556th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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FRE 1308
Second Lieutenant Gordon Hatt, First Lieutenant Richard Ulvestad and Second Lieutenant AK Jorgensen of the 556th Bomb Squadron, 387th Bomb Group with their B-26 Marauder nicknamed "Double-Trouble". Image via Gordon Hatt. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'L to R 2/Lt Gordon Hatt, 1/Lt Richard Ulvestad & 2nd/Lt A.K. Jorgensen. 556BS, 387BG.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Chipping Ongar |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron 558th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13098524
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35271830 / O-672041
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: EG
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11041464
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Top Sarge II
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Little Gramper Jr
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
- Nicknames: Shootin In
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: The Big Hairy Bird
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 397th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron 599th Bomb Squadron
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / 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)