413th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 413th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group. media-395039.jpg FRE 5096 The insignia of the 413th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5096 - The insignia of the 413th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Snetterton Heath

People

Archie John Basler

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37416663
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aaron Murray Becker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12155334
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

Armond H Beford

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Arthur L Christenberry

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: navigator

Arthur F Coffman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant

Aircraft

42-102454

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Marzi Doats
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron

42-102633

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lovely Lady
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (MZ-D, serial number 42-102978) of the 413th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group that has crash landed at Snetterton Heath. Official caption on image: "ISAD 10 July 1944. 1805. (WPU, Crash Landing, B-17G, 42-102978, Snetterton Heath) RZ."

42-102978

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron

42-29828

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Short Stride : Loma Lee : TS
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron

42-29927

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Wabbit Twacks : Homesick Sal
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date13 Mar 2015 16:22:48
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Date27 Sep 2014 18:42:49
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Sources

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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