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422nd Bomb Squadron

Squadron

The insignia of the 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group.

media-395054.jpg FRE 5111 The insignia of the 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5111 - The insignia of the 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station	Location	Date
Based	Chelveston

People

Arnold R Allen

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Alexander Archibald

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 11138368
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Charles Francis Awrajcewicz

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 31125603
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Charles Owen Beckham

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 35733061
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Charles D Boone

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

41-24525

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: What's Cookin' Doc
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron

41-24529

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron

41-24553

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Cherry
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron

41-24611

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Boomerang
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron

42-29499

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Mama Chung's Bastard
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron

Mission

623

Date: 11 September 1944

433

Date: 22 June 1944

352

Date: 11 May 1944

349

Date: 10 May 1944

348

Date: 9 May 1944

Revisions

Date27 Feb 2015 14:58:58

Contributorrossingtonj

ChangesChanges to type and mission associations

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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)

422nd Bomb Squadron: Gallery (72 items)

Ground crew work on the engine of a 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (JJ-V, serial number 42-29641) nicknamed "Black Swan" at Chelveston airfield in late June 1943. Passed for publication 4 Jul 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '229641, JJ-V.' Printed caption on reverse: 'At A Flying Fortresses Base In Britain. This series of pictures shows scenes at a U.S. air base in Britain where Flying Fortresses are repaired, the scars torn in their sides - the price of victorious combat

Object number: FRE 10420 -

Ground crew work on the engine of a 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (JJ-V, serial number 42-29641) nicknamed "Black Swan" at Chelveston airfield in late June 1943. Passed for publication 4 Jul 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '229641.' Printed caption on reverse: 'At A Flying Fortresses Base In Britain. This series of pictures shows scenes at a U.S. air base in Britain where Flying Fortresses are repaired, the scars torn in their sides - the price of victorious combats - pa

Object number: FRE 10421 -

Staff Sergeant James L. Stafford, tail gunner, cleans the twin .50 calibre machine-guns in the tail turret of his 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (JJ-Y, serial number 42-29555). Passed for publication 21 Apr 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'JJ-Y, 305BG.' Printed caption on reverse: 'No. 11. Photo Shows: S/Sergt. James L. Stafford from Cisco, Texas, the tail gunner cleans his guns. He is credited with three Nazis.' Censor no: 259779. On reverse: Planet News Ltd., US Army Pr

Object number: FRE 10462 -

A 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (JJ-V, serial number 42-97532) parked at Chelveston airbase on the 26th of April 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Sal 26/4/44. 2 SAD.'

Object number: FRE 10463 -

Herb Coleman, of the 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, points to the nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (JJ-F, serial number 41-24515) "Target for Tonite." Handwritten caption on reverse: ''Target for Tonite'. 422BS. JJ-F. 124515. Herb Coleman.'

Object number: FRE 4279 -

A B-17 Flying Fortress (JJ-F, serial number 41-24515) nicknamed "Target for Tonite", of the 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: ''Target for Tonite', JJ-F, 124515, 422BS. NLS.'

Object number: FRE 4280 -

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (JJ-F, serial number 41-24515) nicknamed "Target for Tonite", of the 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group . Handwritten caption on reverse: ''Target for Tonite'. 422BS.'

Object number: FRE 4281 -

Farmers and enlisted personnel collect hay in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (JJ-Y) of the 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '29/6/43.' Printed caption removed from reverse. On reverse: Keystone Press Agency [Stamp].

Object number: FRE 4287 -

A B-17F Flying Fortress (JJ-F, serial number 41-24615) nicknamed "Target for Tonite" of the 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Goxhill. '44. Boeing B-17F - 124615. 305th Bomb Group. Target For Tonite.' On reverse: P.H.T. Green Collection [Stamp].

Object number: FRE 4303 -

A B-17G Flying Fortress (JJ-G, serial number 44-8360) of the 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group at Dijon-Longvic. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17G of the 305th BG. 44-8360. "G" a/c looks exactly like the one illustrated in your 'Mighty Eighth'! (Different squadron.) A/C is seen in France late 1944, possibly at Dijon-Longvic. Photo via: A. Pignard. (JJ-G).'

Object number: FRE 4311 -

The insignia of the 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group.

Object number: FRE 5111 -

Object number: UPL 21894 -