8th Air Force

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/8th_Air_Force

GPTKB entity

Statements (168)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:aircraft gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command gptkb:Memphis_Belle gptkb:Operation_Overlord gptkb:Barksdale_Air_Force_Base gptkb:Operation_Tidal_Wave gptkb:Brigadier_General_Frederick_Castle gptkb:Numbered_Air_Forces gptkb:Boeing_B-17_G_Flying_Fortress gptkb:General_Curtis_Le_May gptkb:Operation_Thunderclap gptkb:B-17_G_42-38059
gptkbp:active_years	gptkb:1942 1942-1945
gptkbp:aircraft_operated	gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:alliance	gptkb:Allied_Forces
gptkbp:base	gptkb:RAF_Station_Sudbury gptkb:RAF_Debach gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:RAF_Thorpe_Abbotts gptkb:RAF_Bassingbourn gptkb:RAF_Lavenham gptkb:RAF_Molesworth gptkb:RAF_Station_Bassingbourn gptkb:RAF_Station_Bury_St_Edmunds gptkb:RAF_Station_Debach gptkb:RAF_Station_Flixton gptkb:RAF_Station_Grafton_Underwood gptkb:RAF_Station_Halesworth gptkb:RAF_Station_Horham gptkb:RAF_Station_Knettishall gptkb:RAF_Station_Lavenham gptkb:RAF_Station_Leiston gptkb:RAF_Station_Martlesham_Heath gptkb:RAF_Station_Molesworth gptkb:RAF_Station_North_Pickenham gptkb:RAF_Station_Shipdham gptkb:RAF_Station_Thorpe_Abbotts gptkb:RAF_Station_Tibenham gptkb:RAF_Station_Waddington gptkb:RAF_Station_Waltham gptkb:RAF_Station_Wendling gptkb:RAF_Station_Wethersfield gptkb:RAF_Station_Wittering gptkb:RAF_Station_Woodbridge gptkb:RAF_Station_Wyton gptkb:RAF_Station_Yatesbury gptkb:RAF_Sudbury
gptkbp:command_structure	gptkb:Air_Combat_Command
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:military_officer gptkb:General_Henry_H._Arnold
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded	1945
gptkbp:employees	Thousands over 200,000 over 300,000
gptkbp:established	gptkb:1942
gptkbp:filmography	gptkb:European_Theater_of_Operations
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:London,_England gptkb:Barksdale_Air_Force_Base
gptkbp:historical_event	gptkb:Air_War_over_Europe gptkb:D-Day gptkb:European_Theater_of_Operations Bombing Campaigns Strategic Air Offensive
gptkbp:historical_significance	gptkb:World_War_II
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	8th Air Force
gptkbp:insignia	gptkb:8th_Air_Force_emblem
gptkbp:involved_units	gptkb:aircraft gptkb:Bombardment_Group gptkb:battle gptkb:boxing_match
gptkbp:is_active_in	gptkb:1942
gptkbp:mission	gptkb:Memphis_Belle gptkb:Operation_Chastise gptkb:Operation_Argonaut gptkb:Operation_Bagration gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden gptkb:Operation_Neptune gptkb:Operation_Overlord gptkb:Operation_Plunder gptkb:Operation_Dragoon gptkb:Operation_Gomorrah gptkb:Operation_Cobra gptkb:Operation_Tidal_Wave gptkb:Ploesti_Raid gptkb:Operation_Carpetbagger gptkb:Operation_Crossbow gptkb:Operation_Varsity gptkb:Operation_Thunderclap gptkb:Mission_to_the_Ruhr gptkb:Schweinfurt-Regensburg_Mission August 17, 1942 Berlin Raids
gptkbp:motto	gptkb:The_Mighty_Eighth
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:The_Mighty_Eighth
gptkbp:notable_allies	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:notable_battle	gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge gptkb:Dresden_Bombing Bombing of Germany
gptkbp:notable_operations	gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden gptkb:Operation_Overlord gptkb:Operation_Shingle gptkb:Operation_Pointblank Bombing of Germany
gptkbp:operational_status	active
gptkbp:part_of	gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:role	Strategic bombing strategic bombing
gptkbp:service_branch	gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:squadrons	gptkb:78th_Fighter_Group gptkb:84th_Fighter_Group gptkb:15th_Fighter_Group gptkb:4th_Fighter_Group gptkb:457th_Bomb_Group gptkb:94th_Bomb_Group gptkb:50th_Fighter_Group gptkb:20th_Fighter_Group gptkb:352nd_Fighter_Group gptkb:383rd_Fighter_Group gptkb:305th_Bomb_Group gptkb:31st_Fighter_Group gptkb:401st_Bomb_Group gptkb:49th_Fighter_Group gptkb:368th_Fighter_Group gptkb:374th_Fighter_Group gptkb:56th_Fighter_Group gptkb:8th_Fighter_Command gptkb:365th_Fighter_Group gptkb:353rd_Fighter_Group gptkb:366th_Fighter_Group gptkb:367th_Fighter_Group gptkb:369th_Fighter_Group gptkb:370th_Fighter_Group gptkb:371st_Fighter_Group gptkb:372nd_Fighter_Group gptkb:373rd_Fighter_Group gptkb:375th_Fighter_Group gptkb:376th_Fighter_Group gptkb:377th_Fighter_Group gptkb:378th_Fighter_Group gptkb:379th_Fighter_Group gptkb:380th_Fighter_Group gptkb:381st_Fighter_Group gptkb:382nd_Fighter_Group gptkb:384th_Fighter_Group gptkb:385th_Fighter_Group gptkb:386th_Fighter_Group gptkb:387th_Fighter_Group gptkb:388th_Fighter_Group gptkb:389th_Fighter_Group gptkb:390th_Fighter_Group gptkb:391st_Fighter_Group gptkb:392nd_Fighter_Group gptkb:393rd_Fighter_Group gptkb:394th_Fighter_Group gptkb:395th_Fighter_Group gptkb:396th_Fighter_Group gptkb:397th_Fighter_Group gptkb:398th_Fighter_Group gptkb:399th_Fighter_Group gptkb:400th_Fighter_Group over 1,000 100th Bomb Group
gptkbp:supports	gptkb:RAF_Bomber_Command
gptkbp:targets	gptkb:U-boat_pens_at_Lorient