457th Bombardment Group

GPTKB entity

Properties (68)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeYears 1943-1945
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:Consolidated_B-24_Liberator
gptkb:Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress
gptkb:North_American_P-51_Mustang
gptkb:Lockheed_P-38_Lightning
gptkbp:base gptkb:RAF_Glatton
gptkbp:battle gptkb:World_War_II
over 300
gptkbp:bombLoad transportation networks
military installations
enemy troop concentrations
German_industrial_sites
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Colonel_John_A._McGowan
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:filmography gptkb:European_Theater_of_Operations
gptkbp:honors gptkb:Distinguished_Unit_Citation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 457th Bombardment Group
gptkbp:insignia Group emblem
gptkbp:motto We Deliver
gptkbp:nickname The Fights
gptkbp:notableOperations Mission 115
Mission 1001
Mission 117
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gptkbp:operationalStatus 8th Air Force
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:role bombardment
gptkbp:squadrons gptkb:750th_Bombardment_Squadron
gptkb:752nd_Bombardment_Squadron
gptkb:749th_Bombardment_Squadron
751st Bombardment Squadron
gptkbp:successor gptkb:457th_Operations_Group
gptkbp:yearEstablished 28 August 1945
1 November 1943