USAAF Twelfth Air Force

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/USAAF_Twelfth_Air_Force

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	Numbered Air Force
gptkbp:activeDuring	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:branch	gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decorations	gptkb:Distinguished_Unit_Citation
gptkbp:disbanded	31 August 1945
gptkbp:engagedIn	gptkb:Operation_Torch gptkb:North_African_Campaign gptkb:Italian_Campaign gptkb:Operation_Dragoon
gptkbp:formed	20 August 1942
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Naples,_Italy gptkb:Casablanca,_French_Morocco gptkb:Algiers,_Algeria
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	USAAF Twelfth Air Force
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:The_Forgotten_Air_Force
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:James_H._Doolittle gptkb:John_K._Cannon
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Northwest_African_Air_Forces gptkb:Mediterranean_Air_Command
gptkbp:role	gptkb:Tactical_Air_Force
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe
gptkbp:theaterOfOperations	gptkb:Mediterranean_Theater_of_Operations
gptkbp:usedInAircraft	gptkb:A-20_Havoc gptkb:B-26_Marauder gptkb:P-47_Thunderbolt gptkb:B-25_Mitchell gptkb:P-40_Warhawk
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Operation_Strangle
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7