702nd Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 702nd Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group. media-395112.jpg FRE 5169 The insignia of the 702nd Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 5169 - The insignia of the 702nd Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

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Tibenham

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38519361
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33604181
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-803235
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32466039
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Bunnie
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron 702nd Bomb Squadron
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-7627) nicknamed "BTO" of the 445th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'WV:4, "BTO", 445 BG.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: B.T.O. (Big Time Operator)
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Axis Ex-Lax
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Wolfe Pack
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron

Related media

  • Media Type: Video
  • Collection Name: Rob Edwards collection
  • Object Number: UPL 31789
  • Description: Video and photographs of the memorials to the 445th Bombardment Group (Heavy) who served at Tibenham, Station 124.
  • Media Type: Document
  • Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
  • Object Number: Document 15718
  • Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant Alfred H Luhmann of the 445th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill...
  • Media Type: Document
  • Object Number: Document 21183
  • Description: Aerial photographs taken over Royan France on April 14, 1945 Top: Target No. 137, bounded by Blvd. de la Falaise, Rue de Roches, Cotreau la Beautre...
  • Media Type: Document
  • Object Number: Document 21184
  • Description: B-24s in Flight, Photo probably taken by Tsgt. Harry Aaron Berger during the April 14, 1945 Royan Mission

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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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