United States Army Air Forces during World War II

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

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Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:activeDuring	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:aircraft_operated	gptkb:aircraft gptkb:B-24_Liberator gptkb:P-38_Lightning gptkb:P-47_Thunderbolt gptkb:P-51_Mustang
gptkbp:awarded	gptkb:Distinguished_Unit_Citation Medal of Honor (to individuals)
gptkbp:basisFor	gptkb:The_Pentagon
gptkbp:casualties	over 40,000 killed in action
gptkbp:commanderInChief	gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded	September 18, 1947
gptkbp:emblem	Hap Arnold Wings
gptkbp:established	June 20, 1941
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	United States Army Air Forces during World War II
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Henry_H._Arnold
gptkbp:motto	gptkb:“Aim_High_..._Fly-Fight-Win”_(modern_USAF_motto)
gptkbp:notableOperation	gptkb:Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki gptkb:Operation_Overlord gptkb:Operation_Torch gptkb:Doolittle_Raid gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden gptkb:Strategic_bombing_of_Germany gptkb:Strategic_bombing_of_Japan
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Paul_Tibbets gptkb:Curtis_LeMay gptkb:Claire_Lee_Chennault gptkb:Jimmy_Doolittle gptkb:Benjamin_O._Davis_Jr.
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:Tuskegee_Airmen gptkb:8th_Air_Force gptkb:15th_Air_Force gptkb:Flying_Tigers gptkb:332nd_Fighter_Group gptkb:99th_Fighter_Squadron gptkb:Twentieth_Air_Force
gptkbp:numberOfCombatAircraft	over 80,000 (at peak)
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:predecessor	United States Army Air Corps
gptkbp:primaryMission	bomber transport reconnaissance air superiority tactical air support
gptkbp:role	aerial warfare
gptkbp:size	over 2.4 million personnel (at peak)
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkbp:theaterOfOperations	gptkb:Mediterranean_Theater gptkb:European_Theater gptkb:China-Burma-India_Theater gptkb:Pacific_Theater
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Lowry_Field
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5