Carl Spaatz
Rank Component Date
Cadet United States Military Academy March 1 , 1910
Second Lieutenant Regular Army June 12 , 1914
First Lieutenant Regular Army July 1 , 1916
Captain Regular Army May 15 , 1917
Major National Army June 17 , 1918
Captain Regular Army February 27 , 1920
Major Regular Army July 1 , 1920
Captain Regular Army December 18 , 1922
Major Regular Army February 1 , 1923
Lieutenant Colonel Regular Army September 16 , 1935
Colonel Temporary November 7 , 1939
Brigadier General Temporary October 2 , 1940
Major General Army of the United States January 28 , 1942
Colonel Regular Army September 17 , 1942
Lieutenant General Army of the United States March 12 , 1943
Brigadier General Regular Army September 1 , 1943
Major General Regular Army October 5 , 1944
General Army of the United States March 11 , 1945
General United States Air Force September 18 , 1947
General U.S. Air Force , Retired June 30 , 1948
Dates of rank
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 United States Air Force in 1947.