333rd Bomb Squadron

Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (TS-C, serial number 42-9768) of the 333rd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, takes off in front of another B-17 Flying Fortress (CC-Z) of the 569th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group. media-408477.jpg 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 (CC-Z) of the 569th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

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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

Based

Bury St Edmunds

People

Arthur C Hiller

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Charles R Holden

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Arthur F Howell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12198624
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aaron W Jamison

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Arnold D Johns

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

42-3185

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Queen Bee
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
Two German soldiers guard the wreck of a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress of the 94th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '14/7/43.'

42-3190

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mr Five by Five, Nip N Tuck
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron

42-31946

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Esky
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron

42-3280

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Cherokee Maid
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron

42-3346

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tuff Titty
  • Unit: 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron 8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron

Revisions

Date
ContributorDon Wolf
Changes
Sources

My attempted description of the image from my father's scrapbooks.

Date
ContributorDon Wolf
Changes
Sources

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/

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)

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