772nd Bomb Squadron

Squadron
A 774th Bomb Squadron, 463rd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31684) nicknamed "Joker" drops its bombs. The aircraft was declared Missing In Action on the 7th of July 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '774BS, 463BG, 231684. MIA 7/7/44.' media-457796.jpg FRE 10129 A 774th Bomb Squadron, 463rd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31684) nicknamed "Joker" drops its bombs. The aircraft was declared Missing In Action on the 7th of July 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '774BS, 463BG, 231684. MIA 7/7/44.'

B-17G-25-BO #42-31684 "Joker"
463rd BG - 774th BS - 15th AF Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 10129 - A 774th Bomb Squadron, 463rd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31684) nicknamed "Joker" drops its bombs. The aircraft was declared...

Established in mid-1943 as a B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombardment squadron; assigned to Second Air Force for training. Attached in late 1943 and early 1944 to Air University Army Air Force School of Applied Tactics. Deployed to Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) in February 1944, squadron taking the South Atlantic Transport Route though the Caribbean and South America; transiting the Atlantic Ocean via Brazil and Dakar, French West Africa, being assigned to Fifteenth Air Force in March 1944 at several airfields in Southern Italy.

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People

Peter Accetta

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 772nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32889043
  • Highest Rank: Corporal (RAF)

Edgar William Baker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 772nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34787319
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer

Donald E Baker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 772nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Darwin L Bartow

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 772nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer

Marvin James Bates

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 772nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14131287
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

42-31817

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hairless Joe
  • Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 772nd Bomb Squadron

42-31823

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 97th Bomb Group 341st Bomb Squadron 463rd Bomb Group 772nd Bomb Squadron

42-31844

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Swoose
  • Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 772nd Bomb Squadron

42-97550

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lassie and Her Lads
  • Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 772nd Bomb Squadron

44-6110

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hell on Wings
  • Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 772nd Bomb Squadron

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772nd Bomb Squadron: Gallery (3 items)

A 774th Bomb Squadron, 463rd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31684) nicknamed "Joker" drops its bombs. The aircraft was declared Missing In Action on the 7th of July 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '774BS, 463BG, 231684. MIA 7/7/44.'

Object number: FRE 10129 - A 774th Bomb Squadron, 463rd Bomb Group B-17...

Object number: UPL 24320 - B-17G-30-BO #42-31844 "Swoose" 463rd Bomb Group -...

Object number: UPL 28220 - Captain Foster Lawson Cash