Bombardment of Curaçao refers to a 1942 German naval bombardment of a Bullen Baai Company petroleum storage facility on the Dutch Caribbean island of...
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the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao, in the southern Caribbean Sea. The airport is located on the north coast of Curaçao, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from...
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and Curaçao engaged U-boats at least three times during World War II, during the attack on Aruba in February 1942 and again during the bombardment of Curaçao...
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Ernst Kals (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross)
tank farm on Curaçao, in the Netherlands Antilles. He went on to sink a total of 20 ships on five patrols, for a total of 145,656 tons of Allied shipping...
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bombardments Bombardment of Alexandria (1882) Bombardment of Algiers (disambiguation) (several) Bombardment of Brussels (1695) Bombardment of Curaçao...
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Parham Peninsula (category Landforms of Antigua and Barbuda)
square kilometers. Waller Air Force Base in center of Trinidad Bombardment of Curaçao US Naval Advance Bases United States Naval Forces Southern Command...
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Queen Beatrix International Airport (category Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces)
were: 59th Bombardment Squadron (9th Bombardment Group) 14 January-24 September 1942 (A-20 Havoc) 12th Bombardment Squadron (25th Bombardment Group) 10...
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82 – 1 U-boat sunk 19 April Bombardment of Curaçao – German U-boat U-130 attempts to shell Dutch oil refinery on Curaçao. U-130 is engaged by Dutch shore...
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Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (category Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces)
(Curaçao) with a twin engined Lockheed L-14 Super Electra able to carry 12 passengers and named MEEUW (PJ-AIM). Mail arrived much faster at Curaçao than...
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Naval Base Trinidad (redirect from NAS Port-of-Spain)
center of Trinidad Bombardment of Curaçao US Naval Advance Bases United States Naval Forces Southern Command Navy Air Stations Blimps bases Government of the...
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The 59th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was first activated in Panama in 1941 during the expansion of the United...
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Piarco International Airport (redirect from Port of Spain Airport Airport)
patrols: 1st Bombardment Squadron (9th Bombardment Group) 24 April – 29 October 1941 (B-18 Bolo) 10th Bombardment Squadron (25th Bombardment Group) 27 August –...
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Cheddi Jagan International Airport (category Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command on the South Atlantic Route)
by a detachment of the 35th Bombardment Squadron (25th Bombardment Group) from 1 November 1942 to 7 October 1943. After the detection of U-boat activity...
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Operation Neuland (category 1942 in Curaçao and Dependencies)
Atlantic. Bombardment of Curaçao Attack on Aruba Kelshall pp.7–22 Kelshall pp.7–18 Scarborough, William E. "The Neutralitv Patrol: To Keep Us Out of World...
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reconnaissance unit until 1942, when it was redesignated as the 397th Bombardment Squadron. It served as a bomber unit through World War II and was inactivated...
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74th Reconnaissance Squadron (redirect from 135th Bombardment Squadron)
74th Bombardment Squadron. During the Korean War, the squadron was redesignated the 135th Bombardment Squadron and assigned to the 106th Bombardment Wing...
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44th Reconnaissance Squadron (redirect from 430th Bombardment Squadron)
squadron was involved in the defense of the eastern part of the Caribbean. In April 1942, it became the 430th Bombardment Squadron. Later that year, it returned...
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Seymour Airport (category Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces)
1943 3d Bombardment Squadron (6th Bombardment Group) 4 May 1942 – 12 March 1943 (LB-30 (B-24A) Liberator) 29th Bombardment Squadron (6th Bombardment Group)...
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Ramey Air Force Base (redirect from History of Ramey Air Force Base)
residence as of April 1935. During World War II, the following squadrons were assigned to the airfield: Headquarters, 25th Bombardment Group, 1 November...
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The 3rd Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 111th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, based...
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La Aurora International Airport (category Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces)
Warhawk) 74th Bombardment Squadron (40th, 6th Bombardment Groups), 9 January 1942 – 7 April 1944 (B-18 Bolo, B-17 Flying Fortress) 44th Bombardment Squadron...
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25th Space Range Squadron (redirect from 25th Bombardment Squadron)
squadron's second predecessor was organized as the 25th Squadron (Bombardment) in 1921 as part of the permanent United States Army Air Service. The squadron...
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The 35th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was activated in January 1940 as the United States built up its armed forces...
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were: 35th Bombardment Squadron (25th Bombardment Group) 11 November 1941 until November 1942 12th Bombardment Squadron (25th Bombardment Group) 23 November...
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395th Strategic Missile Squadron (redirect from 395th Bombardment Squadron)
expanding prior to the entry of the United States into World War II. The squadron moved to Panama as the 395th Bombardment Squadron and participated in...
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The 417th Bombardment Squadron was a United States Army Air Forces unit. It was activated in the fall of 1939 as the 27th Reconnaissance Squadron and moved...
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9th Operations Group (redirect from 9th Bombardment Group)
seventh created following the establishment of the U.S. Air Service. During World War II, the 9th Bombardment Group, Very Heavy was a B-29 Superfortress...
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10th Missile Squadron (redirect from 10th Bombardment Squadron)
missile, with a mission of nuclear deterrence. Established in 1939 as a prewar bombardment squadron, it was equipped with a mixture of Douglas B-18 Bolo medium...
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San Julián Air Base (category Lists of coordinates)
territorial defense of America and of every one of the American nations, as well as of the principles of democracy and of the liberty of the peoples, has...
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Air Forces Sixth Air Force from 1942 until 1944. The 25th Bombardment Group 417th Bombardment Squadron flew B-18 Bolo bombers from the airfield, known...
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