776th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
464th Bomb Group - 776th Bomb Squadron - 15th AF
Captain Arthur B. Robinson, Jr.
Object Number - UPL 24354 - B-24H-15-FO #42-52453 "Three Cornered Kid" 464th Bomb Group - 776th Bomb Squadron - 15th AF Captain Arthur B. Robinson, Jr.
Established as a B-24 Liberator heavy bomber squadron with the 464th Bombardment Group in mid-1943, trained under Second Air Force. Deployed to Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO), October 1943, becoming a Fifteenth Air Force heavy bomb squadron, attacking enemy targets both in the MTO and European Theater of Operations (ETO). After end of war in Europe, used B-24s for transport of personnel from various points in Europe to Waller Field, Trinidad, being attached to Air Transport Command. Inactivated 31 July 1945.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 776th Bomb Squadron 464th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 16082792
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 776th Bomb Squadron 464th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 12169020 / O2057938
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 776th Bomb Squadron 464th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 33414372
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 776th Bomb Squadron 464th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 39563633
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 776th Bomb Squadron 464th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 12031756
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Three Cornered Kid
- Unit: 464th Bomb Group 776th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Com-Batty
- Unit: 464th Bomb Group 776th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Ritz
- Unit: 776th Bomb Squadron 464th Bomb Group