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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:military_unit
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gptkbp:aircraft_operated
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gptkb:B-29_Superfortress
gptkb:Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress
gptkb:P-51_Mustang
gptkb:B-24_Liberator
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gptkbp:arrangements
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over 300,000
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gptkbp:associated_with
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gptkb:Allied_Forces
gptkb:USAAF
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Distinguished_Unit_Citation
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gptkbp:base
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gptkb:RAF_Bassingbourn
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gptkbp:casualties
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over 26,000
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gptkbp:commanded
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gptkb:General_Jimmy_Doolittle
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gptkbp:commemorated_by
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gptkb:Mighty_Eighth_Air_Force_Museum
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gptkbp:deployment
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gptkb:North_Africa
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gptkbp:dissolved
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1945
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gptkbp:established_in
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gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
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gptkbp:formed
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gptkb:1942
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gptkbp:headquarters
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gptkb:Savannah,_Georgia
gptkb:Barksdale_Air_Force_Base
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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heavy bomber operations
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Mighty Eighth
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gptkbp:is_active_in
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:legacy
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inspiration for films and books
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gptkbp:motto
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gptkb:The_Mighty_Eighth
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gptkbp:nickname
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gptkb:Mighty_Eighth_Air_Force
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gptkbp:notable_event
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D-Day air support
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gptkbp:notable_for
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strategic bombing missions
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gptkbp:notable_leader
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gptkb:General_Frank_Maxwell_Andrews
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gptkbp:notable_mission
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gptkb:Bombing_of_Metz
gptkb:Mission_to_Berlin
gptkb:Bombing_of_Leipzig
gptkb:Bombing_of_Antwerp
gptkb:Bombing_of_Regensburg
gptkb:Bombing_of_Berlin
gptkb:Bombing_of_Dresden
gptkb:Bombing_of_Frankfurt
gptkb:Bombing_of_Schweinfurt
gptkb:Bombing_of_Bremen
gptkb:Bombing_of_Lille
gptkb:Bombing_of_Munich
gptkb:Bombing_of_Hamburg
gptkb:Bombing_of_Cologne
gptkb:Bombing_of_Ploesti
gptkb:Bombing_of_Stuttgart
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gptkbp:notable_operations
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gptkb:Operation_Pointblank
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gptkbp:notable_person
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gptkb:General_Curtis_Le_May
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gptkbp:operates_in
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gptkb:European_Theater_of_Operations
1945
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gptkbp:operational_area
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gptkb:Germany
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gptkbp:part_of
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gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Eighth_Air_Force
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:The_8th_Air_Force
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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