VIII Fighter Command information

The VIII Fighter Command was a United States Army Air Forces unit of command above the wings and below the numbered air force. Its primary mission was...

Reconnaissance Command III Tactical Air Command IV Bomber Command IV Fighter Command V Bomber Command V Fighter Command VI Bomber Command VII Bomber Command VIII Air...

Fighter Wing (Attached from VIII Fighter Command), Saffron Walden (P-51D/K Mustang) (Call sign: Colgate) 4th Fighter Group, RAF Debden 56th Fighter Group...

1944, VIII Fighter Command assigned the 357th Fighter Group two-letter squadron identification codes to be painted on the fuselages of its fighters, and...

VIII Fighter Command also borrowed. The 56th discontinued use of squadron colors when it changed to P-47M's. On 23 April 1944, VIII Fighter Command changed...

336th Fighter Squadrons of the 4th Fighter Group, 65th Fighter Wing of the VIII Fighter Command. Today, the 4 OG consists of two operational fighter squadrons...

2013 VIII Air Force Composite Command, 26 October 1943 VIII Fighter Command, December 1943 VIII Air Force Composite Command, February 1944 VIII Fighter Command...

during World War II as the 361st Fighter Group. It served in the European Theater of Operations as part of VIII Fighter Command, flying its last mission on...

was the longest serving USAAF fighter group in the European theatre of World War II. It was assigned to VIII Fighter Command, 12 September 1942 and the 4th...

356th Fighter Group, arriving from RAF Goxhill on 5 October 1943. The group was under the command of the 67th Fighter Wing of the VIII Fighter Command. Aircraft...

strategic planning. VIII Fighter Command was brought under the command of the newly redesignated Eighth Air Force, while VIII Bomber Command was inactivated...

Mustangs in Spring, 1944. The group was under the command of the 65th Fighter Wing of the VIII Fighter Command, Eighth Air Force. The aircraft group identification...

Army Air Forces VIII Fighter Command, forming the 4th Fighter Group on 12 September 1942. The 4th Fighter Group was the first fighter group to use belly...

was under the command of the 67th Fighter Wing of the VIII Fighter Command. The group consisted of the following squadrons: 383d Fighter Squadron (N2)...

355th Fighter Group, arrived from Philadelphia Municipal Airport on 9 July 1943. The group was under the command of the 65th Fighter Wing of the VIII Fighter...

Air Force No. 133 Squadron into the United States Army Air Forces' VIII Fighter Command. No. 133 Squadron was one of three RAF Eagle Squadrons composed of...

Squadrons becoming the 4th Fighter Group. The group was under the command of the 65th Fighter Wing of the VIII Fighter Command. Aircraft of the group were...

and assigned to the 65th Fighter Wing, VIII Fighter Command, Eighth Air Force. The 479th group consisted of three Fighter Squadrons, (434th (L2), 435th...

487th Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It activated during World War II and was assigned to the 352nd Fighter Group of VIII Fighter...

as "Station 357 (DX)". It was allocated to the Eighth Air Force's VIII Fighter Command. USAAF Station Units assigned to RAF Duxford were: 79th Service Group...

by John Laing & Son in the late 1930s. It opened in May 1940 as a Fighter Command Station covering the NE of England during the Second World War. Many...

was used to organize air defense units. Transferred to VIII Fighter Command and controlled fighter-escort groups for 1st Bombardment Division B-17 Flying...

of 1945, the Division was assigned to VIII Fighter Command and controlled a mixture of bombardment and fighter groups before itself being inactivated...

during World War II as the 353d Fighter Group, a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter unit assigned to VIII Fighter Command in Western Europe, which later...

Fighter Wings. The 461st Squadron was deployed to England aboard the RMS Queen Elizabeth and served in combat as a part of the VIII Fighter Command from...

January 1944, replacing the P-47-equipped 358th Fighter Group in the 66th Fighter Wing, VIII Fighter Command. After March 1944 aircraft of the group were...

the command of 67th Fighter Wing of the VIII Fighter Command. The group consisted of the following squadrons: 61st Fighter Squadron (HV) 62d Fighter Squadron...

being conducted by VIII Bomber Command was taking heavy losses in aircraft and flight crews as the VIII Fighter Command's P-38 Lightnings and P-47 Thunderbolts...