Carl A. Spaatz (1891-1974)

Carl A. Spaatz (1891-1974) is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Boyertown, Berks County, dedicated 1991.

PA 562 (S Reading Ave.) at W 2nd St., Boyertown

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Aviation pioneer Spaatz was a 1914 graduate of West Point and a pilot in France in World War I. He rose to the rank of brigadier general in 1940 and general in 1945. During World War II he commanded the US 8th Air Force and the US Strategic Air Forces in Europe, facilitating the ground invasion and liberation of western Europe. He was first Chief of Staff of the newly independent US Air Force, 1947-48. Boyertown was his home.

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1862 · District, Pike, Washington, Earl, and Colebrookdale Townships, Berks County, Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1902 · Boyertown, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1903 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1909 · A survey of the empire group (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1927 · Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Pennsylvania, 1903, covering the location of Carl A. Spaatz (1891-1974), with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Pennsylvania, 1903, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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