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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:military_unit
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gptkbp:active_years
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1943-1945
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gptkbp:aircraft_operated
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gptkb:Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress
heavy bombers
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gptkbp:aircraft_type
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gptkb:bomber
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gptkbp:associated_with
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gptkb:8th_Air_Force
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award
gptkb:Distinguished_Unit_Citation
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gptkbp:base
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gptkb:England
Old Buckenham
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gptkbp:combat_history
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influenced future air operations
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Colonel_John_A._Mc_Gowan
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gptkbp:crew
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aircrew members
many returned home
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gptkbp:disbanded
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1945
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gptkbp:documentary
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featured in several films
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gptkbp:enemy_aircraft_engaged
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gptkb:German_Luftwaffe
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gptkbp:engagements
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gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkb:D-Day
gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden
gptkb:Bombing_of_Berlin
Strategic bombing campaign
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gptkbp:ground_crew
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ground support personnel
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gptkbp:ground_crew_strength
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approximately 200 personnel
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gptkbp:headquarters
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gptkb:Old_Buckenham_Airfield
gptkb:Molesworth,_England
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gptkbp:historical_records
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maintained by National Archives
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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participated in major bombing raids
part of the strategic bombing campaign in WWII
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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453rd Bombardment Group
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gptkbp:insignia
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Group emblem
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:losses
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over 100 B-17s
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gptkbp:memorials
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dedicated to fallen airmen
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gptkbp:mission
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gptkb:European_Theater_of_Operations
1945-04-25
1943-04-01
March 1944
May 1945
bombing missions over Germany
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gptkbp:motto
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We Deliver
We Will Never Forget
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gptkbp:nickname
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gptkb:The_Blue_Raiders
The Dons
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gptkbp:notable_members
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gptkb:Colonel_John_A._Mc_Gowan
gptkb:Major_General_William_H._Tunner
gptkb:Major_William_A._Mc_Gowan
gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_Robert_L._Mc_Culloch
gptkb:Captain_John_W._Mc_Gowan
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gptkbp:notable_mission
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Bombing of German industrial targets
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gptkbp:notable_operations
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gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden
gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkb:Bombing_of_Berlin
gptkb:Operation_Pointblank
Bombing of industrial cities
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gptkbp:notable_pilots
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approximately 300 personnel
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gptkbp:number_of_bombing_missions
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over 300
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gptkbp:operational_status
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inactive
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gptkbp:operational_theater
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:operational_use
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gptkb:8th_Air_Force
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gptkbp:part_of
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gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
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gptkbp:preservation_efforts
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efforts to honor their service
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gptkbp:primary_function
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strategic bombing
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gptkbp:publication
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books and articles written about them
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gptkbp:related_aircraft
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gptkb:Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress
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gptkbp:resigned
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gptkb:8th_Air_Force
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gptkbp:reunion
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annual gatherings
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gptkbp:role
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bombardment
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gptkbp:squadrons
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gptkb:4
gptkb:731st_Bombardment_Squadron
gptkb:730th_Bombardment_Squadron
gptkb:733rd_Bombardment_Squadron
gptkb:732nd_Bombardment_Squadron
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:None
gptkb:453rd_Operations_Group
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gptkbp:training
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B-17 Flying Fortress operations
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gptkbp:training_programs
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Barksdale Field, Louisiana
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gptkbp:veterans
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gptkb:453rd_Bomb_Group_Association
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gptkbp:year_created
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1943-01-28
28 August 1945
1 November 1943
1945-09-28
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:RAF_Station_Horham
gptkb:RAF_Station_Knettishall
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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