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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. He became Chief of Staff of the newly formed ...
Carl Andrew "Tooey" Spaatz (28 de junho de 1891 em Boyertown, Condado de Berks, Pensilvânia - falecido em 14 de julho de 1974 em Washington, Distrito de Columbia) foi um general de 4 estrelas da Força Aérea dos EUA e foi o primeiro de 1947 a 1948 chefe de gabinete.
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. He served with the 25th United States Infantry at Schofield Barracks ...
9 de abr. de 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
29 de jun. de 2017 · Carl Spaatz spent the next 13 years working as a military affairs editor for Newsweek. He died on July 14, 1974, at age 83. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Tooey Spaatz maintained his low-profile image to the end and never wrote his memoirs, since he thought that would be too self-serving.
Carl Spaatz (1891-1974) was an early advocate of the military applications of air power. He directed U.S. strategic bombing campaigns in both Europeand the Pacific during World War II. The career of Carl Spaatz paralleled the development of military air power during the twentieth century. He entered the military in the early days of aviation ...
3 de jul. de 2019 · Carl Spaatz - World War II: The next summer he was sent to England for several weeks as an observer with the Royal Air Force. Returning to Washington, he received an appointment as assistant to the chief of Air Corps, with the temporary rank of brigadier general. With American neutrality threatened, Spaatz was named chief of the air staff at ...
