These deployments were only a cover-up, as the true aim of these B-29s was to have a strategic air force permanently stationed in Europe.
22.
FEAF was the functional equivalent in the Pacific of the United States Strategic Air Forces ( USSTAF ) in the European Theater of Operations.
23.
In late 1943, Spaatz was made commander of the new U . S . Strategic Air Forces, reporting directly to the Combined Chiefs of Staff.
24.
To achieve this, the American Twentieth Strategic Air Force, in concert with its Allies, dropped 160, 800 tons of bombs on the Japanese home islands.
25.
On August 2, General Carl Andrew Spaatz, commander of the United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe, expressed sympathy for the idea of bombing Auschwitz.
26.
U . S . Brigadier-General Howard C . Davidson and later Air Commodore F . J . W . Mellersh commanded the Strategic Air Force.
27.
In Europe, Eighth Air Force was the first USAAF strategic air force, with a mission to support an invasion of continental Europe from the British Isles.
28.
He acted as both Deputy Commanding General and Commanding General of the U . S . Strategic Air Forces, Europe in addition to his other duties.
29.
Two bases have recently been closed; DA 922 Doullens air detachment, a disbanded command reporting centre, and Taverny Air Base, the former Strategic Air Forces Command headquarters.
30.
On 5 April 1943, the strategic air force was responsible for the destruction of forty eight enemy planes in the air and approximately 100 on the ground.
