449th Bomb Squadron
Squadron![A crew of a B-26 Marauder of the 322nd Bomb Group in the cockpit of the aircraft. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication [illegible] Nov 1943.' [stamp] Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Crew of PN:N 131441. MIA 13/8/44.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/freeman/media-379979.jpg)
MACR 8039
Object Number - FRE 1185 - A crew of a B-26 Marauder of the 322nd Bomb Group in the cockpit of the aircraft. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication [illegible] Nov...
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Andrews Field |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 449th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 449th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-791664
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 449th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-730705
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Bombardier; Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 449th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 449th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombadier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Ye Mystic Kreve
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 449th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 449th Bomb Squadron
![A B-26 Marauder (PN-Q, serial number 41-18272) of the 459th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group flies through flak over France. Printed caption on reverse: '25093 A.C. - Flak bursting around B-26's over France. U.S. Air Force Photo.' On reverse: Via Rene J. Francillon [Stamp].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-413280.jpg?itok=zfx5QEpn)
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Murder Inc
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 449th Bomb Squadron
![A B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-18289) nicknamed "Colonial Rebel" of the 322nd Bomb Group in flight, November 1943. Passed for publication 12 Nov 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'USAAF 28. 52.' On reverse: US Army Press Censor ETO [Stamp].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-413272.jpg?itok=02LKBCId)
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Colonial Rebel
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 449th Bomb Squadron
![A crew of a B-26 Marauder of the 322nd Bomb Group in the cockpit of the aircraft. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication [illegible] Nov 1943.' [stamp] Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Crew of PN:N 131441. MIA 13/8/44.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-379979.jpg?itok=NRMP4gTp)
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Winnie Dee II
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 449th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
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)