Talk:Eighth Air Force

Cyber Command Section
The Cyber Command section in the article is just the text of an Air Force News Service press release. Needs to be re-written. Bmccaff (talk) 04:15, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Add Links again!
I have add the following links again:


 * Bombenkrieg at Historicum.Net Extensive site with large content, maintained by the University of Cologne. (mainly in German)
 * Air Battle of the Ruhr 1939-1945 History of the most important industrial area in Germany in World War II
 * The 8th USAAF Mission 854 on 28/2/1945 Air raid against the railroad yards in Hagen and the results (in Germyn, with pictures)

They are not "Linkspam"! The sites are respectable information of scientific institutions.

458th Bombardment Group
The 458th were definitely part of the 2d Air Division and we definitely based at RAF Horsham St. Faith, just wondering why they have been removed (along with others) from the 2d Bomb/Air Division section? Rob 12:44, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

The 458th is listed in the 2nd table of organization (1945). The group dind't arrive at Norwich until 1944 and aren't shown in the 1943 table, which is listed first. - bwmoll3

Thanks bwmoll3 a case of me being blind to the change. I like the work that you have done on the page. Rob 16:26, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you ) we try.  - bwmoll3

RAF High Wycombe v RAF Daws Hill
People keep confusing RAF High Wycombe and RAF Daws Hill. The 8th was based at the latter, which is in High Wycombe, and not the former, which was British Bomber Command. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.196.43.45 (talk) 08:18, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Propose rename to: Eighth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic - Global Strike)
to reflect actual full nameGaruda28 (talk) 01:51, 15 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Oppose as unnecessary (pointless even). Article title is to the point and covers all the history of the Eighth. GraemeLeggett (talk) 07:44, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

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1943 -- The Year That Vanished
Why no mention of any of Eight Air Force's actions in 1943, which include the two raids on Schweinfurt, including the dual Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission, as well as the raid on Ploesti?MrStiv (talk) 18:12, 4 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Not to mention the Stuttgart disaster on 6 Sep 43.... 104.153.40.58 (talk) 23:21, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

I agree, this is a total removal of nearly 18 months of VII bomber command. This was a huge part of the bombing campaign in western Europe in WW2, and it is totally absent from this article. there is no separate article on VII command, no other page that describes the actions of the USAAF bombing campaign from mid 1942 to early 1444. nothing, nada, zilch. it is a glaring omission that i dont have the knowledge to fix. This period included some very famous raids, including the Schweinfurt raid etc. In fact the most difficult and costly time of the US bombing campaign is glossed over. This needs to be rectified, either with a separate page on VII command, or an extended history on here.


 * To my mind it would sensible to write the WWII history of Eighth Air Force, and related commands as separate articles and then use summaries of those articles within this one. They would interlink with and draw upon and reinforce the articles on strategic bombing in World War II, Combined Bomber Offensive and specific operations. GraemeLeggett (talk) 06:30, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

Commanders
Why does the list start with 2006? Surely there were commanders before then.... 104.153.40.58 (talk) 23:23, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
 * This just means that we can't find sufficient sources for commanders before the first on that list, which we need to complete such a list at all. Feel free to add the incomplete list tag if you feel it needs work. SuperWIKI (talk) 00:59, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

unclear wording
I can make no sense of this wording:

Eighth Air Force did not strike at oil industry targets until 13 May 1944 when 749 bombers, escorted by almost 740 fighters, pounded oil targets in the Leipzig area and at Brux in Czechoslovakia. At the same time, a smaller force hit an Fw 190 repair depot at Zwickau. Over 300 German fighters attacked the bomber forces, losing almost half its aircraft, with claims of upwards of 47 Luftwaffe fighters by American fighter pilots. However, the Luftwaffe was successful in shooting down 46 bombers in a very unequal fight.[

Who lost almost half their aircraft? Based on the numbers and losses mentioned, it does not seem as if anybody lost nearly half their aircraft.

And what about this sentence: The other American-flown Boston had been shot down over De Kooy the text mentions that six Bostons were American flown, so shouldn't it be "one of the other" or perhaps it means "all of the other"??

Tupelo the typo fixer (talk) 00:08, 29 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Germans sent 300 fighters, lost half (~150), with American fighter pilots scoring up to 47 of those kills. The rest, we assume, were shot down from other than US fighters, such as allies (if any) or from gunners on the bombers themselves, or other reasons (mechanical failure, friendly fire, etc).  46 US bombers went down.  Seems pretty straight forward, although greater detail would be better.   You could add the word "downed" between "Lufwaffe fighters" and "by American fighter pilots." and that would be a bit clearer. Dennis Brown - 2&cent; 17:26, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

List of men
James Mcgauley 2603:9001:5800:E21C:9CB2:6567:7DE7:86AC (talk) 18:11, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Curtis Lemay
Seems like Curtis LeMay, who played a significant role in the development of the Box Formation while a part of the Eighth as well as led groups on the Regensburg and Schweinfurt missions in 1943 qualifies as a "Notable Commander" or other mention somewhere in the overall entry. 2605:A601:AA61:4300:3510:BB78:245F:DC3D (talk) 03:05, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Group
The article uses the term group often but doesn't explain what it is and I didn't see a wikilink to an explanation. Daniel.Cardenas (talk) 18:36, 22 February 2024 (UTC)