8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron

Squadron

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Watton

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 496th Fighter Training Group 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 10601385 / T-223136
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron 8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 496th Fighter Training Group 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 654th Bomb Squadron 8th Reconnaissance Squadron 8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18042680 / O-431203
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 496th Fighter Training Group 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 654th Bomb Squadron 8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19177415
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Cameraman
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron 8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tuff Titty
  • Unit: 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron 8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 653rd Bomb Squadron 8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / 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)