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490th Bombardment Group
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/490th_Bombardment_Group
GPTKB entity
Statements (22)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activePeriod
1943–1946
gptkbp:branch
gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:component
gptkb:848th_Bombardment_Squadron
gptkb:849th_Bombardment_Squadron
gptkb:850th_Bombardment_Squadron
gptkb:851st_Bombardment_Squadron
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned
August 7, 1946
gptkbp:established
October 1, 1943
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
490th Bombardment Group
gptkbp:nickname
gptkb:The_Flying_Circus
gptkbp:notable_campaign
Strategic bombing campaign against Germany
gptkbp:notableCommander
gptkb:Col._Edwin_B._Giller
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:Eighth_Air_Force
gptkbp:role
bombardment
gptkbp:stationedAt
gptkb:RAF_Eye
gptkbp:theaterOfOperations
gptkb:European_Theater_of_Operations
gptkbp:usedInAircraft
gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:B-24_Liberator
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Dyersburg_Army_Air_Base
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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