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