USAAF 456th Bombardment Group

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/USAAF_456th_Bombardment_Group
GPTKB entity
Statements (22)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activatedBy 14 June 1943
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:assignee gptkb:Fifteenth_Air_Force
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Distinguished_Unit_Citation
gptkbp:branch gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:component gptkb:744th_Bombardment_Squadron
gptkb:745th_Bombardment_Squadron
gptkb:746th_Bombardment_Squadron
gptkb:747th_Bombardment_Squadron
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 17 October 1945
gptkbp:emblem 456th Bombardment Group emblem
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USAAF 456th Bombardment Group
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Steed's_Flying_Colts
gptkbp:notableMission gptkb:Ploesti_oil_refineries_raid
gptkbp:role heavy bombardment
gptkbp:stationedAt gptkb:Stornara_Airfield,_Italy
gptkbp:theaterOfOperations gptkb:Mediterranean_Theater_of_Operations
gptkbp:usedInAircraft gptkb:B-24_Liberator
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:RAF_Exeter_(WWII)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7