biography
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Spaatz, Carl
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nickname Tooey Spaatz
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| sex:
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| lived:
| (1891–1974)
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| biography:
| Aviator, born in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, USA. He trained at West Point, and in World War 1 shot down three German aircraft as commander of the 31st Aero Squadron in France. In 1941 he became chief of air staff, went on to command the air arm in North Africa and Sicily, and became chief of the Strategic Air Force, Europe, in 1944. After the end of the European war he commanded the air force in the Pacific, directing the firebombing and atomic bombing of Japanese cities (1945). He became first chief-of-staff of the independent air force in 1947 and retired the following year. |
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