311th Bomb Group

GPTKB entity

Properties (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeYears 1942-1945
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:B-29_Superfortress
B-24 Liberator
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Distinguished_Unit_Citation
gptkbp:base gptkb:Hickam_Field
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:effectiveDate 1942-04-01
gptkbp:filmography gptkb:Pacific_Theater_of_Operations
gptkbp:finaleDate 1945-11-30
gptkbp:headquarters Hickam_Field,_Hawaii
gptkbp:historicalSignificance contributed_to_the_defeat_of_Japan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 311th Bomb Group
gptkbp:insignia Group emblem
gptkbp:missions strategic bombing missions
gptkbp:nickname The_Jungleers
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Colonel_John_A._McGowan
gptkbp:notableOperations strategic air offensive
supporting ground troops
bombing of industrial targets
bombing of military installations
gptkbp:operatingHours gptkb:Tinian
gptkb:Saipan
gptkb:Guam
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:primaryMission bombing enemy installations
gptkbp:retired Twentieth Air Force
gptkbp:role bombardment
gptkbp:secondaryMission August 1945
gptkbp:squadrons gptkb:532nd_Bomb_Squadron
gptkb:535th_Bomb_Squadron
gptkb:534th_Bomb_Squadron
gptkb:533rd_Bomb_Squadron
gptkbp:successor 311th Bomb Wing
gptkbp:supportRole gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:training gptkb:Davis-Monthan_Field
over 200
B-29A
B-29B
B-24D
B-24J
gptkbp:unitAwards part of the 20th Air Force
part of the 8th Air Force
Jungleers insignia
heavy bomber group
part of the 13th Air Force
part of the 14th Air Force
part of the 5th Air Force
part of the 7th Air Force