339th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 339th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group. media-395038.jpg FRE 5095 The insignia of the 339th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5095 - The insignia of the 339th 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 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-726104
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Wildfire
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Chatterbox
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Horn's Hornets
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron

Related videos and documents

  • Media Type: Document
  • Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
  • Object Number: Document 15704
  • Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for First Lieutenant Robert W Simons of the 96th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel...
  • Media Type: Document
  • Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
  • Object Number: Document 15831
  • Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Technical Sergeant Frederick William McManus of the 96th Bomb Group researched by...
  • Media Type: Document
  • Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
  • Object Number: Document 15847
  • Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant Jerome Chester Nawracaj of the 96th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill...
  • Media Type: Document
  • Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
  • Object Number: Document 15936
  • Description: Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant Herbert J Rotfeld of the 96th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel. The file...
  • Media Type: Document
  • Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
  • Object Number: Document 15937
  • Description: Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Lieutenant Joseph D Spiess of the 96th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel. The file contains...
  • Media Type: Document
  • Collection Name: Ed Davidson Collection
  • Object Number: Document 27874
  • Description: 'Last Mission [05 Jan 1944] My Seventh & Last Mission in WW2' by Ed Davidson. An account of his experiences as pilot on that mission, written up in...

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Mistake

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Dave Osborne's B-17 Fortress Master Log

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my photo

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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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