427th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
Insignia associated with the 427th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force. media-395049.jpg FRE 5106 Insignia associated with the 427th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5106 - Insignia associated with the 427th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Molesworth

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 365009
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: FLieutenant/SG
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6579355
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 684412
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-701387
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32885973
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Airplane Armorer-Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Scarlet Harlot aka Vat 69 aka Vicious Virgin
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Stric Nine, City of Albuquerque
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Queenie
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron

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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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