8-ма повітряна армія (США)

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8-ма повітряна армія (США)
Eighth Air Force
Емблема 8-ї повітряної армії
На службі22 лютого 1944 — по т.ч.
КраїнаСША США
Вид ВПС армії США (1944—1947)
ПС США (з 1947)
Типповітряні сили
Рольбомбардувальне командування
Чисельністьповітряна армія
У складі Командування глобальних ударів Повітряних сил США
Гарнізон/Штабвійськово-повітряна база Барксдейл, Боссьєр, Луїзіана
Прізвиська«Могутня Вісімка» (англ. "The Mighty Eighth")[1]
Війни/битвиДруга світова війна
Операція «Френтік»
Війна у В'єтнамі
Нагороди
Медаль Перемоги у Другій світовій війні
Медаль Перемоги у Другій світовій війні
Медаль «За Європейсько-Африкансько-Близькосхідну кампанію»
Медаль «За Європейсько-Африкансько-Близькосхідну кампанію»
Медаль «За кампанію на Тихому океані»
Медаль «За кампанію на Тихому океані»
Вебсайт8af.af.mil
Командування
Визначні
командувачі		генерал-майор Айра Ікер
генерал-майор Джеймс Дуліттл
генерал-майор Карл Спаатс

8-ма повітряна армія (США) (англ. Eighth Air Force) — повітряна армія в складі ПС США.

Емблема 8-ї повітряної армії ВПС армії США часів Другої світової війни

Див. також

Посилання

Література

  • Anderson, Christopher J. The Men of the Mighty Eighth: The U.S. 8th Air Force, 1942—1945 (G.I. Series N°24). London: Greenhill, 2001.
  • Astor, Gerald. The Mighty Eighth: The Air War in Europe as told by the Men who Fought it. New York: D.I. Fine Books, 1997.
  • Bowman, Martin. 8th Air Force at War: Memories and Missions, England, 1942—1945. Cambridge, UK: Patrick Stephens Ltd., 1994.
  • Bowman, Martin. Castles in the Air: The Story of the Men from the US 8th Air Force. Walton-on-Thames, UK: Red Kite, 2000.
  • Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Office of Air Force History, 1961, republished 1983.
  • Freeman, Roger A. and Winston G. Ramsey. Airfields of the Eighth: Then and Now. London: After the Battle, 1978. Republished 1992.
  • Freeman, Roger A. The Mighty Eighth: Units, Men and Machines — A History of the US 8th Air Force. 1970. ISBN 0-87938-638-X.
    • Revised as The Mighty Eighth: a History of the Units, Men and Machines of the Us 8th Air Force. Cassell & Co., 2000. ISBN 1-85409-035-6.
  • Freeman, Roger A. et al. The Mighty Eighth War Diary. London: Jane's Publishing Company, 1981.
  • Freeman, Roger A. (Ed.) The Mighty Eighth in Art. London: Arms & Armour, 1995.
  • Freeman, Roger A. The Mighty Eighth in Colour. London: Arms & Armour, 1991.
    • New Edition as The Mighty Eighth: The Colour Record. London: Cassell & Co., 2001.
  • Freeman, Roger A. The Mighty Eighth War Diary. 1990. ISBN 0-87938-495-6.
  • Freeman, Roger A. Mighty Eighth War Manual. London: Jane's Publishing Company, 1984.
  • Freeman, Roger A. The Mighty Eighth: Warpaint and Heraldry. London: Arms & Armour, 1997.
  • Lambert, John W. The 8th Air Force: Victory and Sacrifice: A World War II Photo History. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, 2006. ISBN 0-7643-2534-5.
  • McLachlan, Ian and Russell J. Zorn. Eighth Air Force Bomber Stories: Eye-Witness Accounts from American Airmen and British Civilians of the Perils of War. Yeovil, UK: Patrick Stephens Ltd., 1991.
  • McLaughlin, (Brigadier General) J. Kemp. The Mighty Eighth in World War II: A Memoir. Kentucky University Press, 2000.
  • Miller, Kent D. Fighter Units & Pilots of the 8th Air Force September 1942 — May 1945. Volume 1 Day-to-Day Operations — Fighter Group Histories. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7643-1241-3.
  • Miller, Kent D. and Nancy Thomas. Fighter Units & Pilots of the 8th Air Force September 1942 — May 1945. Volume 2 Aerial Victories — Ace Data. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, 2001. ISBN 0-7643-1242-1.
  • Ramsey, Winston G. [Editor]. Airfields of the Eighth. London: 1978.
  • Scutts, Jerry. Lion in the Sky: US 8th Air Force Fighter Operations, 1942—1945. Cambridge, UK: Patrick Stephens Ltd., 1987.
  • Smith, Graham. The Mighty Eighth in the Second World War. Newbury: Countryside Books, 2001.
  • Strong, Russell A. A Biographical Directory of the 8th Air Force, 1942—1945. Manhattan, Kansas: Military Affairs — Aerospace Historian, 1985.
  • Werrell, Kenneth P. & Robin Higham. Eighth Air Force Bibliography: An Extended Essay & Listing of Published & Unpublished Materials. Manhattan, Kansas: Military Affairs — Aerospace Historian, 1981 (Second Edition 1997, Strasburg, Pennsylvania: 8th Air Force Memorial Museum Foundation, 1997).
  • Woolnough, John H. (Ed.) The 8th Air Force Album: The Story of the Mighty Eighth Air Force in WW II. Hollywood, Florida: 8th AF News, 1978.
  • Woolnough, John H. (Ed.) The 8th Air Force Yearbook: The current Status of 8th AF Unit Associations, 1980. Hollywood, Florida: 8th AF News, 1981.
  • Woolnough, John H. (Ed.) Stories of the Eighth: An Anthology of the 8th Air Force in World War Two. Hollywood, Fla.: 8th AF News, 1983.

Примітки

  1. ↑ The Eighth Air Force's now commonly-accepted nickname, «The Mighty Eighth», derives from the title of British farmer and life-long Eighth Air Force historian Roger A. Freeman's seminal History of the U.S. 8th Army Air Force (Doubleday and Company, 1970).


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