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gptkbp:instanceOf
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Numbered Air Force
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gptkbp:activePeriod
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1942–1945
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkb:Distinguished_Unit_Citation
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gptkbp:branch
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gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
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gptkbp:casualties
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Over 26,000 killed in action
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:disbanded
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7 June 1945
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gptkbp:emblem
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gptkb:Eighth_Air_Force_shoulder_sleeve_insignia
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gptkbp:engagedIn
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gptkb:World_War_II
Strategic bombing campaign against Germany
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gptkbp:established
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22 February 1942
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gptkbp:headquarters
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gptkb:RAF_High_Wycombe
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Eighth Air Force (USAAF)
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gptkbp:motto
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gptkb:Peace_Through_Strength
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gptkbp:nickname
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gptkb:The_Mighty_Eighth
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gptkbp:notableCommander
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gptkb:Ira_C._Eaker
gptkb:James_Doolittle
gptkb:Carl_Spaatz
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gptkbp:notableMission
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gptkb:D-Day_air_support
gptkb:Dresden_bombing
gptkb:Schweinfurt–Regensburg_mission
Berlin bombing raids
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gptkbp:notableOperation
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gptkb:Big_Week
gptkb:Operation_Pointblank
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gptkbp:notablePerson
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gptkb:Leonard_Cheshire
gptkb:Don_Blakeslee
gptkb:Francis_Gabreski
gptkb:Hub_Zemke
gptkb:John_E._Dolan
gptkb:William_Lawley_Jr.
gptkb:Robert_Rosenthal
gptkb:Curtis_LeMay
gptkb:Robert_S._Johnson
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gptkbp:notableUnit
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gptkb:91st_Bomb_Group
gptkb:100th_Bomb_Group
gptkb:303rd_Bomb_Group
gptkb:379th_Bomb_Group
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gptkbp:parentOrganization
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gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:United_States_Strategic_Air_Forces
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gptkbp:role
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Strategic bombing
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gptkbp:size
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Over 200,000 personnel at peak
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Eighth_Air_Force_(USAF)
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gptkbp:theaterOfOperations
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gptkb:European_Theater_of_Operations
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gptkbp:usedInAircraft
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gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:B-24_Liberator
gptkb:P-47_Thunderbolt
gptkb:P-51_Mustang
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:RAF_Goxhill
gptkb:RAF_Watton
gptkb:RAF_Podington
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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