349th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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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Based |
17 August 1943 - 8 March 1944 |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 02 066 038
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator 1034
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: “Murderer's Row”
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
![A B-17G Flying Fortress (EP-E, serial number 42-39867) of the 351st Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group. Official caption on image: "265-(44). WPU - 2.29.44. Eastchurch. B-17G - 42-39867. FA-FSAD." Handwritten caption on reverse: '100th Bomb Group, 13th Combat Wing, 3rd Air Division, E?-E.[EP-E]' On reverse: USAAF Photographic Section Station 595 [Stamp].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-407367.jpg.webp?itok=w_Ml4PfT)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hang the Expense II, Boeing Belle
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron 351st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Laden Maiden
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pride of the Century
- Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron 398th Bomb Group 100th Bomb Group
Related media
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15807
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for 2nd Lieutenant Paul J Durborow of the 100th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel...
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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)