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

500th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy)

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Vytvořena jako 500th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy) 19.11.1943
Aktivována 20.11.1943
Navrátila se zpět do USA v říjnu 1945
Deaktivována 17.1.1946


SQUADRONY
881st - 1943 - 1946
882nd - 1943 - 1946
883rd - 1943 - 1946
884th - 1943 - 1944


STATIONS
Boise, Gowen Field , 20.11.1943
Clovis, Clovis Army Airfield , 12.1.1944
Walker, Walker Army Airfield , 16.4. - 23.7.1944
I Fadang, Isley Airfield , 18.9.1944 - 21.10.1945
Moreno Valley, March Field , 24.10.1945 - 17.1.1946


COMMANDERS
Neznámý, listopad 1943 - leden 1944
Maj Ralph A Reeve, 28.1.1944
Maj John E Gay, 7.2.1944
Lt Col John E Dougherty, 8.3.1944
Col Richard T King Jr, 5.5.1944
Col John E Dougherty, 5.12.1944
Lt Col William L McDowell Jr, 4.12.1945
Maj James H Coats, 19.12.1945 - 17.1.1946


CAMPAIGNS
Air Offensive, Japan
Eastern Mandates
Western Pacific


DECORATIONS
Distinguished Unit Citations - Nagoya, Japan, 23.1.1945
- Japan, 15. - 20.6.1945


INSIGNE
None


Použitý letoun
B-17
B-29
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