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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:military_unit
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gptkbp:activeDuring
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:awarded
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gptkb:Distinguished_Unit_Citation
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gptkbp:baseOfOperations
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gptkb:RAF_Horsham_St_Faith
gptkb:RAF_Boxted
gptkb:RAF_Halesworth
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gptkbp:branch
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gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:decommissioned
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1946
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gptkbp:engagedIn
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air combat over Europe
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gptkbp:established
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1941
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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56th Fighter Group
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gptkbp:motto
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Cave Tonitrum (Beware the Thunderbolt)
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gptkbp:nickname
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Zemke's Wolfpack
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gptkbp:notableCommander
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gptkb:Francis_Gabreski
David Schilling
Hubert Zemke
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gptkbp:notableFor
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highest number of air-to-air victories of any USAAF fighter group in WWII
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gptkbp:notableMember
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gptkb:Gerald_R._Johnson
gptkb:Robert_S._Johnson
Walker M. Mahurin
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gptkbp:parentOrganization
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gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Eighth_Air_Force
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gptkbp:primaryMission
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air superiority
escort bombers
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gptkbp:reconstitutedAs
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56th Operations Group
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gptkbp:role
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gptkb:military_unit
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gptkbp:usedInAircraft
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gptkb:P-47_Thunderbolt
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Francis_S._Gabreski
gptkb:87th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron
gptkb:Robert_S._Johnson
gptkb:RAF_Boxted
gptkb:RAF_Halesworth
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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