486th Bombardment Group (Heavy)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/486th_Bombardment_Group_(Heavy)
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activatedBy 20 September 1943
gptkbp:activePeriod 1943–1945
gptkbp:branch gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:constituted 14 September 1943
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 7 November 1945
gptkbp:emblem 486th Bombardment Group emblem
gptkbp:hasSquadron gptkb:832nd_Bombardment_Squadron
gptkb:833rd_Bombardment_Squadron
gptkb:834th_Bombardment_Squadron
gptkb:835th_Bombardment_Squadron
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 486th Bombardment Group (Heavy)
gptkbp:notable_campaign gptkb:Central_Europe
gptkb:Normandy
gptkb:Northern_France
gptkb:Rhineland
gptkb:Ardennes-Alsace
gptkb:Air_Offensive,_Europe
gptkbp:notableCommander Col. Glendon P. Overing
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Eighth_Air_Force
gptkbp:role bomber
gptkbp:stationedAt gptkb:RAF_Sudbury
gptkbp:theaterOfOperations gptkb:European_Theater_of_Operations
gptkbp:usedInAircraft gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:B-24_Liberator
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:RAF_Sudbury
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7