At 56, General Carl ("Tooey") Spaatz had a lot to remember. In World War I he had shot down three planes. In 1926, he had been a defense witness at Billy Mitchell's court-martial. In 1929, a major, he had commanded the Question Mark, which established the feasibility of refueling planes in mid-air—and drew some badly needed attention to a badly neglected Air Corps.
In World War II, as commander of the Strategic Air Forces in Europe and later in the Pacific, Tooey Spaatz had led more men in air battle than any man...
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