359th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
Insignia associated with the 359th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force. media-395047.jpg FRE 5104 Insignia associated with the 359th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force. Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 5104 - Insignia associated with the 359th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Molesworth

People

Allen L Ipsen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39680248
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

Alvin Isreal

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 568760
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant

Andrew L Jackson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron 414th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18045030
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Andrew K Jobe

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14167021
  • Highest Rank: Corporal

Allen W Langford

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 795755
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-3090

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: T'aint A Bird
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 2 334th Bomb Squadron 359th Bomb Squadron

42-31055

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Aloha
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron 360th Bomb Squadron

42-31177

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lonesome Polecat
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
Two airmen of the 303rd Bomb Group admire a pin up painted on the tail of a B-17 Flying Fortress (BN-Y, serial number 42-31183). Handwritten caption on reverse: 'BN-Y. 'Bad Penny'? 91.'

42-31183

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bad Penny
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron 359th Bomb Squadron

42-31213

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pistol Packin Mama
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron

Mission

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / 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)

359th Bomb Squadron: Gallery (104 items)

Object number: UPL 37106 - S/Sgt Norman A Sampson 359BS, 303BG, 8AF. Ball...

Object number: UPL 37107 - S/Sgt Norman A Sampson 359BS, 303BG, 8AF.

Object number: UPL 37108 - S/Sgt Norman A Sampson 359BS, 303BG, 8AF. Ball...

Object number: UPL 37109 - S/Sgt Norman A Sampson 359BS, 303BG, 8AF. Ball...

Object number: UPL 37111 - S/Sgt Merlin Doyle Miller 359BS, 303BG, 8AF.

Object number: UPL 37112 - "S/Sgt Merlin D Miller of Chicago, IL, tail gunner...

Object number: UPL 37118 - "Lt Campbell and crew of the 359th Bomb Squadron...

Object number: UPL 37122 - "Lt. Morgan and crew of the 359th Bomb Squadron...

Object number: UPL 37164 - "Lead crew of bombing mission to Anklam, Germany...

Object number: UPL 37165 - Waist gunner S/Sgt Lee W Frederick 359BS, 303BG...

Object number: UPL 37191 - 1st Lt Patrick Harold Brabant 359BS, 303BG.

Object number: UPL 37192 - "Lt. Brabant and crew of the 359th Bomb Squadron...