# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ira-clarence-eaker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:33:02.835Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ira-clarence-eaker"
name: "Ira Clarence Eaker"
slug: "ira-clarence-eaker"
description: "Lieutenant general Ira Clarence Eaker was a general of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Eaker, as second-in-command of the prospective Eighth Air Force, was sent to England to form and organize its bomber command. While he struggled to build up airpower in England, the organization of the Army Air Forces evolved and he was named commander of the Eighth Air Force on December 1, 1942."
tagline: "United States Air Force general (1896-1987)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LTG_Ira_Eaker.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1896-04-13"
deathDate: "1987-08-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.5
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.068436
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Айра Ікер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_C._Eaker"
    title: "Ira C. Eaker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_C._Eaker"
    title: "Ira C. Eaker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_C._Eaker"
    title: "Ira C. Eaker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_C._Eaker"
    title: "Ira C. Eaker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_C._Eaker"
    title: "Ira C. Eaker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_C._Eaker"
    title: "Ira C. Eaker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC"
    title: "アイラ・エーカー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Eaker"
    title: "Ira Eaker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_C._Eaker"
    title: "Ira C. Eaker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Eaker"
    title: "Ira Eaker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Eaker"
    title: "Ira Eaker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%90%D0%B9%D1%80%D0%B0"
    title: "Икер, Айра"
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  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_C._Eaker"
    title: "Ira C. Eaker"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2629161"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump