535th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 1278 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (MS-O, serial number 42-3177) nicknamed "The Hellion", of the 535th Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group flies over countryside....
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
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Based |
Ridgewell |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32432844
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13171566
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Armament
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lucifer Jr III, Bacta-Th-Sac
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hellcat / Dinah Mite
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Patches N Prayers
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron 813th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Superstitious Alouisius
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Georgia Rebel II
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
Related media
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15700
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Technical Sergeant Chester M Slomczenski of the 381st Bomb Group researched by historian...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15703
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for First Lieutenant Lee W Smith of the 381st Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15722
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant Andrew F Manning of the 381st Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15792
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for 2nd Lieutenant Walter K Higgins of the 381st Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15830
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant James B Scollon of the 381st Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15840
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Technical Sergeant John W Zappala of the 381st Bomb Group researched by historian Bill...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15923
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Sergeant Reginald C Solway of the 381st Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15942
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Second Lieutenant Leonard P Meier of the 381st Bomb Group researched by historian Bill...
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)