856th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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UPL 20931
B-24J-150-CO #44-40169 "Bottle Baby" Code: 5Z-I
492nd BG - 856th BS
Shot down 20 June 1944 - Milton K. Goodridge Crew
492nd BG - 856th BS
Shot down 20 June 1944 - Milton K. Goodridge Crew
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
North Pickenham |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12190364
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron 856th Bomb Squadron 858th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37535498
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron 858th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Moonshine Express
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron 858th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Pursuit of Happiness
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th 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)