36th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5295 - The insignia of the 36th Bomb Squadron (Radar Counter Measures).
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
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Based |
Harrington |
Previously was
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 36th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 36th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 36th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37705000
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 36th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Rum Dum
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Jig's Up
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Uninvited
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Tar Baby
- Unit: 36th Bomb Squadron 482nd Bomb Group
Mission
Revisions
1. website https://heroesofourtime.co.uk/the-36th-bomb-squadron_us_raf100group.html
2. Squadron Of Deception by Stephen Hutton
3. Statements from my father, Henry Switzgable, nose gunner in the 36th Bomb Squadron
547th Bombardment Squadron Morning Report dated 20August 1944.
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)