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8th Air Force Europe in 1942
First steps for the build-up of the US 8th AF were taken in late december 1941.
On the menu on the left, you'll find the chronicle of the US 8th AF in 1942 by month.
At first we placed the whole year 1942 in one file, but it seems that the files of the years after 1942, become to long. So we decided to split each year chronicles in monthly parts.
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
