D.C. 1926 1927 Pilot, Pan-American Goodwill flight around South America; received Distinguished Flying Cross 1927 1928 Executive officer, Office of Assistant Secretary of War, Washington, D.C. 1928 1932 Operations and line maintenance officer, Bolling Field, Washington, D.C. 1929, Jan. 1 7 Chief pilot, "Question Mark" refueling endurance flight; received oak leaf cluster to Distinguished Flying Cross 1931 Married Ruth Apperson 1934 B.A., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif. Commanded Air Mail Route 4, Western Zone, army air corps mail operations 1934 1935 Commanded Thirty-fourth Pursuit Squadron and Seventeenth Pursuit Squadron, March Field, Calif.; promoted to major 1935 1936 Attended Air Corps Tactical School, Maxwell Field, Ala. 1940 Promoted to lieutenant colonel 1940 1941 Commander, Twentieth Pursuit Group, Hamilton, Tex. 1941 1942 Special duty, Royal Air Force (R.A.F.) to observe and fly new types of fighter planes and to observe British fighter control methods, England 1942 Organized and commanded Eighth Bomber Command 1942 1944 Commander, Eighth Air Force in England; commanding general, United States Army Air Forces in the United Kingdom 1944 1945 Air commander in chief, Mediterranean Allied Air Forces 1945 Deputy commander, army air forces, and chief of air staff 1946 Promoted to lieutenant general retroactive to 1 Dec. 1944 1947 Retired from military service 1947 1957 Vice president, Hughes Tool Co.; represented Hughes Tool Co. at Hughes Aircraft Company, Houston, Tex. (1947-1948) and Culver City, Calif. (1948-1957) 1957 1961 Vice president, eastern office, Douglas Aircraft Co., Washington, D.C. 1961 1961 [?] Chairman, Advisory Board, Hughes Aircraft Co. 1962 1980 Wrote syndicated weekly newspaper column on national security issues 1972 1973 First president, United States Strategic Institute, which published the Strategic Review; later vice chairman and member, board of directors 1985 Awarded fourth star; made a full general as a result of special legislation 1987, Aug. 6 Died, Camp Springs, Md. From the guide to the Ira Eaker Papers, 1917-1989, (bulk 1942-1945), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Aeronautics, Military


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