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	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum
		The mission of the Eighth Air Force was the heavy bombardment of strategic and military targets in Nazi-occupied Europe and Germany.
		In the early years the Eighth's bombers sustained heavy losses to the German Luftwaffe because escort fighters did not have the fuel capacity to accompany the bombers all the way to the target.
		The Eighth Air Force separated from the USAAF in 1947 and became part of the Strategic Air Command (SAC), organized under the newly independent U.S. Air Force.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2692 (1227 words)

	Eighth Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During the war the Eighth Air Force was headquartered in England at the Wycombe Abbey School for Girls, Buckinghamshire.
		Eighth Air Force headquarters moved to Okinawa on 16 July 1945, being assigned to the U.S. Army Strategic Air Forces to train new bomber groups for combat against Japan.
		Eighth Air Force was relieved from assignment to Strategic Air Command and assigned to the new Air Combat Command (ACC) on 1 June 1992.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eighth_Air_Force (3418 words)

	Eighth Air Force
		Eighth Air Force demonstrated the importance of aerial refueling to a successful military action during the 1980s.
		Eighth Air Force units played a key role in the Gulf War, spearheading the air war campaign with B-52s strikes from Barksdale AFB to launch conventional air-launched cruise missiles on Iraqi targets.
		Eighth Air Force advisors on the Central Command (CENTCOM) staff successfully planned and executed the deployment of 74 B-52 aircraft and 155 aircrews to five forward operating locations before the war.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/usaf/8af.htm (1780 words)

	Barksdale Air Force Base - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Barksdale Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base that lies at the foot of the Shreveport/Barksdale Highway Bridge in Bossier City, Louisiana.
		Barksdale is the home of the Air Force's 2d Bomb Wing, headquarters of the Eighth Air Force, and the Air Force Reserve Command's 917th Wing.
		January 1, 1975, Headquarters Eighth Air Force was installed on Barksdale.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Barksdale_Air_Force_Base (319 words)

	Notes on the Air War Over Europe
		Eighth fighter pilots agreed the Berger suit was superior to the Frank suit and were equipped with the American version during the summer.
		Eighth Air Force fighter pilots were the reason for the bomber's success.
		Eighth fighter pilots were not deterred by the increased strength of Luftwaffe day figher units in Germany and the Western Front in 1943.
	www.cebudanderson.com /europe.htm (1949 words)

	Boeing B-17 with the Eighth Air Force
		The Eighth Air Force was officially activated on 2 January 1942, following on 3 February by the first three B-17 units – the 97th, 301st and 303rd Bombardment Groups.
		The Eighth Air Force’s early missions were generally on a small scale, and were normally escorted by fighters, often RAF Spitfires.
		On 17 August the Eighth Air Force launched a massive attack on the aircraft factory at Regensburg and the ball-bearing factory at Schweinfurt.
	www.historyofwar.org /articles/weapons_B-17_Eighth_Air_Force.html (1607 words)

	Against Regensburg and Schweinfurt
		The takeoff of the Regensburg force was delayed by one and a half hours (the maximum acceptable, if the bombers were to reach the unfamiliar airfields in Algeria before dusk).
		When the Regensburg force returned to England a week later, attacking an airfield near Bordeaux on the way, it was without another fifty-five aircraft, which had been damaged beyond immediate repair, and three more were lost during the return flight.
		In the short term, the twin attacks and that on the French airfield deprived Eighth Air Force of 118 bombers—nearly one-third of the force committed on August 17.
	www.afa.org /magazine/1993/0993against.asp (2717 words)

	Army Air Forces in World War II
		It was not until the summer of 1943 that the Eighth Air Force could operate in sufficient strength to execute sustained large-scale attacks, but its efforts in those summer months were sufficient to keep the GAF from creating enough frontline strength to stop subsequent major operations.
		These safety factors represented the final compromise between the desire of the ground forces to exploit immediately the demoralization resulting from the bombing at the risk of casualties and the inclination of the air forces to impose considerable greater intervals to minimize the dangers from possible bombing errors.
		Since the Ninth Air Force aircraft were not equipped for overcast bombing, provision was needed to cover Utah beach in their stead, should it prove impossible for even the medium bombers to operate beneath the cloud base.
	www.usaaf.net /ww/vol2/vol2pg2.htm (2284 words)

	HyperWar: Wings at War, No. 2: Sunday Punch in Normandy
		Most important, the requirements of the ground forces must be translated in to a workable air cooperation program, and the ground force commanders had to be thoroughly informed as to the capabilities and the limitations of the heavy bombers.
		An AEAF Weapons Committee, with four representatives of the Eighth Air Force, was established to consider these questions, and several practice bombing missions were conducted, the most comprehensive being held on 26 April, in which 12 nine-plane flights were sent to the Studland Bay bombing range to determine the effect of 100-, 250-, and 500-lb.
		A visibility trial was conducted by aircraft of the Eighth Air Force, the Ninth Air Force, and the 2d Tactical Air Force, operating against simulated targets in England (an infantry platoon, field artillery battery, coastal battery, small village, roads in open and wooded areas, railway lines, and coastal and inland towns).
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/AAF/AAF-W-Normandy (8285 words)

	The Eighth Air Force Historical Society
		Air Force on 1 December 1942 (General Spaatz went to North Africa to command the air forces there under General Eisenhower).
		Air Force became the greatest air armada of any country in any war, reaching a total strength of 200, 000 persons by mid-1944 (it is estimated that more than 350,000 Americans served in the 8
		The eighth reunion was held in Cincinnati in October of 1982.
	members.tripod.com /gmhilliard/8th.htm (967 words)

	Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum - Savannah, GA
		With headquarters at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City, LA, the 8th Air Force is one of three active-duty numbered air forces in Air Combat Command.
		The Eighth Bomber Command (Later re-designated 8th AF in February 1944) was activated as part of the U.S. Army Air Forces January 28, 1942, at Hunter Field in Savannah, Georgia.
		Numbered air force bomber units in the theater and at nearby locations also attacked Iraq’s Republican Guard and other important strategic targets, while air refueling units provided most of the support to Coalition aircraft.
	www.mightyeighth.org /word/index.php?page_id=12 (755 words)

	In the Footsteps of the Mighty Eighth \| Military Aviation \| Air & Space Magazine
		Combat air crews who survived their mission tours were immediately sent home, but many of the enlisted men who came to Thorpe Abbotts in 1943 were still there in 1945.
		There were two tactical air forces, the Ninth, which was based originally in England, and the Twelfth, which is better remembered as the desert air force after its start in North Africa.
		The American Air Museum is actually part of the Imperial War Museum, the British equivalent of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Inside, I sought the iconic aircraft of the U.S. Army Air Forces.
	www.airspacemag.com /military-aviation/mighty_eighth.html (4433 words)

	CHAPTER IX
		The medical installations which served the Eighth Air Force during the period, in addition to sick quarters at each AAF station, were the 1st, 7th, 65th, 91st, 97th, and 184th General Hospitals and the 49th, 121st, 136th, 231st, 280th, and 303d Station Hospitals.
		Followup records at Eighth Air Force headquarters showed that, for the first 8 months of 1944, 2 out of 5 (40 percent) MIA personnel were possibly KIA and 3 out of 5 (60 percent) were known to be WIA (wounded in action), prisoners of war, or evaders.
		Permission was obtained from the Commanding General, Eighth Air Force, for the Medical ORS to borrow, for photostatic copying, the battle damage reports of heavy bomber aircraft in which casualties had occurred.
	history.amedd.army.mil /booksdocs/wwii/woundblstcs/chapter9.1.htm (6159 words)

	Eighth Air Force Fighter Pilot Aces of World War Two WWII, USAAF fliers aerial combat in the ETO flying Mustangs and ...
		Perret's chronicle is also a story of political battles for turf between the military services; of leaders with heads in the clouds and feet of clay; of frequently inferior American aircraft; and of the heroism of bomber and fighter crews who had to fly through Hell and back in order to attack their targets.
		Of the top 15 Eighth Air Force aces, Meyer also was the leader in aircraft destroyed on the ground, the most hazardous of fighter operations.
		He was the only Air Force officer to be three times awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, predecessor to the Air Force Cross and second only to the Medal of Honor.
	www.acepilots.com /usaaf_eto_aces.html (2615 words)

	Eighth Air Force Historial Society
		Escorting are 61 P-38s, 346 Eighth and Ninth Air Force P-47s and 147 Eighth and Ninth Air Force P-51s; 2 P-38s are lost and 1 damaged, 2 pilots are MIA; the P-47s claim 1-0-0 Luftwaffe aircraft, 1 P-47 is lost and 1 damaged, 1 pilot is MIA; 1 P-51 is lost, the pilot is MIA.
		STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 293: 542 bombers and 719 fighters are dispatched to aircraft factories and airfields in Germany and Poland; the bombers claim 45-8-14 Luftwaffe aircraft; 32 bombers and 10 fighters are lost; 10 bombers are damaged beyond repair.
		Escort is 132 P-38s, 485 Eighth and Ninth Air Force P-47s and 242 Eighth and Ninth Air Force P-51s; 2 P-38s, 5 P-47s and 6 P-51s are lost, 1 P-38 is damaged beyond repair and 22 aircraft are damaged; casualties are 1 WIA and 12 MIA.
	www.8thafhs.org /combat1944a.htm (16947 words)

	Donald L. Miller
		The story of the Eighth Air Force is one of equal parts bravery, terror, and glamour, with some of its men becoming the most celebrated personalities the war.
		Air Force, as opposed to British Royal Air Force, concentrated on industrial targets and did not set city-consuming fires, as the RAF did at Dresden, it did conduct terror bombing—the indiscriminate bombing of non-combatants—in an effort to shorten the war in early 1945.
		Air Force, General Hap Arnold was a racist, and felt that having fls on crews, many of them serving over white men, would be perilous to discipline.
	ww2.lafayette.edu /~millerd/Masters.php (4545 words)

	Feature - 'Castle Coombe Mess' cup donated
		This is the fifth silver cup donated to Eighth Air Force, with the remaining four cups kept by respective family members as cherished mementos of their link to World War II history.
		The Eaker Bowl and cups are physical artifacts of Eighth Air Force history and serve as a heraldic symbol of sterling service to the nation, comradeship and optimism about the future for all those who serve with the Mighty Eighth, Mr.
		In late 1943, upon becoming the commander of the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces, General Eaker closed the mess and purchased an engraved silver punch bowl, ladle, and a cup for each of the nine mess members with the optimistic vision of conducting post-war reunions.
	www.af.mil /news/story.asp?id=123062829 (1747 words)

	Eighth Air Force
		Bombers from the Eighth (Army) Air Force join with the Ninth in Operation Tidal Wave, a second attempt to destroy the oil refineries at Ploesti.
		The Eighth Air Force (England) and the Ninth Air Force (Italy) participate.
		Eighth Air Force begins Operation Chattanooga Choo-Choo, systematic raids in Germany and France designed to destroy the Nazi's ability to move munitions and supplies by railroad.
	ourgeorgiahistory.com /ogh/Eighth_Air_Force (496 words)

	Eighth Air Force Art - Aviation Art by Geoff Nutkins
		From 1942 to 1945, the USAAF's Eighth Air Force operated from airfields in eastern England.
		The Eighth Air Force operated many types of aircraft, but perhaps the most iconic are the B17 Flying Fortress and the P51 Mustang.
		The B17G Flying Fortress "Remember Me?" of the 457th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force homeward bound to Glatton in England with help from a P51D Mustang of the 20th Fighter Group, 1944.
	www.aviartnutkins.com /pages/8th_air_force_art.htm (280 words)

	Fifteenth Air Force
		Fifteenth Air Force was established on 1 November 1943 as part of the United States Army Air Forces in the World War II Mediterranean Theater of Operations as a strategic air force and commenced combat operations the day after it was formed.
		Mainly operating out of bases in southern Italy, the Fifteenth Air Force, along with the Eighth Air Force and RAF Bomber Command, became the instruments used by the Allies to carry the strategic air offensive to Axis occupied Europe and Germany.
		Through the counter-air force and oil campaigns, the Fifteenth was also attacking enemy communications and transportation systems far behind the front lines, disrupting supply movements from industrial centers over an 800 mile radius from the Italian airfields.
	15thaf.org (682 words)

	Fact Sheets : Eighth Air Force History : Eighth Air Force History
		The modern day Eighth Air Force traces its lineage to the VIII BC, which came to life on 1 February 1942 at Langley Field, Virginia.
		An Eighth Air Force unit, the 2d Bomb Wing, spearheaded the air campaign by dispatching B-52s from Barksdale to launch conventional air-launched cruise missiles against Iraqi targets.
		Eighth Air Force bomb wings, stationed in the Persian Gulf region, also attacked Iraq's Republican Guard forces and numerous key strategic targets, while other units provided air refueling and tactical reconnaissance throughout the conflict.
	www.8af.acc.af.mil /library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=4632 (1088 words)

	GeorgiaInfo - Carl Vinson Institute of Government
		On 28 January 1942, the Eighth Air Force, was activated in the adjacent building, a National Guard Armory at the time.
		Having moved to England, the Eighth was ready on 17 August to test the theory that daylight bombing raids could be made with profitable results.
		The renowned winged-eight, the emblem of the Eighth Air Force, was designed by former Air Force Major Ed Winter, a native of Savannah.
	www.cviog.uga.edu /Projects/gainfo/gahistmarkers/birthplace8thAFhistmarker.htm (195 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| Aerial Combat \| World War II: Eighth Air Force Raid on Schweinfurt
		In mid-1943, using air power to cripple the military and industrial capability of a nation was not the accepted fact that it became later in the war.
		Thus, the U.S. Army Air Forces' (USAAF) Eighth Air Force was fighting not just to survive in the lethal skies over Europe, but to prove a concept-that daylight precision bombing could play a decisive, if not the most decisive, role in modern war.
		This was the prevailing mood at Eighth Air Force bomber stations throughout the East Anglian countryside when crewmen were awakened during the pre-dawn darkness of October 14, 1943.
	www.historynet.com /air_sea/aerial_combat/3033761.html (1529 words)

	The Eighth Air Force At Night?
		An air raid warning alert was declared and all airfield lights were turned off.
		With landing lights on and air base runways alight, the returning aircraft were sitting ducks.
		The total cost to Eighth Air Force was eight B-17s, sixteen B-24s, five P-47s, one P-38, and four P-51s.
	www.390th.org /bulletin/summer2005/TheEighthAirForceAtNight.htm (539 words)

	8th USAAF WWII Timeline - Northstar Gallery
		Eighth Army Air Corps launched a mission against German marshalling areas in the Rouen, France railyard using B-17s.
		Fierce air battles over western front, with 188 out of 800 Luftwaffe planes reported shot down during their last major attack of the war.
		The US 8th Air Force launches a massive attack (675 bombers) against the HQ complex of the OKH at Zossen 20 miles south of Berlin.
	northstargallery.com /Aircraft/B17/timeline8th.htm (428 words)

	Eighth Air Force
		Eighth Army Air Corps flies the first European mission of the USAAC (United States Army Air Corps).
		Bombers from the Eighth (Army) Air Force join with the Ninth in Operation Tidal Wave, a second attempt to destroy the oil refineries at Ploesti.
		Eighth Air Force begins Operation Chattanooga Choo-Choo, systematic raids in Germany and France designed to destroy the Nazi's ability to move munitions and supplies by railroad.
	www.ourgeorgiahistory.com /chronpop/1000012 (496 words)

	Eighth Air Force Archive Collected Papers
		Eighth Air Force Historical Society, 1979-1989, Quantity: 0.5 cubic feet Series contains correspondence and papers relating to committees, officers, mailings, and advertising.
		Eighth Air Force Historical Society, 1975- 1989 (bulk 1975-1986); Quantity: 0.8 cubic feet; Arrangement: Arranged chronologically.
		Among the papers from the war period are diaries, a Glenn Miller Band program, a 2nd Scouting Force unit history, a combat chronology from March to June 1944, tour booklets of Britain and Scotland, postcards of England, and photos.
	www.libraries.psu.edu /speccolls/hcla/eighthairforce/papers.html (1963 words)

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