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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...
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  • Spaatz may refer to: Spaatz Island, Antarctica Carl Spaatz (1891–1974), US Air Force general Carl A. Spaatz Field, at Reading Regional Airport, Pennsylvania...
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    required British concurrence. Orders for the attack were issued to General Carl Spaatz on 25 July under the signature of General Thomas T. Handy, the acting...
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    Chief of Air Corps, selected personally by its head, Brigadier General Carl Spaatz, whom he had met at the Command and General Staff College. In September...
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    colonel and in June 1944, he was presented the Medal of Honor by General Carl Spaatz for his January 11 valor. That same month, Howard helped direct fighter...
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    Berlin") ^19.70 "Directives Agreed by DCAS, RAF, and Lieutenant General Carl Spaatz", Spaatz Collection, Box 15, 23 September 1944, The German rail and waterborne...
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    Air Force United States Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific General Carl A. Spaatz Major General Curtis E. LeMay Twentieth Air Force (Lt. Gen. Nathan Twining)...
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    of North Africa, the commander of the Eighth Air Force, Major General Carl Spaatz was ordered to provide his best two pilots for a secret mission. He chose...
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    However, news correspondents incorrectly interpreted a comment by General Carl Spaatz, commander of the U.S. Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific, that the...
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    this order from some senior figures, including Churchill, Harris, and Carl Spaatz, but after some debate, control passed to SHAEF on 1 April 1944. When...
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