322nd Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 322nd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group. media-395014.jpg FRE 5071 The insignia of the 322nd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5071 - The insignia of the 322nd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31165091
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Crew Chief
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nora 2nd
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 306th Bomb Group 305th Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Terrible Ten, Skunkface
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron 358th Bomb Squadron
Two B-17 Flying Fortresses (LG-V, serial number 42-29711) and (LL-A, serial number 42-3073) of the 91st Bomb Group with an RAF Spitfire. Image via Merle Olmstead. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Sept 1943. LG-V, 42-29711, ex-94BG, 322nd BS. LL-A, 42-3073, 401st BS. 91st B.G. Photos probably at Whitchurch.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Salty's Naturals II
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Green Fury
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron

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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)

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