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

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Corporal

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
B-17G 42-97627 (AW-T), 96th BG/337th BS, likely post war. Replacement rudder from 401st BG B-17. Notice that Mickey radome from time as a PFF ship has been replaced with standard ball turret.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Amen, Ragged But Right
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron 562nd Bomb Squadron 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron

Related videos and documents

  • 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...
  • 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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