329th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 329th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group. media-395025.jpg FRE 5082 The insignia of the 329th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5082 - The insignia of the 329th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

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Alconbury 7 September 1942

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Hardwick 6 December 1942

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Bungay 14 December 1942

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Hardwick 15 June 1943 - 15 June 1945

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Oudna 18 September 1943 - 3 October 1943

People

Alton E Mills

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Clarence G Murphy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
Man with the rank of Colonel wearing WWII era Air Force uniform shaking hands with man wearing a similar uniform but with the rank of staff sergeant. Two other uniformed men are in the background

Albert H Oser

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11045730
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Cornelius Pas

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13089615
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Donald Eugene Purcell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Air Division 20th Combat Bomb Wing 96th Combat Bomb Wing 466th Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-807872
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

A B-24D Liberator (serial number 42-72869) of the 93rd Bomb Group flies over the cloud layer. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-24D. over 1) Any idea of this photo number? 272869 2) B-26 DR:C - Did you find a shot including this A/C 9B 3) P51D VF:I - Late 1944 . '

42-72869

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: U Name it Peg Bear Down
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron 329th Bomb Squadron 330th Bomb Squadron 409th Bomb Squadron

42-73495

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron

42-7597

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Bubbling Lady
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron 329th Bomb Squadron 702nd Bomb Squadron

42-95199

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Latrine Rumor
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron 409th Bomb Squadron
A B-24 Liberator (YM-H, serial number 42-95258) of the 409th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group.

42-95258

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: What a Sack
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron

Mission

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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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