653rd Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 653rd Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group (Reconnaissance). media-395232.jpg FRE 5289 The insignia of the 653rd Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group (Reconnaissance). Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5289 - The insignia of the 653rd Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group (Reconnaissance).

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 458th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-771615
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron 653rd Bomb Squadron
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Commanding Officer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 451st Air Service Group 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 653rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 653rd Bomb Squadron
A Mosquito (Z, serial number MM 345) of the 25th Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Written on slide casing: '25 BG Mosquito Z.'
  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 653rd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 653rd Bomb Squadron 8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron

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Type changed to reconnaissance.

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my photo

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USAAF Photo.

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USAAF Photo.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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