the 8th Air Force

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/the_8th_Air_Force

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Memphis_Belle
gptkbp:aircraft_operated	gptkb:aircraft
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:employees	over 200,000
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:operational_area	gptkb:European_Theater_of_Operations
gptkbp:part_of	gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:aircraft