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the Eighth Army Air Force (8 AAF) was a United States Army Air Forces combat air force in the European theater of World War II (1939/41–1945), engaging in operations primarily in the Northern Europe area of responsibility; carrying out strategic bombing of enemy targets in France, the Low Countries, and Germany; [3] and engaging in air-to-air ...
The command conducted the heavy bombardment operations of Eighth AF from 17 Aug 1942 until early in 1944. Redesignated Eighth AF on 22 Feb 1944. Afterward, engaged primarily in bombardment of strategic targets in Europe. Transferred, without personnel, equipment, and combat elements, to Okinawa on 16 Jul 1945.
19 Οκτ 2023 · With the official end of World War II in Europe on 8 May 1945, Eighth Air Force participated in Operation Revival, a humanitarian operations where Eighth’s bombers modified to carry passengers evacuated 7,717 American and 1,427 RAF officers from Stalag Luft I German Air Force Prisoner of War camp in Northern Germany.
Just one year later, the Eighth Air Force were masters of the air over Europe, having dealt a killing blow to the German Luftwaffe. So how did they do it? IWM Curator Dr Hattie Hearn looks at the changes in leadership, tactics and technology that transformed the air war over Nazi occupied Europe.
The United States Eighth Air Force deployed to England with a daunting mission: destroy Germany’s ability to wage war, and gain command of the European skies to pave the way for an Allied land invasion.
It became the overall command and control authority of the United States Army Air Forces in the European theater of World War II. USSTAF had started as the Eighth Air Force, a complementary command to that of the smaller Ninth Air Force, Twelfth Air Force, and Fifteenth Air Forces.
For the US Army Air Forces during World War II, this kind of reputation was earned by members of the Eighth Air Force’s 100th Bomb Group (BG). As a part of the Combined Bomber Offensive (CBO) over Europe, the “Bloody 100th” appeared to suffer disproportionately at the hands of the German Luftwaffe, with its members both respected and ...
