735th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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FRE 1907
Airmen of the 458th Bomb Group gather outside a hangar before a mission in July 1944.
In the foreground are Joe Kania (without cap), Charlie Aillet (with cap) and Bob Vincent (with cigar).
Image via Lieutenant Vincent
Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Intill smoke cigars, 753rd Hangar & operations. Kania W/O cap, Cullet W/ Cap, Vincent with cigar.' Roger Freeman Collection
In the foreground are Joe Kania (without cap), Charlie Aillet (with cap) and Bob Vincent (with cigar).
Image via Lieutenant Vincent
Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Intill smoke cigars, 753rd Hangar & operations. Kania W/O cap, Cullet W/ Cap, Vincent with cigar.' Roger Freeman Collection
Caption information given on this page: http://www.458bg.com/crewaz07morford.htm
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Old Buckenham |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Passenger
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Armorer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: El Flacko
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Cabin in the Sky
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Cee gee ii
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
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Sources
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)