Elmer Adler

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Elmer Edward Adler (born January 30, 1892 in Buffalo , New York - † August 13, 1970 ) was an American major general in the United States Army Air Forces .

Life

Adler completed military training and subsequently found various uses as an officer. He took part in the First World War. During the Second World War he was from March 17 to May 13, 1941 commander of the 39th Bombardement Group and then until November 1941 chief of the staff of the maintenance command of the Provisional Air Corps. In this use took place on September 15, 1941, his promotion to lieutenant colonel (Lieutenant-Colonel) . After six weeks later, on November 1, 1941 Brigadier General (Brigadier-General) had been promoted, he was from November 1941 to 1942 served as Director of the aviation section of the US military mission in North Africa (US North African Mission) and Chief Representative of the Commanding Generals in the US Army Air Forces in Africa , the Middle East and India .

Adler then acted for some time in 1942 as commander of the maintenance command of the 10th Air Force and from June 1942 to January 1943 as commander of the maintenance command of the 9th Air Force . In addition, he was temporarily head of the US-American section in the Anglo-American Air Force Mission in the Soviet Union in 1942 . Subsequently, he was from January 1943 to October 1944 as head of the personnel and training department of the Air Service Command . Most recently, he served between October 1944 and March 1946 as Director of Management Control of the Air Transport Command (Air Transport Command) and also became in this use on January 1, 1945 Major General (Major-General) promoted. On March 31, 1946, he retired.

For his services, Adler was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal and the Legion of Merit , among others . His marriage to Aurelia Wood Adler was childless. After his death, he was buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio .

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SURNAME Adler, Elmer
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Adler, Elmer Edward (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American officer in the US Army and US Army Air Force
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Buffalo , New York
DATE OF DEATH August 13, 1970