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

Alex Prohoroff

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39853705
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Alfred W Raynolds

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

Albert A Ruby

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

Andrew J Sapochak

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

Arnold Scholiss

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

Aircraft

42-97262

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 95th Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Group and 457th Bomb Group and B-24 Liberators of the 466th Bomb Group with P-51 Mustangs. A B-17 Flying Fortress (BG-F, serial number 42-97363) of the 95th Bomb Group is on the left. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Boeing B-17's, 95th BGp and 457th BGp. Convair B-24's 466th B.G. 297363, BG-F.'

42-97363

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

42-97366

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

42-97524

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
Personnel of the 100th Bomb Group inspect a damaged B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Hang the Expense" after a crash landing. Image via Stewart P Evans.

42-97560

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hang The Expense IV
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron

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Document 15842

  • Media Type: Document
  • Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
  • Object Number: Document 15842
  • Description: Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Technical Sergeant Winfield S Maule of the 96th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel. The file...
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Document 15945

  • Media Type: Document
  • Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
  • Object Number: Document 15945
  • Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Lieutenant Irwin M Melgin of the 96th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel. The...

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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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