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Jul 3, 2019 · Curtis LeMay (November 15, 1906NOctober 1, 1990) was a U.S. Air Force general who became famous for leading a bombing campaign in the Pacific during World War II. After the war, he served as the leader of the Strategic Air Command, the U.S. military division responsible for most of the country's nuclear weapons.
Dec 15, 2022 · Curtis LeMay’s new and devastating bombing tactics laid waste to Tokyo and killed tens of thousands of civilians—and that was just the start. by James M. Scott 12/15/2022. America’s incendiary bombing campaign of Japan began in Tokyo on March 9, 1945, and continued across the country. Here Kobe burns on June 5.
Jan 21, 2022 · On May 12, 1938, YB-17s led by chief navigator 1st Lt. Curtis LeMay used dead reckoning to locate the Italian liner Rex 775 miles off the U.S. East Coast. (U.S. Air Force) He had calculated time-on-target as 12:25 p.m. At 12:23, under a low ceiling, his three-ship YB-17 formation had nothing in sight.
Curtis LeMay, the youngest and longest-serving general in modern American history, rose from obscurity, lacking social graces, old-boy connections, or lineage, to become America’s most innovative and—to this day—controversial military commander.
LeMay was a staunch advocate of strategic bombing and continuously looked for ways to improve its effectivness. The most memorable of a string of firebombing raids was delivered against Tokyo on the night of March 9-10, 1945. It was also the first test of LeMay’s new doctrine of low-level attack.
Mar 31, 2023 · Curtis E. LeMay is one of the icons of American airpower history, ultimately becoming the Air Force’s fifth Chief of Staff and the first who did not attend West Point. LeMay earned his commission through ROTC at Ohio State in 1928 and over the next decade became one of the best navigators and pilots in the Air Corps.
General Curtis Emerson LeMay died on 1 October 1990, at March Air Force Base in Riverside County, CA. He is buried at the U.S. Air Force Academy Cemetery in Colorado Springs, CO. He was survived by his wife, Helen, who died on 16 February 1992 and is now buried next to her husband. Honoree ID: 769 Created by: MHOH
