351st Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 351st Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group. media-395043.jpg FRE 5100 The insignia of the 351st Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 5100 - The insignia of the 351st Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

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Thorpe Abbotts

People

Albert A Kneiss

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Allen G Langhoff

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36806991
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

A M Lenfast

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

A Mantopoli

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
The mission board of the 100th Bomb Group at Thorpe Abbotts. Handwritten caption on reverse: '100th BG'.

A Munoz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37936) nicknamed "The All American Girl" of the 100th Bomb Group.

42-37936

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The All Amercian Girl/Our Mark
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron

42-38011

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Kinda-Ruff
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron

42-38044

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-38047) nicknamed "Fever Beaver" of the 100th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '238047.'

42-38047

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fever Beaver
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 490th Bomb Group 351st 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].

42-39867

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hang the Expense II, Boeing Belle
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron 351st 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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