567th Bomb Squadron
SquadronIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
567th Bombardment Squadron, 24 December 1942 - 13 September 1945
Stations
Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona, 24 December 1942.
Biggs Field, Texas, 1 February 1943.
Lowry Field, Colorado, 19 April – 8 June 1943.
RAF Hethel (AAF Station 114),[13] England, 11 June 1943 – 30 May 1945
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
---|---|---|
Based |
Hethel |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner, Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37562173
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: “Q-Bar Queenie”
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Satan's Mate
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Hitlers Hearse
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Virgin for Short, But Not For Long
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron 567th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Zebra
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron 814th Bomb Squadron 856th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
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)