409th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 409th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group. media-395027.jpg FRE 5084 The insignia of the 409th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5084 - The insignia of the 409th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group.

Commanding Officers

William B Musselwhite

  • 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

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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

Bethal Parks

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Andrew H Pinckney

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-1038262
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Observer

Andrew C Potter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron

Allan F Rabinovitz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16078731 / O-685721
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Bernard Reingold

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 42094371
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

42-63987

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Southwind
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
A B-24D Liberator (serial number 42-72869) of the 93rd Bomb Group flies over the cloud layer. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-24D. over 1) Any idea of this photo number? 272869 2) B-26 DR:C - Did you find a shot including this A/C 9B 3) P51D VF:I - Late 1944 . '

42-72869

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: U Name it Peg Bear Down
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron 329th Bomb Squadron 330th Bomb Squadron 409th Bomb Squadron

42-73503

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-7585) of the 445th Bomb Group in flight with landing gear down. Handwritten caption on reverse: '36.'

42-7585

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Hell Cat
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron 703rd Bomb Squadron

42-94991

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron

Mission

Revisions

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Combat Squadrons of the Air Force

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

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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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