390th Bomb Group

GPTKB entity

Properties (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeYears 1943-1945
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:B-17G
gptkb:Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress
over 50
Heavy bomber
gptkbp:airlines B-17_training_schools
gptkbp:alumni annual reunions
gptkbp:base gptkb:Tinian
gptkbp:bombLoad over 300
over 1,000,000
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Colonel_John_A._McGowan
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crew over 3,000
gptkbp:decoratedWith gptkb:Distinguished_Unit_Citation
gptkbp:famousRival gptkb:Major_John_H._McGowan
gptkbp:fightingStyle Air Medal
gptkbp:filmography gptkb:European_Theater_of_Operations
gptkbp:firstDeployment gptkb:Pacific_Theater
gptkbp:hasTheme four
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Tinian_Island
gptkbp:historicalSignificance contributed_to_Allied_victory_in_WWII
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 390th Bomb Group
gptkbp:insignia Banshee emblem
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:390th_Bomb_Group_Association
gptkbp:mission daylight precision bombing
gptkbp:motto We Deliver
gptkbp:nickname The Banshees
gptkbp:notableFeature Operation Pointblank
Bombing of Germany
Mission to Berlin
gptkbp:operationalStatus deactivated
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:postWarCareer historical markers
historical unit
gptkbp:primaryMission strategic bombing
gptkbp:role bombardment
gptkbp:secondaryMission 1945-04-25
1943-05-17
gptkbp:significantEvent Battle of the Bulge
gptkbp:squadrons gptkb:572nd_Bomb_Squadron
gptkb:573rd_Bomb_Squadron
gptkb:570th_Bomb_Squadron
gptkb:571st_Bomb_Squadron
gptkbp:supportRole gptkb:Western_Europe
gptkbp:supports 8th Air Force
gptkbp:training gptkb:Barksdale_Field
over 200
gptkbp:unitAwards unit newsletters
inspired future air units
Banshee logo
memorials_in_the_US
not_reactivated_after_WWII
gptkbp:unitHistory part_of_8th_Air_Force
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1943-02-01
1945-08-28