409th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5084 - The insignia of the 409th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group.
Commanding Officers

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34278598 on enlisting
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Connections
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
---|---|---|
Based |
Alconbury | 7 September 1942 |
Based |
Hardwick | 6 December 1942 - 15 June 1945 |
Based |
Tafaraoui | 7 December 1942 - 15 December 1942 |
Based |
RAF Gambut | 16 December 1942 - 25 February 1943 |
Based |
Oudna | 18 September 1943 - 3 October 1943 |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron 329th Bomb Squadron 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 295598
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Co-Pilot, Engineer, Navigator, Pilot, Radio Operator

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14041220
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft

- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - The Blasted Event
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron 409th Bomb Squadron 858th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
![First Lieutenant Llewellyn L. Brown and First Lieutenant Robert J. Quinlivan admire the nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-23724) nicknamed "Flying Cock" at Alconbury. Image stamped on reverse: '231046' [Censor no].' passed for publication 6 Nov 1942' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'PHOTO SHOWS: Pilot and co-Pilot of a "Liberator" on which is painted their mascot the "Flying Cock"', photographed at a U.S. Army Air Corps station somewhere in England. They are 1st Lieut. L.L. Brown (left),](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-379213.jpg?itok=lP6auKuo)
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Flying Cock - Doodlebug
- Unit: 376th Bomb Group 449th Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron

- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Liberty Lass
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron

- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Red Ass
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
![Lietuenant W.E Keefer, Lieutenant Phil Ziegler, Lieutenant Howard Young and Lieutenant Joe Walker, of the 93rd Bomb Group stand with their B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-23742) nicknamed "Liberty Lad" at Alconbury. In a duplicate version of this image a censor has obscured the insignia on the airmen's jackets and the structure visible beneath the aircraft to the far left of the image. Image stamped on reverse: 'Ministry of Information 10 Oct 1942.'[stamp] and '226088'[Censor no]. Printed caption on reve](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-379205.jpg?itok=aM9gHbnM)
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Liberty Lad
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
Mission

- Date: 13 August 1944
Revisions
William B Musselwhite Commanding Officer 10/15/42 thru 3/13/42.
http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=10618
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)