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

Lieutenant Bob Tunnel and Lieutenant Daniel McCarthy of the 25th Bomb Group stand with a Mosquito at Watton that has received flak damage to one of its engines. Printed caption on reverse: '60900 A.C.- Lt. Tunnel and Lt. McCarthy of the 654th Bomb. Sqdn. 25th Bomb Group. standing beside a flak damaged DeHavilland "Mosquito" Reconnaissance. England. August 4, 1944 U.S. Air Force Photo.' The names 'Bob' and 'Daniel' have been handwritten above 'Lt. Tunnel and Lt. McCarthy' respectively. Handwritten caption

David A McCarthy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 325th Photographic Reconnaissance Wing 25th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron 654th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator / Observer

Kenneth McGriffin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron 654th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35577056 / O-768183
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Claude Creath Moore

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Ray Lester Musgrove

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron 654th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19097842 / O-680489
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot

Melvin A Newton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-713214
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

A crashed Mosquito (NS744) of the 25th Bomb Group at Watton, 25 March 1943. Official caption on image: '(G-AD-82-1-25)(25-3-45)(MOS.744CRASH)(REST.)'

NS774

  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron

NS792

  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron

RF988

  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron

RF992

  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron

RF996

  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th 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

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