450th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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FRE 1182
Personnel of the 322nd Bomb Group with a B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-17934) nicknamed "Pappy's Pram". Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed [illegible] 1943.' [stamp] Handwritten caption on reverse: 'PN-Q 322.'
From left to right: Lt. James Hinkle (VA), Lt. Wilbur DeGroff (WI), Sgt. Frank Udovich (WI), Sgt. Charles A. Smith (TX), and Sgt. Robert Hammerberg (IL). Roger Freeman Collection
From left to right: Lt. James Hinkle (VA), Lt. Wilbur DeGroff (WI), Sgt. Frank Udovich (WI), Sgt. Charles A. Smith (TX), and Sgt. Robert Hammerberg (IL). Roger Freeman Collection
Roger Freeman Collection
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Andrews Field |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32874879
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16029314 / O-664487
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34208695
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: EG
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Mary V
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Gawja Jerk
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Pappy's Pram
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / 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)