For the planning and direction of combat operations, the Eighth’s Bomber Command was organized into combat wings. Each wing was comprised of three bomb groups, which met in the skies over their neighboring bases and flew into battle together. Each combat wing, in turn, belonged to one or another larger organization, called, initially, a bombardment wing, and later an air division. These were the equivalent of infantry divisions, big organizations to fight big battles. In 1942, there were only two bombardment wings, the 1st and the 2nd. Each had its own commander and headquarters building,
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