473rd Bombardment Squadron

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/473rd_Bombardment_Squadron
GPTKB entity
Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeYears 1943-1945
gptkbp:aircraft B-17 Flying Fortress
B-24 Liberator
gptkbp:awards gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award
gptkb:Distinguished_Unit_Citation
gptkb:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkbp:base gptkb:Boeing_Field
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Colonel_John_Doe
gptkbp:commissioningDate 1943-01-15
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:dissolved 1945-09-30
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:filmography gptkb:Pacific_Theater_of_Operations
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Hickam_Field
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 473rd Bombardment Squadron
gptkbp:insignia Squadron Emblem
gptkbp:location gptkb:Hawaii
gptkbp:mission Strategic Bombing
gptkbp:motto Strike Hard
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Flying_Tigers
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Corporal_George_Green
gptkb:Captain_James_Brown
gptkb:Sergeant_William_White
gptkb:Major_Richard_Smith
gptkb:Lieutenant_Robert_Johnson
gptkbp:operationalStatus gptkb:Iwo_Jima
gptkb:Saipan
gptkb:Guam
gptkb:Okinawa
gptkb:Clark_Field
Inactive
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:retired 15th Air Force
gptkbp:role bombardment
gptkbp:secondaryMission gptkb:Bombing_raids_on_Japan
1945-08-15
gptkbp:squadrons Bombardment Squadron
gptkbp:successor gptkb:473rd_Air_Expeditionary_Group
gptkbp:supports gptkb:15th_Bombardment_Group
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