Air Group 15

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Air_Group_15
GPTKB entity
Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:aircraft_type gptkb:TBF_Avenger
gptkb:F4_U_Corsair
gptkb:F6_F_Hellcat
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Captain_John_C._Waldron
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:engaged_in Pacific Theater
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:Battle_of_Mindanao
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippines
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte
gptkb:Marianas_Turkey_Shoot
gptkb:Battle_of_Guam
gptkb:Battle_of_Saipan
gptkb:Battle_of_Tinian
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bonin_Islands
gptkb:Battle_of_the_East_China_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_the_South_China_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Marshall_Islands
gptkb:Battle_of_Formosa
gptkb:Battle_of_Palau_Islands
gptkb:Battle_of_Truk_Lagoon
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_Wake_Island
gptkbp:formation_date 1943
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Naval_Air_Station_San_Diego
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Air Group 15
gptkbp:is_active_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:is_based_in gptkb:USS_Essex
gptkbp:notable_for carrier operations
gptkbp:notable_mission gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkbp:notable_person gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_John_A._Mc_Gowan
gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_Charles_A._Lindbergh
gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_David_Mc_Campbell
gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_Richard_W._Whelan
gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_William_H._Mc_Cauley
gptkbp:operates gptkb:USS_Franklin
gptkbp:operational_status inactive
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Carrier_Air_Wing_15
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Franklin
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4