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THE EIGHTH AIR FORCE (8 AF)
World War II (1944–1945)
Established on 22 February 1944 by the re-designation of VIII Bomber Command at High Wycombe
Airdrome, England, 8 AF was a United States Army Air Forces combat air force in the European Theater
of World War II, engaging in operations primarily in the Northern Europe AOR; carrying out strategic
bombing of enemy targets in France, the Low countries, and Germany; and engaging in air to air fighter
combat against enemy aircraft until the German Capitulation on 8 May 1945. It was the largest of the
deployed combat Army Air Forces in numbers of personnel, aircraft, and equipment.
United States Army Air Forces Consolidated B-24D Liberator
