350th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 350th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group. media-395042.jpg FRE 5099 The insignia of the 350th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5099 - The insignia of the 350th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Thorpe Abbotts

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34382632
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group
  • Role/Job: Crew Chief
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2045261
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 340th Bomb Squadron 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Superstitious Aloysious
  • Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Cahepit
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (LN-P, serial number 42-31220) nicknamed "Fletcher's Castoria" of the 100th Bomb Group. Image via Joseph Lee Written on slide casing: 'Nose Art "Fletcher's Castoria" B-17 G 42-31220 100th Bomb Group 356th Sqaudron, Thorpe Abbotts, England.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fletcher's Castoria II
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 390th Bomb Group 350th 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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