332nd Bomb Squadron
Squadron![Five men in Air Force uniforms posed in front of a building. Three are standing and two kneeling. The three men standing are wearing dark bomber-style jackets and one man is holding two fingers up behind the head of another man.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/2023-02/ShadyLadyCrew.png)
(Back Row) Charles Beeks, Joseph Piotrowski and Charles Purdy
(Front Row) Herman Peace and Frank Cassidy
Photo courtesy of Frank Cassidy
Object Number - UPL 60169 - Shady Lady enlisted crew members, Avon Park, FL 1944 (Back Row) Charles Beeks, Joseph Piotrowski and Charles Purdy (Front Row) Herman Peace and...
Part of 94th Bomb Group.
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Unit stations
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14153102
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Private First Class
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Private
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-802418
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Janey, Janie Gal
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sally
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Flak Queen aka Filthy Hag
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
![A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30383) nicknamed "Brennan's Circus". The tail of another B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3349) is in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: ' 42-30383, 42-3349.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-408518.jpg?itok=wTZCU0AL)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: El Mangau, El Diablo, Liberty, El Lobo
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
![The nose art of a B-17G Flying Fortress (XM-B, serial number 42-3537) nicknamed "Friday 13th "of the 410th Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group. 'Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17F-75-DL, s/n 42-3537, 94th Bomb Group, "XM" Sqdn, "B" a/c.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-408500.jpg?itok=X314o0DJ)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Friday the 13th
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
Related videos and documents
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 18542
- Description: Remembrances of Elias "Kim" Kimmel, 94th Bomb Group, 332nd Squadron
Revisions
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)