712th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 712th Bomb Squadron, 448th Bomb Group. media-395125.jpg FRE 5182 The insignia of the 712th Bomb Squadron, 448th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5182 - The insignia of the 712th Bomb Squadron, 448th Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Seething 25 November 1943 - 5 July 1945

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron 714th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T132821, 02011930
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33399071
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34289531
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Division 20th Combat Bomb Wing 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-809318
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32829319
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Prodigal Son
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Baby Shoes
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Squat N Droppit
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Little Sheppard
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Hello Natural
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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Updated basic details.

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Updated key image.

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Updated media.

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Updated photo 04-19-2020.

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Kenneth Goodrich personal writings about the war.

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Seething Control Tower Museum: http://www.seethingtower.org/448-712th.php

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ContributorAAM
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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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