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    Carl Andrew Spaatz (born Spatz; 28 June 1891 – 14 July 1974), nicknamed "Tooey", was an American World War II general. As commander of Strategic Air Forces...
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  • Spaatz may refer to: Spaatz Island, Antarctica Carl Spaatz (1891–1974), US Air Force general Carl A. Spaatz Field, at Reading Regional Airport, Pennsylvania...
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    Chief of Air Corps, selected personally by its head, Brigadier General Carl Spaatz, whom he had met at the Command and General Staff College. In September...
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    required British concurrence. Orders for the attack were issued to General Carl Spaatz on 25 July under the signature of General Thomas T. Handy, the acting...
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    Stange Sound (redirect from Spaatz Island)
    island by the RARE (1947-48) under Finn Ronne. Named by Ronne for Gen. Carl Spaatz, Chief of Staff, United States ArmyAF, who gave assistance in providing...
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    of North Africa, the commander of the Eighth Air Force, Major General Carl Spaatz was ordered to provide his best two pilots for a secret mission. He chose...
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    Berlin") ^19.70 "Directives Agreed by DCAS, RAF, and Lieutenant General Carl Spaatz", Spaatz Collection, Box 15, 23 September 1944, The German rail and waterborne...
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    to award master's degrees. Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) Carl A. Spaatz Center for Officer Education USAF Air War College (AWC) Air Command...
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    Air Force United States Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific General Carl A. Spaatz Major General Curtis E. LeMay Twentieth Air Force (Lt. Gen. Nathan Twining)...
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    However, news correspondents incorrectly interpreted a comment by General Carl Spaatz, commander of the U.S. Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific, that the...
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    Carl Spaatz General Order No.1 of 2 January 1948. This same Order had appointed Joseph Francis Carroll as OSI commander. The official letter of Carl Spaatz...
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    aerial combat veterans from World War I, Frank O'Driscoll Hunter and Carl Spaatz, rising to colonel. He also suffered the loss of his namesake son in...
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    served in the Advisory Specialist Group on Radar, advising USAAF General Carl Spaatz on navigational radar, precision-bombing radar, and also defenses against...
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    Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force United States: General Carl Spaatz, Commanding United States Strategic Air Forces, as witness France: General...
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    was established by General Hap Arnold (chief of the USAF) along with Carl Spaatz (commander of Strategic Air Forces in Europe). Failing to obtain the...
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    the war. In June 1944, he was presented the Medal of Honor by General Carl Spaatz for his January 11 valor. That same month, Howard helped direct fighter...
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    Regional Airport (IATA: RDG, ICAO: KRDG, FAA LID: RDG), also known as Carl A. Spaatz Field, is a public airport three miles (5 km) northwest of Reading,...
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    Staff, Admiral Chester Nimitz, and the Air Force Chief of Staff, General Carl Spaatz, and offered to set up an annual charity football game, with the Bears...
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  • corroborate Mitchell's criticisms, including Eddie Rickenbacker (Tom McKee), Carl Spaatz (Steve Roberts), Henry H. Arnold (Robert Brubaker) and Fiorello LaGuardia...
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    this order from some senior figures, including Churchill, Harris, and Carl Spaatz, but after some debate, control passed to SHAEF on 1 April 1944. When...
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    new school. Among the panel members were Charles Lindbergh, General Carl Spaatz, and Lieutenant General Hubert R. Harmon, who later became the academy's...
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    their rockets, then returned to base. On 1 September 1944, USAAF General Carl Spaatz expressed the fear that if greater numbers of German jets appeared, they...
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    leaders, including George C. Marshall, Hap Arnold, Jacob Devers, and Carl Spaatz. During the war, over a million Pennsylvanians served in the armed forces...
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  • as Fritz Sauckel Max von Sydow as Samuel Rosenman Mark Walker as Gen. Carl Spaatz Sam Stone as Julius Streicher Douglas O'Keeffe as Baldur von Schirach...
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  • agreement to base SAC bombers in the UK was reached between US General Carl Spaatz, and Marshal of the Royal Air Force (RAF) Lord Tedder, in July 1946....
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    Northwest African Air Forces (NAAF) under the command of Lieutenant General Carl Spaatz with headquarters in Tunisia. NAAF consisted primarily of groups from...
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    factories. General Eaker was removed from command and Lieutenant General Carl Spaatz took over the USAAF Strategic Air Forces in the ETO. James H. Doolittle...
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    him executed if Berlin had fallen. On 10 May, US Air Forces commander Carl Spaatz conducted an interrogation of Göring along with lieutenant general Hoyt...
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    Eddy) Allied air forces US Strategic Air Forces in Europe (General Carl Spaatz) US Eighth Air Force (Strategic) (Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle) US Ninth...
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    his Air Corps pupils, including future Air Force Chief of Staff Major Carl Spaatz. Brereton then began six and one-half years of successive command assignments...
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