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Carl Andrew „Tooey“ Spaatz war ein 4-Sterne-General der US Air Force und von 1947 bis 1948 deren erster Chief of Staff. Er diente während des Zweiten Weltkrieges u. a. als oberster Kommandeur bei der Alliierten Invasion in Italien, der Invasion in der Normandie und im Pazifikkrieg sowie bei der Bombardierung der deutschen ...
Carl Andrew Spaatz (born Spatz; June 28, 1891 – July 14, 1974), nicknamed " Tooey ", was an American World War II general. As commander of Strategic Air Forces in Europe in 1944, he successfully pressed for the bombing of the enemy's oil production facilities as a priority over other targets.
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General Carl A. Spaatz was the first chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. The general was born in 1891, in Boyertown, Pa. In 1910, he was appointed to the U.S. Military Academy. He graduated June 12, 1914, and was commissioned a second lieutenant of Infantry.
9. Apr. 2024 · Carl Spaatz was the leading U.S. combat air commander in World War II and the first chief of staff of the independent U.S. Air Force. A graduate (1914) of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, Spaatz served as a combat pilot during World War I and then acquired extensive staff.
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14. Aug. 2019 · Military. View all 30 images. Object Number - UPL 24001 - General Carl A. Spaatz. A few weeks after Pearl Harbor, in January 1942, General Spaatz was assigned as chief of the Army Air Force Combat Command at Washington and promoted to the temporary rank of major general.
29. Juni 2017 · General Carl Andrew Spaatz is not well known by Americans today, yet he served as the senior air commander in the European theater after the United States entered World War II and masterminded the air strategy that helped defeat the Third Reich. A man of few words but strong convictions about the use of air power, he was also one of ...
Spaatz commanded the 7th Bombardment Group at Rockwell Field from May 1, 1929, to October 29, 1931, and the 1st Bombardment Wing at March Field, California, until June 10, 1933. Then he served in the Office of the Chief of the Air Corps and became chief of the Training and Operations Division. In August 1935 Spaatz enrolled in the Command and Gen-
