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WWII US ARMY AIR FORCE 8TH AAF B-17G FLYING FORTRESS BOMBER 8th AAF B-17 PATCH
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WWII US ARMY AIR FORCE 8TH AAF B-17G FLYING FORTRESS BOMBER 8th AAF B-17 PATCH
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WWII US 8TH AAFB-17G FLYING FORTRESS 8TH AAF PATCH
WWII MILITARY PATCH SERIES, #2052124
EMBROIDEDED PATCH IS APPROXIMATELY 7.5 cm (H) X 11.0 cm (W)


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This is a very special WWII US 8TH AAFB-17G FLYING FORTRESS 8TH AAF EMBROIDERED PATCH, 7.5 cm (H) X 11.0 cm (W). VERY SPECIAL, NEW, sealed in poly bag. It is NOT from the WWII, it is a reproduction of a later date. Established on 22 February 1944 by the redesignation ofVIII Bomber CommandatRAF High Wycombe, England, 8 AF was aUnited States Army Air Forcescombat air force in theEuropean TheaterofWorld War II, engaging in operations primarily in the Northern Europe AOR; carrying outstrategic bombingof enemy targets in France, theLow countries, and Germany;[2]and engaging in air-to-air fighter combat against enemy aircraft until the German capitulation in May 1945. It was the largest of the deployed combat Army Air Forces in numbers of personnel, aircraft, and equipment. During theCold War, 8 AF was one of three Numbered Air Forces of the United States Air Force\'sStrategic Air Command(SAC), with a three-star general headquartered atWestover AFB, Massachusetts commanding USAF strategic bombers and missiles on a global scale. Elements of 8 AF engaged in combat operations during theKorean War;Vietnam War, as well asOperation Desert Storm.
The history of Eighth Air Force begins on 2 January 1942 with its activation at Savannah Air Base,Georgia. In quick order, on 5 January, Major GeneralCarl Spaatzassumed command of HQ Eighth Air Force atBolling Field, Washington, DC. On 8 January the order activating the \"U.S. Air Forces in the British Isles\" (USAFBI) was announced. On 12 May, the first contingent of USAAF personnel arrived in England to join the Eighth Air Force. On 15 June, Spaatz arrived in England to establish the Headquarters of Eighth Air Force atBushy Park, 15 miles (24km) WSW of London/.
On 4 January 1944, the B-24s and B-17s based in England flew their last mission as a subordinate part ofVIII Bomber Command. On 22 February 1944, a massive reorganization of American airpower took place in Europe. VIII Bomber Command andNinth Air Forcewere brought under control of a centralized headquarters for command and control of the United States Army Air Forces in Europe, theUnited States Strategic Air Forces(USSTAF). VIII Bomber Command was redesignated as Eighth Air Force, with VIII Fighter and VIII Air Support Commands being brought under the command of the redesignated Eighth Air Force. This is from where the present-day Eighth Air Force\'s history, lineage and honors derive. GeneralCarl Spaatzreturned to England to command the USSTAF. Major GeneralJimmy Doolittlerelinquished command of the Fifteenth Air Force to Major GeneralNathan F. Twiningand took over command of the Eighth Air Force fromLieutenant GeneralIra C. EakeratRAF High Wycombe. Doolittle of course was well known to American airmen as the famous \"Tokyo Raider\" and former air racer. His directive was simple: \'Win the air war and isolate the battlefield\'. Spaatz and Doolittle\'s plan was to use the US Strategic Air Forces in a series of co-ordinated raids, code-named Operation \'Argument\' and supported by RAF night bombing, on the German aircraft industry at the earliest possible date.
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