847th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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FRE 8567
An 847th Bomb Squadron, 489th Bomb Group B-24 Liberator (T4-G_, serial number 42-94783) on the 25th of October 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Jo. 294783, T4-G_, 25/10/44.'
Aircraft name JO. Roger Freeman Collection
Aircraft name JO. Roger Freeman Collection
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Halesworth |
Previously was
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 847th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Private
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 847th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 847th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 847th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 847th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 847th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 847th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Sharon D
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 489th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron 845th Bomb Squadron 847th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Plate's Date
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 847th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 847th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
ContributorPaulN
Changes
Sources
'Jo' was a part of 845th BS (As T4-G underscore) and earlier apparently as T4-A underscore.)
ContributorAAM
Changes
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)