839th Bomb Squadron
SquadronIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Lavenham |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: High Hopes
- Unit: 839th Bomb Squadron 487th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Chief Wapello
- Unit: 839th Bomb Squadron 506th Bomb Squadron 66th Bomb Squadron 44th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Fluxuatin' Kate
- Unit: 839th Bomb Squadron 487th Bomb Group 376th Bomb Group 512th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Boxcar
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Dipsy Dee
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Combined two duplicate entries for this unit. Now includes information from the following sources:
487th BG http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/collision_30may1944.shtml
'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces. Volume 3. ETO Area - April 1944 - June 1944'. Bishop, Stan D & Hey, John A. Bishop Book Productions. 2009. ISBN 978-0-9547685-3-9
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)