D-DAY - UNITS
8th Air Force
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![](D-Day_Pictures/SHAEF_Spaatz_Carl.jpg) Carl Spaatz |
![](D-Day_Pictures/8th_Air_Froce_Doolontle_James_H.jpg) James H. Doolittle |
![](D-Day_Pictures/8th_Air_Force_Gross_William.jpg) William M. Gross |
![](D-Day_Pictures/8th_Air_Force_Timberlake_Edward.jpg) Edward J. Timberlake |
![](D-Day_Pictures/8th_Air_Force_Johnson_Leon.jpg) Leon W. Johnson |
![](D-Day_Pictures/8th_Air_Force_Wook_Jack.jpg) Jack W. Wook |
![](D-Day_Pictures/8th_Air_Force_Peck_Walter.jpg) Walter R. Peck |
![](D-Day_Pictures/8th_Air_Force_Auton_Jesse.jpg) Jesse Auton |
![](D-Day_Pictures/8th_Air_Force_Kepner_William.jpg) William E. Kepner |
![](D-Day_Pictures/8th_Air_Force_Zemke_Hubert.jpg) Hubert A. Zemke |
![](D-Day_Pictures/8th_Air_Force_Woodburry_Murray.jpg) Murray C. Woodburry |
![](D-Day_Pictures/8th_Air_Force_Crowell_George.jpg) George T. Crowell |
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U.S. Strategic Air Force: Lieutenant General Carl Spaatz [view folder] |
8th Air Force: Lieutenant General James H. Doolittle [view folder] |
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1st Bombardment Division: Major General R. B. Williams |
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1st Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General William M. Gross |
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91st Bombardment Group (Bassingbourn airfield): Colonel Henry W. Terry |
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381st Bombardment Group (Ridgewell airfield): Colonel Harry P. Leber, Jr |
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398th Bombardment Group (Nuthampstead airfield): Colonel Frank P. Hunter, Jr |
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40th Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General Howard M. Turner |
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92nd Bombardment Group (Podington airfield): Colonel William M. Reid |
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305th Bombardment Group (Chelveston airfield): Colonel Ernest H. Lawson |
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306th Bombardment Group (Thurleigh airfield): Colonel George L. Robinson |
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41st Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General Robert F. Travis |
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303rd Bombardment Group (Molesworth airfield): Colonel Kermit D. Stevens |
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379th Bombardment Group (Kimbolton airfield): Colonel Maurice A. Preston |
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384th Bombardment Group (Grafton Underwood airfield): Colonel Dale O. Smith |
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94th Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General Julius K. Lacey |
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351st Bombardment Group (Polebrook airfield): Colonel Eugene A. Romig |
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401st Bombardment Group (Deenethorpe airfield): Colonel Harold W. Bowman |
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457th Bombardment Group (Glatton airfield): Colonel James R. Luper |
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2nd Bombardment Division: Major General J. P. Hodges |
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2nd Bombardment Wing (Hethel airfield): Brigadier General Edward J. Timberlake |
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389th Bombardment Group (Hethel airfield): Colonel Robert B. Miller |
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445th Bombardment Group (Tibenham airfield): Colonel Robert H. Terrill |
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453rd Bombardment Group (Old Buckenham airfield): Colonel Ramsay D. Potts, Jr |
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14th Bombardment Wing (Shipdham airfield): Brigadier General Leon W. Johnson |
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44th Bombardment Group (Shipdham airfield): Colonel John H. Gibson |
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392nd Bombardment Group (Wendling airfield): Colonel Irvine A. Rendle |
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492nd Bombardment Group (North Pickenham airfield): Colonel Eugene H. Snavely |
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20th Bombardment Wing (Hardwick airfield): Colonel Jack W. Wook |
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93rd Bombardment Group (Hardwick airfield): Colonel Leland G. Fiegel |
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446th Bombardment Group (Bungay airfield): Colonel Jacob J. Brogger |
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448th Bombardment Group (Seething airfield): Colonel Gerry L. Mason |
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95th Bombardment Wing (Halesworth airfield): Colonel Frederick R. Dent, Jr |
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489th Bombardment Group (Halesworth airfield): Colonel Ezekiel W. Napier |
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491st Bombardment Group (Metfield airfield): Lt. Colonel Carl T. Goldenburg |
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96th Bombardment Wing (Horsham St. Faith airfield): Brigadier General Walter R. Peck |
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458th Bombardment Group (Horsham St. Faith airfield): Colonel James H. Isbell |
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466th Bombardment Group (Attlebridge airfield): Colonel Arthur Pierce |
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467th Bombardment Group (Rackhealth airfield): Lt. Colonel Albert H. Shower |
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3rd Bombardment Division: Major General C. E. Le-May |
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4th Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General Frederick W. Castle |
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94th Bombardment Group (Bury St. Edmunds airfield): Colonel Charles B. Dougher |
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385th Bombardment Group (Great Ashfield airfield): Colonel Elliot Vandevanter |
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447h Bombardment Group (Rattlesden airfield): Colonel Hunter Harris, Jr |
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13th Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General Colonel Edgar M. Wittan |
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95th Bombardment Group (Horham airfield): Colonel Karl Truesdell |
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100th Bombardment Group (Thorpe Abbotts airfield): Colonel Thomas S. Jeffrey |
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390th Bombardment Group (Framlingham airfield): Colonel Frederick W. Ott |
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45th Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General Archie J. Old Jr |
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96th Bombardment Group (Snetterton Heath airfield): Colonel James L. Travis |
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388th Bombardment Group (Knettishall airfield): Colonel William B. David |
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452nd Bombardment Group (Deopham Green airfield): Colonel Thetus C. Odom |
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92nd Bombardment Wing: Colonel Harold Q. Huglin |
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486th Bombardment Group (Sudbury airfield): Colonel Glendon P. Overing |
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487th Bombardment Group (Lavenham airfield): Colonel Robert Taylor III |
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93rd Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General John K. Gerhart |
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34th Bombardment Group (Mendlesham airfield): Lt. Colonel Ernest F. Wackwitz, Jr |
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490th Bombardment Group (Eye airfield): Colonel Lloyd H. Watnee |
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493rd Bombardment Group (Debach airfield): Colonel Elbert Helton |
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VIII Fighter Command: Major General W. E. Kepner |
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65th Fighter Wing (Saffron Walden airfield): Brigadier General Jesse Auton |
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4th Fighter Group (Debden airfield): Colonel Donald M. Blakeslee |
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56th Fighter Group (Boxted airfield): Colonel Hubert A. Zemke |
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355th Fighter Group (Steeple Morden airfield): Colonel William J. Cummings, Jr |
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356th Fighter Group (Martlesham airfield): Lt. Colonel Philip E. Tukey, Jr |
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479th Fighter Group (Wattisham airfield): Lt. Colonel Kyle L. Riddle |
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66th Fighter Wing (Sawston airfield): Brigadier General Murray C. Woodbury |
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55th Fighter Group (Wormingford airfield): Colonel George T. Crowell |
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78th Fighter Group (Duxford airfield): Colonel Frederick C. Gray, Jr |
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339th Fighter Group (Fowlmere airfield): Colonel Hohn B. Henry Jr |
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353rd Fighter Group (Raydon airfield): Colonel Glenn E. Duncan |
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357th Fighter Group (Leiston airfield): Colonel Donald W. Graham |
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67th Fighter Wing (Walcot Hall): Brigadier General Edward W. Anderson |
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20th Fighter Group (Kings Cliffe airfield): Lt. Colonel Harold Rau |
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352nd Fighter Group (Bodney airfield): Colonel Joe L. Mason |
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359th Fighter Group (East Wretham airfield): Colonel Avelin P. Tacon, Jr |
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361st Fighter Group (Bottisham airfield): Colonel Thomas J. J. Christian, Jr |
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364th Fighter Group (Honington airfield): Colonel Roy W. Osborn |
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