28 July 1942TUESDAY, 28 JULY 1942
8th Air Force): HQ VIII Fighter Command
opens at Bushey Hall, England following move from temporary HQ
at High
Wycombe. Brigadier General Frank O'D Hunter, designated
Commanding General
VIII Fighter Command on 14 May in the US, assumes command in
England.
HQ VIII Ground Air Support Command, Brigadier General Robert C
Candee,
Commanding General, arrives at Bushy Park, England from the US.
General
Candee announces staff assignments and begins the organization
of his
command in the UK.
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