451st Bomb Squadron

Squadron
B-26 Marauders, including (serial number 41-34959, SS-O), of the 451st Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group line up for take off, 11 November 1943. Passed for publication 11 Nov 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '63.' On reverse: US Army Press Censor ETO [Stamp]. media-413264.jpg FRE 4548 B-26 Marauders, including (serial number 41-34959, SS-O), of the 451st Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group line up for take off, 11 November 1943. Passed for publication 11 Nov 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '63.' On reverse: US Army Press Censor ETO [Stamp]. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 4548 - B-26 Marauders, including (serial number 41-34959, SS-O), of the 451st Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group line up for take off, 11 November 1943. Passed...

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Unit stations

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Andrews Field

People

James E Bradford

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 451st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12168625
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

James William Bunker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 451st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-672936
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

James Joseph Burns

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 451st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-673217
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

William Edward Eustace Canfield

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 451st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12046122 / O-793729
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

John Thomas Cenicola

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 451st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12050090
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner

Aircraft

B-26 Marauders of the 322nd Bomb Group line up for take off behind a B-26 (serial number 41-34959) nicknamed "Clark's Little Pill". US Air Force Photo. Written on slide casing: 'Clark's Little Pill, 322 BG.'

41-34959

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Clark's Little Pill
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 451st Bomb Squadron

41-34973

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Blue Beard II
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 451st Bomb Squadron

41-35021

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 451st Bomb Squadron

42-96270

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 451st Bomb Squadron

43-34422

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 386th Bomb Group 451st Bomb Squadron 554th Bomb Squadron

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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)

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