349th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 349th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group. Featuring Mickey Mouse. media-395041.jpg FRE 5098 The insignia of the 349th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group. Featuring Mickey Mouse. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5098 - The insignia of the 349th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group. Featuring Mickey Mouse.

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Unit stations

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Thorpe Abbotts

People

Alfred J Carter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Base Education and Information

Andrew J Cline

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer

Alfred S Collins

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Americus V Combs

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Alfred T Conte

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Crew Chief

Aircraft

42-30023

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Horny aka Forever Yours II
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
A bomber crew of the 100th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30035) nicknamed "Torchy". Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau ' [stamp], '280032.' [Censor No]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Men who made shuttle-bombing raid on Regensburg, Associated Press Photo shows, left to right: Sgt Jas. M. Joh

42-30035

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pasadena Nena aka Torchy
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron

42-30038

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bar Fly
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron

42-30042

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Shack Rabbits aka Oh Nausea
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30088) nicknamed "Squawkin' Hawk I" of the 100th Bomb Group, signed by personnel. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Thorpe Abbott. Home 17/5/44. 100th Bomb Group.' Printed caption on reverse: '53312AC - Proud Veteran Goes Home ... With hundreds of autographs on its sleek hull, the war-weary veteran Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Squawkin' Hawk I" is shown shortly before it took off from its 8th AAF bases in England to return to the U.S. for retirement. Covering 47,720

42-30088

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Squawkin Hawk II
  • Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group

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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)

349th Bomb Squadron: Gallery (59 items)

Object number: UPL 33005 - Staff Sergeant Jean E. Ray, Radio Operator, 100th...

Object number: UPL 35290 - "B-17 "Flying Fortresses" of the 100th Bomb Group...

Object number: UPL 35291 - "Underside view of B-17G 44-6608 'Strange Cargo'."

Object number: UPL 35510 - B-17 'Squawkin' Hawk' crew memorabilia.

Object number: UPL 35521 - Navigator Lt. Russell Engell's uniforms & B-17...

Object number: UPL 35522 - B-17 'Squawkin' Hawk' crew memorabilia.

Object number: UPL 35562 - A2 flight jacket of Norman D. Griffith, at the...

Object number: UPL 35563 - ''Sparks'' A2 flying jacket of Fred W. Robertson...

Object number: UPL 35571 - 2 flying jacket of Peter E. Yarnot, at the 100th...

Object number: UPL 35574 - 'Torchy' A2 flying jacket of Lt. Col. Sam 'Sammy'...

Object number: UPL 35791 - Uniform tunic of S/Sgt Fred Wiegman, at the 100th...

Object number: UPL 35812 - Info' for B-17 'Forever Yours' tail section, in...