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Eaker, Ira, 1896-1987

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Personal name headingEaker, Ira, 1896-1987
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Variant(s)Eaker, Ira Clarence, 1896-
Eaker, Ira C., 1896-1987
Other standard no.Q2629161
Associated countryUnited States
Associated placeKenefic (Okla.)
Birth date1896-04-13
Death date1987-08-06
Place of birthField Creek (Tex.)
Llano County (Tex.)
Place of deathWashington (D.C.)
Field of activityArmed Forces Aircraft industry Journalism
AffiliationUnited States. Air Force Hughes Aircraft Company
Profession or occupationGenerals Executives Journalists
Found inParton, J. Air Force spoken here, 1986, c1985: t.p. (General Ira Eaker)
LC data base, 11/5/85 (hdg.: Eaker, Ira Clarence, 1896- )
Wash. Post, Aug. 7, 1987 (Gen. Ira C. Eaker, 8th AF Chief in World War II, dies; Ira Clarence Eaker b. Field Creek, Tex., 1896; led first raid by American B17 bombers on the European continent at Rouen, France, Aug., 1942; commanded Allied air forces in Mediterranean, 1944-45; vp Hughes Aircraft Co., 1947-1957; Silver Star; Ruth Eaker, wife; d. Malcolm Grow Medical Center at Andrews Air Force Base, 1987)
The Memphis Belle: a story of a Flying Fortress, 1944: (General Eaker; commander of Eighth Air Force; name spoken)
U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 viewed June 26, 2023 via Ancestry.com (Ira Clarence Eaker; born, April 13, 1896 in Field Creek, Texas)
Oklahoma Historical Society WWW site viewed June 26, 2023 Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture (Ira Clarence Eaker; born April 13, 1896 in Field Creek, Texas; family moved to Kenefic, Oklahoma in 1912; pioneer aviator; air-power strategist; one of the fathers of the United States Air Force; following retirement in 1947, headed Hughes Aircraft Company and was a syndicated columnist; attained four-star status in 1985; died, August 6, 1987 in Washington, D.C.)
Associated languageeng