314th Bomb Group

GPTKB entity

Properties (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Military unit
gptkbp:activeYears 1942-1945
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:B-29_Superfortress
Over 100 aircraft
B-24 Liberator
gptkbp:base gptkb:North_Field,_Guam
gptkbp:campaigns gptkb:Pacific_Theater_of_World_War_II
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded 1946
gptkbp:established 1942
gptkbp:filmography Southwest_Pacific_Area
gptkbp:firstPublished 1943
1945
gptkbp:hasTheme 4
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Guam
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Contributed_to_the_defeat_of_Japan
gptkbp:honors gptkb:Distinguished_Unit_Citation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 314th Bomb Group
gptkbp:insignia Group emblem
gptkbp:motto We Deliver
gptkbp:nickname The_Jungleers
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Colonel_John_A._McGowan
gptkbp:notableOperations Operation Downfall
gptkbp:operationalStatus Twentieth Air Force
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:postWarCareer Inactive
gptkbp:primaryMission Strategic bombing
gptkbp:retired gptkb:Far_East_Air_Forces
gptkbp:role Bombardment
gptkbp:secondaryMission Bombing of Tokyo
gptkbp:significantEvent Bombing_of_Japanese-held_islands
gptkbp:squadrons The 90th Bomb Squadron
The 91st Bomb Squadron
The 92nd Bomb Squadron
Commonwealth_Squadron
gptkbp:successor 314th_Air_Expeditionary_Group
gptkbp:training gptkb:Barksdale_Field,_Louisiana
Heavy bomber
gptkbp:unitAwards gptkb:Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award
gptkb:Bombardment_Group
Influenced future air combat strategies
Jungleers Insignia
Jungleers_emblem
World_War_II_heritage
gptkbp:unitHistory Participated in numerous bombing raids