337th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 337th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group. media-395036.jpg FRE 5093 The insignia of the 337th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5093 - The insignia of the 337th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Snetterton Heath

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Private
  • Role/Job: Medical Section Leader
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Dallas Rebel Poisonality
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tondelayo
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron 337th Bomb Squadron 339th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Ole Puss" of the 96th Bomb Group, that has crash-landed. Handwritten caption on reverse: '. 96th B.G., 45th Combat Wing, 3rd Air Div.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: - Tarfu - Ole Puss [not confirmed]
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tarfu
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron 535th Bomb Squadron

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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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