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

Station Location Date

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17 August 1943 - 8 March 1944

People

A V Perry

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Albert C Persons

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

A Piccone

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

A N Picone

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

A R Poczes

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

Aircraft

42-37783

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Dodie aka Call Her Savage
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
A B-17G Flying Fortress (XR-H, serial number 42-37972) of the 349th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group, that has crash-landed at Honington. Official caption on image: "2178. Hon. F.S.A.D. Aero-Repair. 1-30-44M. B-17G - 42-37972."

42-37972

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Gold Brick
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (XR-O, serial number 42-38017) of the 349th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group, after a forced landing at Schleswig airfield, Sweden. Handwritten in German on reverse of print: 'Eine in Schleswig zur landung gezwungen B-17 1943.' (Translation: 'A forced landing in Schleswig, B-17 1943.' ) Second handwritten caption: '3/3/44.'

42-38017

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: One Mission Lulu
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron

42-38053

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Jenny Lee aka Cap'n Crow
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 457th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron

42-39799

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Dodie or Dobie
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th 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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