#Air_Force

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• Ira Eaker General Ira Clarence Eaker (1896-1987) commanded the 8th Air Force's strategic bombing campaign over Europe and later the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces. After retirement he served as a Hughes Aircraft executive and defense policy figure in Washington. An anonymous 1990s memo claims Marion Pettie served as his chauffeur and received counterintelligence training through his connections, a claim unverified in primary sources.