96th Bomb Group

GPTKB entity

Properties (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeYears 1942-1945
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:B-29_Superfortress
over 100
B-17 Flying Fortress
B-24 Liberator
gptkbp:alumni annual events
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Distinguished_Flying_Cross
Air Medal
Purple Heart
gptkbp:base gptkb:Boeing_Field
gptkbp:bombLoad over 500
over 10,000 tons
gptkbp:casualties over 500
less than 200
gptkbp:celebrates various locations
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Colonel_John_A._McGowan
gptkbp:crew over 1,000
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:filmography gptkb:European_Theater_of_Operations
documentaries_about_WWII
gptkbp:hasClient several historical accounts
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Boeing_Field,_Washington
gptkbp:historicalSignificance strategic bombing campaigns
gptkbp:honors gptkb:Distinguished_Unit_Citation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 96th Bomb Group
gptkbp:insignia Knight_on_a_horse
gptkbp:legacy inspiration for future air units
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:96th_Bomb_Group_Association
gptkbp:motto We Will Never Forget
gptkbp:nickname The Flying Knights
gptkbp:notableFeature Bombing_of_German_industrial_targets
gptkbp:numberOfStudents over 1,000
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:postWarCareer historical recognition
gptkbp:reform 1985
gptkbp:role bombardment
gptkbp:secondaryMission 1945-04-25
1943-01-01
gptkbp:squadrons gptkb:340th_Bomb_Squadron
gptkb:341st_Bomb_Squadron
gptkb:342nd_Bomb_Squadron
gptkbp:targets gptkb:Austria
gptkb:France
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Czechoslovakia
gptkbp:training gptkb:Davis-Monthan_Field
over 200
over 300
gptkbp:website 96th_Bomb_Group_official_site