8th Air Force Command

GPTKB entity

Properties (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military command
gptkbp:activeDuring 1942
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Operation_Frantic
gptkb:Operation_Steinbock
gptkb:Operation_Gomorrah
gptkb:Operation_Cobra
gptkb:Operation_Hurricane
Battle of the Bulge
Operation Market Garden
Operation Overlord
Operation Crossbow
D-Day
Operation Bagration
Operation Chastise
Operation Neptune
Operation Thunderclap
Operation Plunder
Operation Shingle
Operation Tidal Wave
Operation Varsity
Operation Carpetbagger
Operation Argonaut
gptkbp:baseLocation gptkb:England
gptkbp:commandStructure gptkb:Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command
gptkbp:currentCommander gptkb:Major_General_Andrew_J._Gebara
gptkbp:currentStatus active
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:established gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:filmography gptkb:European_Theater_of_Operations
gptkbp:hasPersonnel over 300,000
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Barksdale_Air_Force_Base
gptkbp:historicalSignificance largest_air_force_in_history_during_WWII
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 8th Air Force Command
gptkbp:motto The Mighty Eighth
gptkbp:notableEvent air_superiority_over_Europe
destruction_of_German_industrial_capacity
gptkbp:notableGames gptkb:B-29_Superfortress
B-17 Flying Fortress
B-24 Liberator
gptkbp:notableOperations Operation Overlord
Operation Pointblank
Bombing of Germany
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:General_Jimmy_Doolittle
gptkb:General_Carl_Spaatz
gptkb:General_Henry_H._Arnold
gptkbp:numberOfMembers over 1,000
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:primaryMission gptkb:strategic_bombing_of_Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:reform 1946
gptkbp:role strategic bombing