493d Bombardment Group

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/493d_Bombardment_Group
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activatedBy 1 November 1943
gptkbp:activePeriod 1943–1945
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:B-24_Liberator
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Distinguished_Unit_Citation
gptkbp:branch gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 28 August 1945
gptkbp:groupCommander gptkb:Colonel_Elbert_Helton
gptkbp:hasSquadron gptkb:860th_Bombardment_Squadron
gptkb:861st_Bombardment_Squadron
862d Bombardment Squadron
863d Bombardment Squadron
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 493d Bombardment Group
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Helton's_Hellcats
gptkbp:notable_campaign gptkb:Central_Europe
gptkb:Normandy
gptkb:Northern_France
gptkb:Rhineland
gptkb:Ardennes-Alsace
gptkb:Air_Offensive,_Europe
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Eighth_Air_Force
gptkbp:role bomber
gptkbp:stationedAt gptkb:RAF_Debach
gptkbp:theatreWork gptkb:European_Theater_of_Operations
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:860th_Bombardment_Squadron
gptkb:861st_Bombardment_Squadron
gptkb:862nd_Bombardment_Squadron
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7