US Strategic Air Forces
Headquarters
Object Number - INS 7307 - Second World War higher formation badge for the United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe (USSTAF). The shoulder sleeve insignia was approved by a...
Eighth Air Force Headquarters became USSTAF in February 1944 and oversaw all Strategic Air Force activities in the European, African and Middle Eastern Theatre of Operations, particularly the operations of the Eighth and Fifteenth Air Forces.
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
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
|
Based |
Bushey Hall | 25 June 1942 |
Previously was
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Combat organisation
Encompassing
- Unit Hierarchy: Company
- Unit Hierarchy: Company
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Transport
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Unit Hierarchy: Battalion
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: US Strategic Air Forces VIII Bomber Command 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-17175
- Highest Rank: General
- Role/Job: Commanding General
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: US Strategic Air Forces
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Chief off USSTAF Special Services
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: US Strategic Air Forces
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Director of Personnel
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: US Strategic Air Forces 401st Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-21785
- Highest Rank: Brigadier General
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: US Strategic Air Forces
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Chief, Policy and Research Branch
Revisions
Air Force Combat Units of World War II
AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR II
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)
