VIII Fighter Command
Command
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"Nazi aerial strategy has been defeated; Germany is to get raids of greater intensity until resistance is shattered, so said Maj Gen William E Kepner, commanding general of the 8th USAAF fighter command, during his first press conference, held recently in London."
VIII Fighter Command was established as VIII Interceptor Command at Selfridge Field on 2 February 1942.
Commanding Officers
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Service Numbers: O-018714
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: VIII Fighter Command 2nd Air Division
- Service Numbers: O-17959
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant General
- Role/Job: Pilot; Commanding Officer; Chief of Staff 8th Fighter Command
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: VIII Fighter Command
- Service Numbers: O-9597
- Highest Rank: Major General
- Role/Job: Commanding General
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 3rd Air Division 66th Fighter Wing Headquarters (66th Fighter Wing)
- Service Numbers: O-17421
- Highest Rank: Brigadier General
- Role/Job: Fighter Wing Commander; Commanding General
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: VIII Fighter Command 2nd Air Division
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant General
- Role/Job: Commanding General, 8th Air Force Fighter Command
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
---|---|---|
Established |
1 February 1942 | |
Based |
High Wycombe | 12 May 1942 |
Based |
Bushey Hall | 27 July 1942 |
Based |
Charleroi | 12 January 1945 |
Based |
High Wycombe | 17 July 1945 |
Based |
Honington | 26 October 1945 |
Encompassing
- Unit Hierarchy: Company
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Company
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Company
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Company
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Company
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: VIII Fighter Command 303rd Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Operations Officer / Aerial Observer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: VIII Fighter Command
- Service Numbers: O-512877
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Chaplain
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: VIII Fighter Command 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (VIII Fighter Command)
- Service Numbers: 17025622 / O-432179
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: VIII Fighter Command 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (VIII Fighter Command) Headquarters (55th Fighter Group)
- Service Numbers: 17027330 / O-427516
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: VIII Fighter Command 364th Fighter Group 385th Fighter Squadron Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (VIII Fighter Command)
- Service Numbers: 20922958 / O-868496
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
Aircraft
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / 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)