2nd Strategic Air Depot
Depot
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
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot
- Highest Rank: Private
- Role/Job: Ground Crew
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 36th Air Depot Group
- Highest Rank: Private First Class
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot
- Service Numbers: 19127279
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Mobile Repair Unit #16
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 35th Air Depot Group 35th Depot Repair Squadron
- Service Numbers: 0=578624
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Aircraft Maintenance Officer
Aircraft
![Two crewmen of the 91st Bomb Group with a B-17G Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37767) nicknamed "Blue Dreams". Handwritten on reverse: '237767.' On reverse: 'Not For Publication For Personal Use Only, Passed By US Army Examiner 10143 [Stamp].'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408080.jpg.webp?itok=PASTyH4l)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Blue Dreams
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hell's Messenger
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 364th Fighter Group 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Man O’ War - Horsepower Ltd.
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Squat ‘N Droppit
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Just for Laughs : Little Woman : Thumper Again
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 100th Bomb Group 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia