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

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Molesworth

People

Sergeant Albert Steele Jr, Corporal Alvin Funk and Master Sergeant Earnest Malott with B-17 Flying Fortress (GN-V, serial number 42-31200) nicknamed "Old Crow" of the 303rd Bomb Group

Albert C Steele

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18065163
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineering

Alexander Conwell Strickland

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-662840
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Commanding Officer

Albert Willard

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Alfred D Wilson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37676265
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Aerial Gunner

Albert E Zipse

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19000135

Aircraft

43-38057

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Umbriago
  • Unit: 427th Bomb Squadron 303rd Bomb Group

43-38248

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron

43-38323

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
A damaged B-17 Flying Fortress (GN-A, serial number 43-38689) of the 427th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group in flight over Mannheim, Germany. Official caption on image: "(SAY 303HI/1440-21) (13 Jan '45 - 13:25 1/2) (44-8484-7-26,000') Mannheim." Handwritten caption on reverse: '338689, GN-A. 2/Lt. O.T. Eisenhart.'

43-38689

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 398th Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron 601st Bomb Squadron

43-38958

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Green Hill Belle
  • 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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