100th Bombardment Group

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activePeriod 1942–1945
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:assignee gptkb:13th_Combat_Bombardment_Wing
3rd Air Division
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Distinguished_Unit_Citation
gptkbp:basedIn gptkb:England
gptkbp:branch gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:emblem A black disc with a white skull and crossbones
gptkbp:formedIn Orlando Army Air Base, Florida
gptkbp:hasSquadron 349th Bombardment Squadron
350th Bombardment Squadron
351st Bombardment Squadron
418th Bombardment Squadron
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 100th Bombardment Group
gptkbp:inPopularCulture Featured in the book and miniseries 'Masters of the Air'
gptkbp:memorial 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum at Thorpe Abbotts
gptkbp:motto Century Bombers
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Bloody_Hundredth
gptkbp:notable_campaign gptkb:European_Theater_of_Operations
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Colonel_Howard_Turner
gptkb:Colonel_Thomas_S._Jeffrey
Colonel Neil B. Harding
gptkbp:notableLoss Heavy casualties in several missions
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Harry_Crosby
gptkb:Robert_Rosenthal
gptkb:John_Egan
gptkb:Rosie_Rosenthal
gptkbp:notableMission gptkb:Schweinfurt–Regensburg_mission
gptkb:Regensburg_Raid
Berlin bombing raids
Kassel raid
Munster raid
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:100th_Air_Refueling_Wing
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Eighth_Air_Force
gptkbp:reconstitutedAs gptkb:100th_Air_Refueling_Wing
gptkbp:role bomber
gptkbp:stationedAt gptkb:RAF_Thorpe_Abbotts
gptkbp:website https://www.100thbg.com/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:100th_Air_Refueling_Wing
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7