354th Fighter Group

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activePeriod 1942–1946
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Distinguished_Unit_Citation
gptkbp:branch gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:component gptkb:353rd_Fighter_Squadron
gptkb:356th_Fighter_Squadron
gptkb:355th_Fighter_Squadron
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded 31 March 1946
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 354th Fighter Group
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Pioneer_Mustang_Group
gptkbp:notable_campaign gptkb:Central_Europe
gptkb:Normandy
gptkb:Northern_France
gptkb:Rhineland
gptkb:Ardennes-Alsace
gptkbp:notableAction ground attack missions
first USAAF group to fly P-51 Mustang in combat
provided long-range escort for bombers
gptkbp:notableAircraft gptkb:P-47_Thunderbolt
gptkb:P-51_Mustang
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Col._Jack_Bradley
gptkb:Col._James_H._Howard
gptkb:Col._Kenneth_R._Martin
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:John_C._Meyer
gptkb:Charles_E._Yeager
gptkb:James_H._Howard
gptkb:John_D._Landers
gptkb:Donald_S._Bryan
gptkb:Glenn_E._Duncan
gptkb:Jack_T._Bradley
gptkb:Richard_E._Turner
gptkb:William_F._Whisner
gptkb:William_J._Hovde
gptkb:William_T._Halton
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Ninth_Air_Force
gptkbp:role gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:stationedAt gptkb:RAF_Lashenden
gptkb:AAF_Station_Ansbach
gptkb:Amiens/Glisy_Airfield
gptkb:Bretigny_Airfield
gptkb:Herpy_Airfield
gptkb:Mannheim-Sandhofen_Airfield
gptkb:Ober-Olm_Airfield
gptkb:Schongau_Airfield
gptkb:RAF_Boxted
gptkb:Rosieres-en-Santerre_Airfield
gptkbp:successor gptkb:354th_Operations_Group
gptkbp:theaterOfOperations gptkb:European_Theater_of_Operations
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:RAF_Greenham_Common
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6