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.

Connections

See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.

Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Podington

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37435083
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Patricia
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Steady Hedy
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little John
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron 398th Bomb Group
The wreck of a B-17 Flying Fortress (UX-L, serial number 42-97479) nicknamed "Belle of Liberty" that has crash landed at Podington, 30 December 1944 Image via William E "Doc" Furniss, 92nd Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '297479 UX-L crash Podington.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Belle of Liberty
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron

Related videos and documents

  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...

Revisions

Date
Contributortlhamaker
Changes
Sources

Hamaker Family photos

Date
Contributorrossingtonj
Changes
Sources

Type added

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

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)

327th Bomb Squadron: Gallery (31 items)