Earle E. Partridge
Military Person
1900 – 1990
Who was Earle E. Partridge?
Earle Everard "Pat" Partridge was a 4-star General in the United States Air Force and a Command Pilot.
Partridge enlisted in the United States Army in July 1918 at Fort Slocum, New York, and was assigned to the 5th Engineer Training Regiment. He went to France in August 1918 to join the 79th Division, participating in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Offensive.
Partridge graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1924. He received flight training at Brooks Field and Kelly Field, and was a stunt pilot on Wings. He taught mathematics at West Point, then went to the Panama Canal Zone with the 6th Composite Group. He was adjutant and assistant operations officer of the 1st Pursuit Group at Selfridge Field, and commanding officer of the 94th Pursuit Squadron.
In 1943, Partridge became chief of staff of the Fifteenth Air Force, and was named deputy commander of the Eighth Air Force in 1944. That June, he became commander of the 3rd Bomb Division, and assisted in its reorganization and movement to Okinawa.
Partridge returned to Headquarters Army Air Forces in January 1946 as assistant chief of staff for operations. He went to Japan in October 1948 as commanding general of the Fifth Air Force, serving through the first year of the Korean War. On his return to the United States in June, 1951, he commanded the newly formed Air Research and Development Command at Baltimore, Maryland.
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- Born
- Jul 7, 1900
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- Earle Partridge
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- United States Military Academy
- Lived in
- Massachusetts
- Died
- Sep 7, 1990
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on July 23, 2013
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