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the 8th Air Force
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/the_8th_Air_Force
GPTKB entity
Statements (44)
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Object
gptkbp:instance_of
gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:base
gptkb:RAF_Bovingdon
gptkb:RAF_Grafton_Underwood
gptkb:RAF_Alconbury
gptkb:RAF_Deenethorpe
gptkb:RAF_North_Pickenham
gptkb:RAF_Thorpe_Abbotts
gptkb:RAF_Bassingbourn
gptkb:RAF_Lavenham
gptkb:RAF_Molesworth
gptkb:RAF_Harrington
gptkb:RAF_Fowlmere
gptkb:RAF_Knettishall
gptkb:RAF_Polebrook
gptkb:RAF_Kimbolton
gptkb:RAF_Sudbury
gptkb:RAF_Bury_St_Edmunds
gptkb:RAF_Great_Ashfield
gptkb:RAF_Little_Staughton
gptkb:RAF_Podington
gptkb:RAF_Snetterton_Heath
gptkb:RAF_Steeple_Morden
gptkb:RAF_Wendover
gptkb:RAF_Wethersfield
gptkbp:commanded
gptkb:General_Henry_H._Arnold
gptkbp:disbanded
1945
gptkbp:established
gptkb:1942
gptkbp:headquarters
gptkb:England
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
the 8th Air Force
gptkbp:is_active_in
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:mission
August 17, 1942
gptkbp:motto
gptkb:The_Mighty_Eighth
gptkbp:nickname
gptkb:Mighty_Eighth
gptkbp:notable_battle
Bombing of Germany
gptkbp:notable_operations
Strategic bombing campaign
gptkbp:number_of_employees
over 200,000
gptkbp:operational_area
gptkb:European_Theater_of_Operations
gptkbp:part_of
gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkbp:related_aircraft
gptkb:Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress
gptkb:B-24_Liberator
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Memphis_Belle
gptkb:Masters_of_the_Air
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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