2nd Strategic Air Depot

Depot

Object Number - UPL 7219 - Aerial View of Station 547 Abbots Ripton Home of the 2nd Strategic Air Depot serving the B-17 fleet of the 8th AF

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Established

Little Staughton 12 October 1943

Based

Little Staughton 12 October 1943 - 1 February 1944

Based

Abbots Ripton 1 February 1944 - 23 June 1945

People

Carmine J Auricchio

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot
  • Service Numbers: 42001988
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Photographer

Amond Ralph Ballinger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 904th Signal Depot Company
  • Service Numbers: 14091765
  • Highest Rank: Corporal (Technician Fifth Grade)
  • Role/Job: Radio Repairman

Loran J Brader

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot
  • Service Numbers: 1552021
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Maintenance

Frank W Brozik

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ground Crew

James Vere Cavender

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 355th Fighter Group 357th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18159324 / O-710815
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot

Aircraft

41-24484

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bad Egg
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 390th Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron

41-24639

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Careful Virgin
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot VIII Air Force Service Command 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron

42-107043

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fitch's Bandwagon
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

42-29923

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pappy's Hellions III / Lucky Strike
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 305th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron 532nd Bomb Squadron

42-30039

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Liberty Belle
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 384th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron 554th Bomb Squadron 803rd Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date28 Jun 2016 16:46:08
ContributorPaul Bellamy
ChangesChanges to stations
Sources

2SAD records (AFHRA via ARG Archive)

Date28 Jun 2016 16:39:04
ContributorPaul Bellamy
ChangesChanges to type and stations
Sources

2SAD records (AFHRA via ARG Archive)

Date30 Dec 2014 21:20:43
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to stations
Sources

466th BG HIstorian

Date30 Dec 2014 21:20:04
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to type, air forces and aircraft types
Sources

466th BG Historian

Date27 Sep 2014 18:42:43
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

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

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