Please answer the following question: Facts: - caption: major general oliver p. echols - placeofburial label: place of burial - death date: 15 may 1954 - allegiance: united states - placeofburial: 1954 -- 1990 : arlington national cemetery - birth date: 04 march 1892 - laterwork: chairman and president of northrop - name: oliver patton echols - branch: 25px purple heart united states army air service legion of merit - image: maj.gen . oliver p. echols.jpg - death place: los angeles , california - birth place: charlottesville , virginia Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of oliver p. echols .
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oliver patton echols -lrb- march 4 , 1892 -- may 15 , 1954 -rrb- was an american military officer who brought success in world war ii to the united states army air forces by expanding the inventory of america 's air arm to meet the needs of the coming war .more than any other man under chief of the army air forces , general henry h. arnold , echols was responsible for the development , procurement and supply of aircraft and aeronautical equipment .fighter projects officer benjamin s. kelsey , directly subordinate to echols from 1934 to 1945 , called him '' the man who won world war ii . ''