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8th Air Force Europe in January 1942
First steps for the build-up of the US 8th AF were taken in late december 1941.
Wednesday, 17 december 1941
UNITED KINGDOM: Major General James E Chaney, Chief Special Observer Group,
US Army (SPOBS), writes to the Adjutant General, US Army on the "Construction Program of US Forces in UK," which indicates a shortage of accommodations for proposed US forces in Scotland, N Ireland, and England.
MONDAY, 22 DECEMBER 1941
INTERNATIONAL: The Anglo-American conference (ARCADIA) opens in Washington,
DC to deal with war strategy. President Franklin D Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston S Churchill, Harry Hopkins, Lord Beaverbrook, and American and
British Chief of Staffs participate.
SATURDAY, 31 JANUARY 1942
ZONE OF INTERIOR: Major General Ira C Eaker is designated Commanding
General, Bomber Command, US Army Forces in British Isles (USAFBI) and
ordered to proceed to the United Kingdom.
Source:
COMBAT CHRONOLOGY OF THE US ARMY AIR FORCES
Jack McKillop
USAF (Airways and Air Communications Service)
1955-59
used sources by McKillop:
AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR II, Office of Air Force History,
Headquarters USAF, 1961, ISBN 0-912799-02-1
COMBAT SQUADRONS OF THE AIR FORCE, WORLD WAR II, Office of Air Force
History, Headquarters USAF 1982
THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II: COMBAT CHRONOLOGY, 1941-1945 by the
Office of Air Force History, Headquarters USAF, 1973
