Military site : airfield
Bolling Field was established in 1917 to test naval sea planes and practice aerial refueling techniques.
Throughout the Second World War, Bolling Field served as a training and organisational base for personnel and units going overseas, and was the aerial gateway to the US capital.
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The 12th Air Force was established in the USA during the Second World War to provide the Army Air Force component of Operation Torch (the invasion of French North Africa) in 1942. The Air Force initially moved to England for training before...
Command
Constituted as VIII Ground Air Support Command on 24 April 1942, activated 28 April 1942 at Bolling Field, DC under the command of Brig Gen Robert C. Candee. Assigned to the Eighth US Army Air Force. Moved to England, without tactical components, in...
Military | General | Commanding General, 8th Air Force
A few weeks after Pearl Harbor, in January 1942, General Spaatz was assigned as chief of the Army Air Force Combat Command at Washington and promoted to the temporary rank of major general. In May 1942, Spaatz was designated commander of the Eighth Air...
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| 14 August 2019 09:43:33 | Emily | Created entry with name, latitude, longitude, usaaf from date, construction date, closure date and history |
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