18th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8309) nicknamed "Ol' Buddy" of the 18th Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group at Mendelsham. Pete Gray was the aircraft's crew chief. Handwritten caption on reverse: '18th B.S. 34th BG. Pete Gray C/C.' media-379051.jpg FRE 615 A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8309) nicknamed "Ol' Buddy" of the 18th Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group at Mendelsham. Pete Gray was the aircraft's crew chief. Handwritten caption on reverse: '18th B.S. 34th BG. Pete Gray C/C.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 615 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8309) nicknamed "Ol' Buddy" of the 18th Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group at Mendelsham. Pete Gray was the...

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Mendlesham

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Leo
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron 7th Bomb Squadron
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51190) nicknamed "Ann" of the 34th Bomb Group at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Written on slide casing: '34 BG, Mount Farm.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ann
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Uninvited
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron 858th Bomb Squadron 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
The wreckage of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-94782) nicknamed "Off Limits", piloted by Lieutenant Guy Gipson of the 34th Bomb Group, following a crash near Dungeness Point on the 22 June 1944. Image via Stewart P Evans. Handwritten on reverse: 'Photo B' '410' 'B-244 crash Dugeness Point 22/6/44'.
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Off Limits
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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Sources

http://valortovictory.tripod.com/b24s/42-51190.htm , other internet research and military service records of 2nd Lt. Nathaniel O. Zemelman.

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Contributorrossingtonj
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ContributorAAM
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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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