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

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

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

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Thorpe Abbotts

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: GND
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: GND

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Skyway Chariot
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Patriotic Patty
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
A bomber crew of the 490th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number ) nicknamed "Lotta Stern". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Picture taken February 1945. Crew of "Gotham" C-Charlie. 851st Squadron, 490th Bomb Group 8th AF. 1st row kneeling left to right: Robert Showalter, ball turret gunner, Norman Borgman, tail gunner, Milton Sanford, radio operator, Gordon Handrell, flight engineer, Russell March, waist gunner. 2nd row standing, left to right: Chas Molloy, navigator, John Smith, co-pilot
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lotta Stern
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Kramp's Tramps
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 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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