418th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5101 - The insignia of the 418th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group.
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Thorpe Abbotts |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tech Supply
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-768402
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Shining Hour
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron

- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Just-a-Snappin, Wolff Pack
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Picklepuss
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
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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)