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

Eugene Cetton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot

Horace L Fenton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 35th Air Depot Group
  • Service Numbers: O-512930
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Chaplain

Louis B Gerstle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Mobile Reclamation and Repair 2nd Strategic Air Depot
  • Service Numbers: 35687051
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant

Harold J Hawley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 5th Air Depot Group
  • Service Numbers: 11008925
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: line chief

William Carl Hildebrand

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 5th Air Depot Group
  • Service Numbers: 18044182
  • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ground Crew

Aircraft

42-30322

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Liberty Belle | Patches
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (GD-M, serial number 42-3078) of the 534th Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: '381st BG.' On reverse: George J. Letzter [Stamp].

42-3078

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Winsome Winn
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 100th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 534th Bomb Squadron

42-31414

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

42-31588

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron

42-37757

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date
ContributorPaul Bellamy
Changes
Sources

2SAD records (AFHRA via ARG Archive)

Date
ContributorPaul Bellamy
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2SAD records (AFHRA via ARG Archive)

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
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466th BG HIstorian

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Contributor466thHistorian
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466th BG Historian

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

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