Ira C. Eaker
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title:
Ira C. Eaker
text:
General (Honorary) Ira Clarence Eaker was a general of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Eaker, as second-in-command of the prospective Eighth Air Force, was sent to England to form and organize its bomber command. While he struggled to build up airpower in England, the organization of the Army Air Forces evolved and he was named commander of the Eighth Air Force on December 1, 1942. Although his background was in single-engine fighter aircraft, Eaker became the architect of
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US Air Force general (1896–1987)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_C._Eaker
date created:
2004-12-17T20:10:57Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T03:35:13Z
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