849th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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UPL 13805
St Mary, Brome, Eye, Suffolk
Photo taken 22 August 2012, Gary Atkins
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Eye |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-783314
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32872748
- Role/Job: Airplane and Engine Mechanic
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18225757
- Role/Job: Ship Fitter
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37580183
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39258873
- Role/Job: Photographic Laboratory Technician
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Red Hot Riding Hood
- Unit: 456th Bomb Group 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Call Me Savage
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: All Er Nothin
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Heavenly Body
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Big Poison
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
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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)