British 8th Army Air Force

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_8th_Army_Air_Force
GPTKB entity
Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_the_16th_Alamein
gptkbp:aircraft_operated gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:De_Havilland_Mosquito
gptkb:noble_title
gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:Handley_Page_Victor
gptkb:Earl
gptkb:Handley_Page_Halifax
gptkb:Lockheed_Hudson
gptkb:Vickers_Valiant
gptkb:automobile
gptkb:Short_Stirling
gptkb:Avro_Lancaster_B._III
gptkbp:alliance gptkb:Allied_Forces
gptkbp:command_structure gptkb:RAF_Bomber_Command
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dissolved 1945
gptkbp:established gptkb:1940
gptkbp:filmography gptkb:European_Theater
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Borough
gptkb:High_Wycombe
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British 8th Army Air Force
gptkbp:is_active_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:leadership gptkb:Sir_Charles_Portal
gptkb:Sir_Arthur_Harris
gptkb:Sir_John_Slessor
gptkbp:mission disrupt enemy supply lines
support ground troops
bombing enemy infrastructure
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Per_Ardua_ad_Astra
gptkbp:notable_operations gptkb:Operation_Chastise
gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkb:Battle_of_Britain
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:government_agency
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:North_Africa
gptkb:Western_Europe
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:military_base
gptkbp:role strategic bombing
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Royal_Air_Force_Bomber_Command