714th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 714th Bomb Squadron, 448th Bomb Group. media-395127.jpg FRE 5184 The insignia of the 714th Bomb Squadron, 448th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5184 - The insignia of the 714th 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 714th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19185853
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sad Sack
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: No Nothing
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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ContributorDWebb
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Webb family photographs.

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ContributorEMBLEMHUNTER
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my photo

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Contributorrossingtonj
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Seething Control Tower Museum: http://www.seethingtower.org/448-714th.php

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

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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