327th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 327th Bomb Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group. media-395021.jpg FRE 5078 The insignia of the 327th Bomb Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5078 - The insignia of the 327th Bomb Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

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Podington

People

Charles Edmond Slayton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14061823
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Tail Gunner

Albert O Smith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Intelligence Officer

Charles E Smith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Benjamin Franklin Smotherman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18038806 / O-664075
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Arthur Steinmetz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-803154
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

Children with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5736) of the 379th Bomb Group during a 'Kiddies Party' at Kimbolton, 2 October 1943. Printed caption on reverse: '71654 AC - A group of English children who are guests at a "Kiddies Party" given by the 379th Bomb Group gather around a Boeing B-17 at an 8th Air Force base in England. 2 October 1943.'

42-5736

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tampa Tornado
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron 359th Bomb Squadron

42-5739

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lufkin Ruffian : Dixie Jane
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron

42-5801

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Flak Happy
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 94th Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron 333rd Bomb Squadron 410th Bomb Squadron

42-5890

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 94th Bomb Group fly through flak during a mission, B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5950) is visible to the left. Handwritten on reverse: '#11'.

42-5950

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: My Devotion, Peter's Pride
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron 410th Bomb Squadron

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Document 15788

  • Media Type: Document
  • Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
  • Object Number: Document 15788
  • Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Sergeant Angelo V Greco of the 92nd Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel. The...
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Document 15809

  • Media Type: Document
  • Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
  • Object Number: Document 15809
  • Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Lieutenant Robert M Leveridge of the 92nd Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel...
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Document 15874

  • Media Type: Document
  • Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
  • Object Number: Document 15874
  • Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Second Lieutenant Fred K Stewart of the 92nd Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel...
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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)

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