497. bombardovací skupina (velmi těžká) [1943-1946]

497th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy)
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Vytvořena jako 497th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy) 19.11.1943
Aktivována 20.11.1943
Navrátila se zpět do USA v listopadu 1945
Deaktivována 31.3.1946


SQUADRONY
513th - 1945 - 1946
869th - 1943 - 1946
870th - 1943 - 1946
871st - 1943 - 1946
872nd - 1943 - 1946


STATIONS
El Paso, El Paso Mun Aprt, Tex, 20.11.1943
Clovis, Clovis Army Airfield , 1.12.1943
Pratt, Pratt Army Airfield , 13.4. - 18.7.1944
I Fadang, Isley Airfield , 17.10.1944 - 1.11.1945
Pittsburg, Camp Stoneman , 14.11.1945
Moreno Valley, March Field , 26.11.1945
Tampa, MacDill Army Airfield , 5.1. - 31.3.1946


COMMANDERS
Lt Col John P Veerling, 10.12.1943
Col Karl Truesdell Jr, 6.3.1944
Col Stuart P Wright, 26.4.1944
Col Arnold T Johnson, 26.2.1945 - 31.3.1946


CAMPAIGNS
Air Offensive, Japan
Eastern Mandates
Western Pacific


DECORATIONS
Distinguished Unit Citations - Japan, 27.1.1945
- Japan, 26.7. - 2.8.1945


INSIGNE
None


Použitý letoun
B-29


Edit Admin : Pittsburg u Camp Stoneman je v Kalifornii, nejedna se o mesto v Pensylvanii
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