325th Bomb Squadron

Squadron

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 92nd Bomb Group fly in formation over countryside. The aircraft, from left to right, are B-17G (NV-P, serial number 44-8354), B-17G (NV-U, serial number 42-97288) nicknamed "Flag Ship" and an unknown B-17G (NV-E) from the 325th Bomb Squadron. Image stamped on reverse: 'The R.L. Cavanagh Photo Collection' [stamp]. Handwritten caption on reverse: '48354, Little Runt. PFF.' [Caption refers to another B-17 nicknamed"Little Runt" either B-17G (NV-P, serial number 42-97515) or B-17

media-379200.jpg FRE 763 B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 92nd Bomb Group fly in formation over countryside. The aircraft, from left to right, are B-17G (NV-P, serial number 44-8354), B-17G (NV-U, serial number 42-97288) nicknamed "Flag Ship" and an unknown B-17G (NV-E) from the 325th Bomb Squadron. Image stamped on reverse: 'The R.L. Cavanagh Photo Collection' [stamp]. Handwritten caption on reverse: '48354, Little Runt. PFF.' [Caption refers to another B-17 nicknamed"Little Runt" either B-17G (NV-P, serial number 42-97515) or B-17(serial number 44-8358)]. Handwritten on reverse: 'J Diamond Collect/AF Museum' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 763 - B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 92nd Bomb Group fly in formation over countryside. The aircraft, from left to right, are B-17G (NV-P, serial number...

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David Harriman Raup

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-816578
Highest Rank: Major
Role/Job: Pilot

Conrad B Richards

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Clyde H Saylor

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Basil W Seymore

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Ben Thomas Taucher

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 301st Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 19011157
Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

42-97402

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Round Trip Ticket
Unit: 325th Bomb Squadron 92nd Bomb Group

42-97494

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Hot Rock
Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron

42-97515

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Little Runt
Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron

43-37547

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron

43-37559

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: I'll Get By
Unit: 325th Bomb Squadron 92nd Bomb Group

Document 47719

Media Type: Document
Collection Name: Unit histories
Object Number: Document 47719
Description: 92nd Bomb Group Unit History, Complete Copy Resembling a college yearbook, unit histories were an unofficial – and often tongue-in-cheek – record of...

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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)