654th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.' media-407403.jpg FRE 3069 A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 3069 - A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'

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People

A Mosquito (serial number NS538) of the 25th Bomb Group prepares for take off at Watton.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34057859
  • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radar Technician
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35753285
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13174681 / O-771388
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 10600462 / O-2044827
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Carroll Bryan
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14173928 / O-772138
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

A B-26 Marauder of the 25th Bomb Group.
  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
A B-26 Marauder (serial number 43-34226) nicknamed "Liberty Run" of the 25th Bomb Group.
  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Liberty Run
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
Mosquito PR Mark XVI, MM364, at Mount Farm, Oxfordshire, on being handed over to the USAAF.Image by Robert Astrella
  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 654th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 654th Bomb Squadron

Mission

  • Date: 13 August 1944

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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

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