102nd Bomb Group

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:B-17C_Flying_Fortress
gptkb:B-29_Superfortress
gptkb:B-17F_Flying_Fortress
gptkb:B-17A_Flying_Fortress
gptkb:B-17E_Flying_Fortress
B-24 Liberator
B-17G Flying Fortress
B-17B Flying Fortress
B-17D Flying Fortress
over 100 B-17s
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award
gptkb:Distinguished_Unit_Citation
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Bassingbourn_Airfield
gptkbp:cultural_heritage part of the lineage of the 102nd Intelligence Wing
gptkbp:engagesIn strategic bombing missions
gptkbp:filmography gptkb:European_Theater_of_Operations
gptkbp:firstClaim 2nd Air Division
8th_Air_Force,_13th_Combat_Wing
gptkbp:firstPublished 1945-04-25
1943-01-07
gptkbp:hasTheme 4
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Bassingbourn,_England
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 102nd Bomb Group
gptkbp:insignia a blue shield with a yellow lightning bolt
gptkbp:missionsConducted over 300
gptkbp:motto “We Will Never Forget”
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Zumbro_River_Group
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Colonel_John_M._McCaffrey
gptkb:Colonel_William_A._McCaffrey
bombing of enemy troop concentrations
bombing of rail yards
bombing_of_German_industrial_targets
bombing_of_U-boat_pens
bombing_of_V-1_rocket_sites
gptkbp:operationalStatus 8th Air Force
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:postWarCareer reassigned_to_Air_National_Guard
gptkbp:secondaryRole bombardment
gptkbp:squadrons gptkb:429th_Bomb_Squadron
gptkb:427th_Bomb_Squadron
gptkb:430th_Bomb_Squadron
428th Bomb Squadron
gptkbp:training gptkb:Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1942
1945