391st Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 391st Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group. media-395009.jpg FRE 5066 The insignia of the 391st Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5066 - The insignia of the 391st Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Mendlesham

People

Alfred C Harris

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Arnold T Hoenke

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron

Bernard M Jacky

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

Alfred M Jansen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner

Albert M Johnson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron

Aircraft

43-38422

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 391st Bomb Squadron 34th Bomb Group
The mission in which S/Sgt. George R. Dotson lost his life.

43-38423

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-24 Liberator named "Tondelayo" of the 34th Bomb Group. Handwritten on reverse: '34th BG, 8th Air Force.'

44-40284

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Tondelayo
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron

44-40323

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sunshine Rose
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron

44-40436

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Nancy
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 392nd Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron 578th 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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