For more than two months the U.S.
Eighth Air Force in Britain has had a new acting commander, to replace wiry, nervous Major General Carl Andrew Spaatz, now head U.S. airman in Africa. Last week the War Department made the appointment permanent, announced the name of the Eighth's new C.O.: Major General Ira Clarence Eaker.
To the Eighth this was no news, and no great wrench, since someone had to replace able, respected "Tooey" Spaatz. To fill his spot, husky, broad-jawed Ira Eaker was the flying people's choice. Like Spaatz, a pilot's pilot...
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