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General (Honorary) Ira Clarence Eaker (April 13, 1896 [1] – August 6, 1987) 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.
Ira Clarence Eaker, né le 13 avril 1896 à Feld Creek et mort le 6 août 1987 à Andrews Air Force Base , était un général de l'USAAF (force aérienne de l'armée des États-Unis), qui a notamment commandé la 8th USAAF au cours de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
On April 30, 1945, General Eaker was named deputy commander of the Army Air Forces and chief of the Air Staff. He retired Aug. 31, 1947, and was promoted to lieutenant general on the retired list June 29, 1948. General Eaker is a pilot with 12,000 flying hours in 30 years of flying.
On August 5, 1942, Brig. Gen. Ira C. Eaker, the 47-year-old, Texas-born commander of the Eighth Bomber Command, and General Carl “Tooey” Spaatz, first commander of the Eighth Air Force, had gone to the London headquarters of Lt. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, newly appointed commander of the U.S. European Theater of Operations, and presented a ...
26 janv. 2024 · Learn about the life and achievements of Ira C. Eaker, a friend and colleague of Henry H. Arnold and Carl A. Spaatz. He led the Eighth Air Force in World War II, advocated for daylight bombing, and helped create the independent Air Force.
9 oct. 2021 · Learn about the life and career of Ira Clarence Eaker, the first commander of the Eighth Air Force and a key leader of the Allied air campaign in World War II. Read his views on bombing strategy, his relationship with Arthur Harris, and his role in the Mediterranean and Washington.
8 août 1987 · Ira C. Eaker, a retired Air Force general who commanded United States air forces in Europe in World War II and helped establish the Air Force as a separate military service, died Thursday at...
