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8th Eighth Army Air Forces AAF 1942-1945 Statistical Summary PDF
The Eighth Air force was activated at Savannah, Georgia, 28 January 1942. In February, a small detachment of officers arrived in England to make initial arrangements for the housing and basing of groups to follow, and by June 1942, aircraft, crews, and ground personnel had begun to arrive in the U.K. On 17 August 1942, the first operational mission in its own aircraft was carried out by the Eighth Air Force---the first of 459 days on which heavy bombers struck enemy targets.
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This is a U.S. Government document available as a digital download in PDF format.
83 pages
This is a U.S. Government document available as a digital download in PDF format.














