326th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 326th Bomb Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group. media-395020.jpg FRE 5077 The insignia of the 326th Bomb Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5077 - The insignia of the 326th Bomb Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

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Podington

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12164391
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35234494
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner / Togglier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37264777
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner / Waist Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Black Diamond Express
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 359th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24442) nicknamed "Little Eva" of the 97th Bomb Group takes off at Polebrook. Passed for publication 16 Oct 1942. Handwritten caption on reverse: '97, Little Eva. Polebrook.' On reverse: US Army Press Censor ETO [Stamp].
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Eva
  • Unit: 342nd Bomb Squadron 92nd Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-2578) nicknamed "Butcher Shop" of the 92nd Bomb Group at Bovingdon. Written on slide casing: 'B-17 E 12578 Oldest fortress in 8AF Bovingdon, 1943.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Butcher Shop / Big Tin Bird
  • Unit: 97th Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 340th Bomb Squadron 77th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: No 11 Combat Crew Replacement Center 92nd Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 340th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron

Related videos and documents

  • Media Type: Document
  • Collection Name: Charles Lewis Collection
  • Object Number: Document 37342
  • Description: John J. Mulchrone, 92nd Bomb Group, 326th Bomb Squadron. Medal Citation.
  • Media Type: Document
  • Collection Name: John Mulchrone / Fintan Mulchrone Collection
  • Object Number: Document 37382
  • Description: Technical Sergeant John J. Mulchrone, Radio operator Gunner, 92nd Bomb Group. - Honorable Discharge Certificate. - Mission list - Special Order for...
  • 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)

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