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Command
Constituted as VIII Ground Air Support Command on 24 Apr 1942 and activated on 28 Apr. .. Redesignated VIII Air Support Command in Sep 1942. Engaged in training, with one reconnaissance and one troop carried group assigned until July 1943. Afterward, carried out medium bombardment operations against the enemy on the Continent until Oct 1943 when all components and personnel were withdrawn from the command. Disbanded in England on 1 Dec 1943
Military | Brigadier General | Commanding Officer, VIII Air Support Command
Appointed 2LT, Cavalry in 1916 after graduating Cornell U. Detailed to Air Service in 1922. Following basic and advanced instruction, served as instructor at Advanced Flying School at Kelly AFB. In 1926, entered Air Corps Tactical School, followed by...
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...
Group
The chief purpose of the 315th Troop Carrier Group when assigned to the Eighth Air Force was to transport troops around the UK in the early part of 1943. Before long though, the Group was used by the Twelfth Air Force and flew from Bilda, Algeria, from...
Group
The 322nd Bombardment Squadron (Medium) was activated on 19-Jun-1942 at MacDill Field, Florida with B-26B Marauder aircraft. In late September 1942 the unit moved to Drane Field, Florida. The Ground echelon sailed for the UK aboard the Queen Elizabeth...
Group
The 323rd Bombardment Group operated with B-26 Marauders, American medium bombers. They were the first Eighth Air Force Group to fly a medium level bombing mission with this aircraft on 16 July 1943. After flying a total of 33 missions with the Eighth,...
Group
The 386th Bomb Group flew B-26 Marauders for the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces. Whilst with the Eighth, the Group developed the formation release procedure for the B-26 on missions that targeted aerodromes, marshalling yards and V-weapon sites along the...
Group
The 387th Bomb Group flew just under thirty missions with the Eighth Air Force before being transferred to the Ninth Air Force in October 1943. The Group remained at Chipping Ongar, Essex after being reassigned and continued to hit targets in France....
Group
The four Squadrons of the 67th Recon Group (12th Observation - later Reconnaissance Squadron; 107th Observation - later Reconnaissance Squadron; 109th Observation - later Reconnaissance Squadron and 153rd Observation - later Reconnaissance Squadron)...
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...
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Based | Membury | August 1942 – October 1942 |
| Redesignated | September 1942 | |
| Based | Sunninghill Park | 19 October 1942 – 1 December 1943 |
| Based | Sunninghill Park | 1 December 1943 |
Military | Second Lieutenant | Fighter pilot | 56th Fighter Group
Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to VIII Air Support Command.
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 04 September 2019 15:43:00 | Emily | Changes to motto, insignia, us air force combat units of world war ii description, aircraft types, commanding officers associations and stations |
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Air Force Combat Units of World War II |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 09 May 2015 18:50:41 | Paul Bellamy | Created entry with type, category, name, air forces, aircraft types, unit encompassing associations, unit previously was association and stations |
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Airfields of the Ninth Then & Now (R A Freeman, 1994) |
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