18th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38405752
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Mean Kid
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Dangerous Damsel
- Unit: 7th Bomb Squadron 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Miss Purty
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Homesick Angel : Happy Warrior
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
http://valortovictory.tripod.com/b24s/42-51190.htm , other internet research and military service records of 2nd Lt. Nathaniel O. Zemelman.
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)