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UPL 18949

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de Havilland DH 98 Mosquito PR XVI NS635 'Patches' 653rd BS, 25th BG, 8th AF. Credit: BAE Systems Heritage Centre Warton-BAD2 Archive Collection.

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Units

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'

25th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Reconnaissance

The insignia of the 653rd Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group (Reconnaissance).

653rd Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Type Category: Reconnaissance

Aircraft

NS635

Aircraft Type: Mosquito
Nicknames: Patches
Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron

Locations

A crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 25th Bomb Group. Veteran's caption handwritten on reverse: 'Back Row- Left to Right Edward Corner Tail Gunner (Deceased)- Sam Odensky RDG- Donald Yennie Engineer (Status Unknown) The Hawk RAF) 1st Row Kneeling L to R Warren Forgie (Pilot), Earnest York (Co-Pilot), Edward Sofranko (Navigator), Robert Poe (Ball Gunner) (Edward York Died Oct 15, 1988 Heart Attack).'

Watton

Site type: Airfield

Revisions

Date: 11 Nov 2015 18:38:49

ContributorAl_Skiff

ChangesCreated entry with caption, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations

Sources

BAE Systems Heritage Centre Warton-BAD2 Archive Collection