2nd Strategic Air Depot

Depot

media-7219.jpeg 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 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

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