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: Staff Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron 856th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15097490
- Role/Job: D, Tail Gunner
- 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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Floozie Flossy | Mary Ruth | The WeWa Special
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron 36th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 801st Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Raggedy Ann II, Star Spangled Hell
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron 67th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Spirit of 77
- Unit: 3rd Strategic Air Depot 446th Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron 705th Bomb Squadron 803rd Bomb Squadron
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)