LC control no. | n 85148949 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Eaker, Ira, 1896-1987 |
Variant(s) | Eaker, Ira Clarence, 1896- Eaker, Ira C., 1896-1987 |
Other standard no. | Q2629161 |
Associated country | United States |
Associated place | Kenefic (Okla.) |
Birth date | 1896-04-13 |
Death date | 1987-08-06 |
Place of birth | Field Creek (Tex.) Llano County (Tex.) |
Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
Field of activity | Armed Forces Aircraft industry Journalism |
Affiliation | United States. Air Force Hughes Aircraft Company |
Profession or occupation | Generals Executives Journalists |
Found in | Parton, 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 language | eng |