63rd Bombardment Group

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:active_years 1940-1945
gptkbp:aircraft_operated gptkb:Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress
gptkb:B-24_Liberator
gptkbp:aircraft_type gptkb:bomber
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award
gptkb:Distinguished_Unit_Citation
gptkbp:base gptkb:Boeing_Field
gptkbp:combat_history 1941-1945
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Colonel_John_A._Mc_Gowan
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Fort_Worth,_Texas
gptkbp:historical_significance contributed to the defeat of Japan in WWII
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 63rd Bombardment Group
gptkbp:insignia gptkb:Hellbird_emblem
gptkbp:losses over 100
gptkbp:mission 1945-08-14
1942-04-18
gptkbp:mission_type strategic bombing missions
gptkbp:motto We Deliver
gptkbp:nickname The Hellbirds
gptkbp:notable_members gptkb:Major_General_Charles_H._Mc_Gee
gptkb:General_William_H._Tunner
gptkbp:operational_status inactive
gptkbp:operational_theater gptkb:China-Burma-India_Theater
Pacific Theater
Southwest Pacific Area
gptkbp:operational_use gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkbp:previously_stationed_at gptkb:Hickam_Field
gptkbp:primary_mission strategic bombing
gptkbp:reformed 1945-07-01
gptkbp:resigned gptkb:8th_Air_Force
gptkbp:result gptkb:Far_East_Air_Forces
gptkbp:role bombardment
gptkbp:squadrons gptkb:65th_Bombardment_Squadron
gptkb:63rd_Bombardment_Squadron
gptkb:64th_Bombardment_Squadron
gptkb:4
gptkb:66th_Bombardment_Squadron
gptkbp:successor gptkb:307th_Bombardment_Group
gptkbp:supports gptkb:5th_Air_Force
gptkb:20th_Air_Force
gptkb:13th_Air_Force
gptkb:14th_Air_Force
gptkbp:year_created 1940-07-01
1945-10-01
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:63rd_Bombardment_Squadron
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6