20th Air Force

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command
gptkb:Numbered_Air_Forces
gptkb:General_Curtis_Le_May
gptkb:Curtis_Le_May
gptkbp:active_years 1944-1946
gptkbp:aircraft_operated gptkb:aircraft
Heavy bomber
gptkbp:command_structure gptkb:Twentieth_Air_Force_Command
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Major_General_Curtis_Le_May
gptkbp:disbanded 1946
gptkbp:filmography Pacific Theater
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Wright-Patterson_Air_Force_Base
gptkbp:historical_significance First to use atomic bombs in warfare
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 20th Air Force
gptkbp:involved_units gptkb:21st_Bomber_Command
gptkb:497th_Bomb_Group
gptkb:509th_Composite_Group
gptkb:500th_Bomb_Group
gptkb:73rd_Bomb_Wing
gptkbp:legacy Influenced modern strategic bombing doctrine
gptkbp:mission Bombing Japan
gptkbp:motto The Mighty 20th
gptkbp:notable_operations gptkb:Tinian_Island
gptkb:Operation_Meetinghouse
gptkbp:notable_person gptkb:Major_General_Haywood_S._Hansell_Jr.
gptkb:General_Thomas_S._Power
gptkb:Colonel_William_H._Tunner
gptkb:Major_General_Thomas_S._Power
gptkb:Major_General_William_H._Tunner
gptkb:Colonel_Paul_Tibbets
gptkb:General_Haywood_S._Hansell_Jr.
gptkb:Colonel_James_A._Mc_Carthy
gptkb:Major_General_Curtis_Le_May
gptkb:Major_General_John_M._Mc_Coy
gptkb:Major_General_Ralph_P._Mc_Clure
gptkbp:operational_area Western Pacific
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:role Strategic bombing
gptkbp:significant_event gptkb:Bombing_of_Hiroshima
gptkb:Bombing_of_Nagasaki
gptkbp:squadrons Over 500 B-29s
gptkbp:status gptkb:Inactive
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command
gptkb:Strategic_Air_Command
gptkbp:supports gptkb:fortification
gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:training gptkb:Davis-Monthan_Air_Force_Base
gptkbp:year_created March 1944