333rd Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Fortlog
Object Number - FRE 3849 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (TS-C, serial number 42-97681) of the 333rd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, takes off in front of another B-17 Flying Fortress...
Part of 94th Bomb Group.
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Bury St Edmunds |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-572548
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Combat Intelligence
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36000091 / O-744349
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-930187
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Shady Lady
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron

- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Athenian Avenger II
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Gremlin's Hotel
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Wabbit...What's Up Doc?
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Thundermug
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
Revisions
My attempted description of the image from my father's scrapbooks.
My attempt at describing the insignia as show in my father's scrapbook and on the website, http://www.8thafhs-pa.org/stories/94th-bomb-group/
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)