870th Bombardment Squadron
http://dbpedia.org/resource/870th_Bombardment_Squadron an entity of type: Thing
The 870th Bombardment Squadron is a former United States Army Air Forces unit. It was assigned to the 497th Bombardment Group, and was last stationed at MacDill Field, Florida where it was inactivated on 31 March 1946. The squadron was activated in late 1943. After training in the United States, it moved to Saipan, where it served in the strategic bombing campaign against Japan with Twentieth Air Force, flying Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft in the Pacific Theater of Operations, where it earned two Distinguished Unit Citations. Following V-J Day, the squadron returned to the United States and briefly became part of Strategic Air Command before inactivating.
rdf:langString
rdf:langString
870th Bombardment Squadron
rdf:langString
center|60px
rdf:langString
870th Bombardment Squadron
xsd:integer
28085536
xsd:integer
1113437830
xsd:gMonthDay
--07-26
xsd:date
1945-01-27
rdf:langString
AF PUC
rdf:langString
Japan 870th Bombardment Squadron
rdf:langString
Boeing B-29 Superfortress of the 497th Bombardment Group undergoing maintenance at Isely Field 1945
xsd:integer
1943
xsd:integer
180
xsd:integer
870
xsd:integer
300
xsd:integer
870
rdf:langString
The 870th Bombardment Squadron is a former United States Army Air Forces unit. It was assigned to the 497th Bombardment Group, and was last stationed at MacDill Field, Florida where it was inactivated on 31 March 1946. The squadron was activated in late 1943. After training in the United States, it moved to Saipan, where it served in the strategic bombing campaign against Japan with Twentieth Air Force, flying Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft in the Pacific Theater of Operations, where it earned two Distinguished Unit Citations. Following V-J Day, the squadron returned to the United States and briefly became part of Strategic Air Command before inactivating.
xsd:nonNegativeInteger
10389
xsd:gYear
1946
xsd:gYear
1943
xsd:string
180px
xsd:string
Bombardment
