390th Bombardment Group

GPTKB entity

Properties (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Military unit
gptkbp:activeYears 1943-1945
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress
Heavy bomber
Over_100_B-17s
gptkbp:airlines 10 per aircraft
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Distinguished_Unit_Citation
gptkbp:baseLocation gptkb:England
gptkbp:battle Over 300
gptkbp:birthYear 1945
gptkbp:bombLoad Precision bombing
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Colonel_John_A._McGowan
gptkbp:crewSize High_due_to_B-17_design
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:effectiveDate 1943-02-01
gptkbp:firstDeployment Deployed_to_England_in_1943
gptkbp:hasFacility Maintained by successor units.
gptkbp:hasRecognition Recognized for valor in combat
gptkbp:hasTheme Four
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:RAF_Framlingham
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Contributed_to_the_Allied_victory_in_WWII
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 390th Bombardment Group
gptkbp:insignia Group emblem
gptkbp:majorHighway gptkb:European_Theater_of_Operations
gptkbp:militaryRank Significant_bombing_raids_on_German_industry
gptkbp:motto We Deliver
gptkbp:nickname The Banshees
gptkbp:notableGames gptkb:B-17G
gptkbp:notableOperations Bombing of Germany
gptkbp:operationalStatus gptkb:8th_Air_Force_Command
Inactive
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:postWarCareer Influence on modern air power
gptkbp:primaryMission Strategic bombing missions
gptkbp:retired 1945
gptkbp:role Strategic bombing
gptkbp:secondaryMission 1945-05-08
gptkbp:squadrons gptkb:573rd_Bombardment_Squadron
gptkb:572nd_Bombardment_Squadron
gptkb:570th_Bombardment_Squadron
gptkb:571st_Bombardment_Squadron
gptkbp:strategicGoals Disruption_of_German_war_production
gptkbp:successor 390th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron
gptkbp:supportRole gptkb:Western_Europe
gptkbp:supports 8th Air Force
gptkbp:training gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:unitAwards Banshee emblem
Bombardment group
gptkbp:unitHistory Part of the 8th Air Force