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Curtis Emerson LeMay (November 15, 1906 – October 1, 1990) was an American Air Force general who implemented an effective but controversial strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific theater of World War II.
General Curtis Emerson LeMay is the fifth chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. The general was born at Columbus, Ohio, in 1906. He attended Columbus public schools and Ohio State University.
Jul 3, 2019 · General Curtis LeMay became famous for his bombing raids during World War II and later oversaw the Strategic Air Command.
Jan 21, 2022 · From bomber general and self-professed war criminal to head of Strategic Air Command, Curtis LeMay divided America but always kept it safe. Incredibly, in May 1938, even as war loomed in Europe, the U.S. Navy had no Atlantic Fleet to defend the East Coast.
Apr 30, 2024 · Curtis E. LeMay (born Nov. 15, 1906, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.—died Oct. 1, 1990, March Air Force Base, Calif.) was a U.S. Air Force officer whose expertise in strategic bombardment techniques was important during World War II and afterward.
Dec 15, 2022 · At sunset on March 9, 1945, Major General Curtis E. LeMay watched the first of more than 300 bombers lift off from Guam’s crushed coral runway for a midnight strike on Tokyo some 1,500 miles to the north.
General Curtis LeMay died in 1990, but his legacy as an advocate of strategic bombing lives on in the modern U.S. Air Force. That philosophy was born in the skies over Europe and in the general’s mind it was proven against Imperial Japan.
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.
Oct 2, 1990 · Curtis Emerson LeMay, the tough bomber general who directed the smashing of German and Japanese cities during World War II and then built the Strategic Air Command into a powerful nuclear...
Oct 2, 1990 · Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, the former Air Force chief of staff who was an architect of strategic air power and insisted that the nation be willing to use nuclear weapons when necessary, died...
