Headquarters (Eighth Air Force)

Headquarters
media-34822.jpeg UPL 34822 Lieutenant General Ira Clarence Eaker, commander of the United States Army Air Forces in Britain and the Mediterranean.

Image credit: United States Army Air forces, 381st Bomb Group. Harry S. Truman Library & Museum

Object Number - UPL 34822 - Lieutenant General Ira Clarence Eaker, commander of the United States Army Air Forces in Britain and the Mediterranean.

8th Air Force Headquarters opened in London under the command of General Carl A Spaatz on 19 June 1942. It oversaw all Commands, Wings and Groups engaged in the Strategic Bombing Campaign until February 1944, when it became US Strategic Air Forces in Europe (USSTAF).

Commanding Officers

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: US Strategic Air Forces Headquarters (Eighth Air Force)
  • Highest Rank: General
  • Role/Job: Commanding General, 8th Air Force
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: Headquarters Squadron (VIII Bomber Command) Headquarters (Eighth Air Force) United States Army Forces in the British Isles
  • Service Numbers: O-7478
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant General
  • Role/Job: Commanding General, 8th Air Force
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: Eighth Air Force
  • Service Numbers: O-005142
  • Highest Rank: Brigadier General
  • Role/Job: 8th Air Force Chief of Staff

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Established

19 January 1942

Based

London 18 June 1942 - 25 June 1942

Based

Bushey Hall 26 June 1942

Other

Redesignated

22 February 1944

Encompassing

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: Headquarters (Eighth Air Force)
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: Headquarters (Eighth Air Force)
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: Headquarters (Eighth Air Force)
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: Headquarters (Eighth Air Force)
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: Headquarters (Eighth Air Force)

Aircraft

Revisions

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Air Force Combat Units of World War II

Date
ContributorEmily
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Sources

Bowman, USAAF Handbook 1939-1945, Group Assignments of the 8th Air Force, England 6 June 1943

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)

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