450th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
Personnel of the 322nd Bomb Group with a B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-17934) nicknamed "Pappy's Pram". Image stamped on reverse: 'Reveiwed and passed [illegible] 1943.' [stamp] Handwritten caption on reverse: 'PN-Q 322.' media-379976.jpg FRE 1182 Personnel of the 322nd Bomb Group with a B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-17934) nicknamed "Pappy's Pram". Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed [illegible] 1943.' [stamp] Handwritten caption on reverse: 'PN-Q 322.'

From left to right: Lt. James Hinkle (VA), Lt. Wilbur DeGroff (WI), Sgt. Frank Udovich (WI), Sgt. Charles A. Smith (TX), and Sgt. Robert Hammerberg (IL). Roger Freeman Collection

Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 1182 - Personnel of the 322nd Bomb Group with a B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-17934) nicknamed "Pappy's Pram". Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and...

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Unit stations

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Based

Andrews Field

People

Charles Isaac Abady

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32874879
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail gunner

Anthony A Alaimo

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16029314 / O-664487
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-pilot

Perry O Black

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Philip L Brinson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34208695
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Joseph A Brosic

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: EG

Aircraft

A B-26 Marauder (ER-C, serial number 41-17921) nicknamed "Mary V" of the 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group flies low, trailing smoke, March 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '117921, ER:C.' Printed caption on reverse: "Appearances are deceiving. No, this Marauder is not on fire - the white smoke is actually coming from the locomotive on the tracks below. The picture was taken by an aerial photographer in another B-26 while the planes were flying over the English countryside, returning from a raid

41-17921

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Mary V
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
Captain Roland B. Scott and two ground crewmen of the 322nd Bomb Group with a B-26 Marauder (ER-D, serial number 41-17929) nicknamed "Gawja-Jerk". Image via Roland B Scott. Written on slide casing: 'B-26B, Bury St Ed, 1943, Scott & G.Crew.'

41-17929

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Gawja Jerk
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
Personnel of the 322nd Bomb Group with a B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-17934) nicknamed "Pappy's Pram". Image stamped on reverse: 'Reveiwed and passed [illegible] 1943.' [stamp] Handwritten caption on reverse: 'PN-Q 322.'

41-17934

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Pappy's Pram
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
A B-26 Marauder (ER-K, serial number 41-17943) believed to be the 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group aircraft that Lieutenant Clyde H. Larey was piloting when he crashed into Cambridge on the 26th of April 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '117943. ER:K. Crashed Cambridge, 26/4/43. 322BG, 450BS.'

41-17943

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
A B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-17973) of the 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group at Bury St Edmunds (Rougham). Handwritten caption on reverse: '117973, 450BS, Bury.'

41-17973

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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450th Bomb Squadron Newsletter May 1983

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45oth Bomb Squadron Newsletter

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / 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)

450th Bomb Squadron: Gallery (68 items)

Personnel of the 322nd Bomb Group with a B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-17934) nicknamed "Pappy's Pram". Image stamped on reverse: 'Reveiwed and passed [illegible] 1943.' [stamp] Handwritten caption on reverse: 'PN-Q 322.'

Object number: FRE 1182 - Personnel of the 322nd Bomb Group with a B-26...

Ground crew of the 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group prepare to load bombs into a B-26 Marauder (ER-D, serial number 41-31847) nicknamed "Jolly Roger", 1944. Press printed caption formerly attached to reverse, but damaged and mostly removed. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'ER:D, 41-31847, B-26B. 322BG, 450BS. Andrews Field. "Jolly Roger", March 1944. 3123/28-287.' On reverse: ...Mar 1944 Ministry of Information [Stamp]. Censor no: 317867.

Object number: FRE 4449 - Ground crew of the 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb...

Personnel of the 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group with a B-26 Marauder (ER-H, serial number 43-1888) nicknamed "War Eagle".

Object number: FRE 4461 - Personnel of the 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb...

A B-26 Marauder (ER-H, serial number 41-31888) nicknamed "War Eagle" of the 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group after crash landing at Andrews Field, 10 May 1944. Official caption on image: "(GAD-130-1-47SvG)(10-May-44)(A/C 31888 - 450 BS. Crash Landing - Due To Battle Damage)." Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Via P. Dale.'

Object number: FRE 4462 - A B-26 Marauder (ER-H, serial number 41-31888)...

A B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-17973) of the 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group at Bury St Edmunds (Rougham). Handwritten caption on reverse: '117973, 450BS, Bury.'

Object number: FRE 4514 - A B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-17973) of the...

The battle damaged tail of a B-26 Marauder (ER-K) of the 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '42. 322BG.'

Object number: FRE 4526 - The battle damaged tail of a B-26 Marauder (ER-K)...

The wreck of a B-26 Marauder (ER-P, serial number 41-31875) of the 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group, 6 March 1944. Official caption on image: "(GAD-115-3-475vG)(6-Mar-44)(A/C 41-31875 - B26 - 450BS/322BG - Battle Damage/Crash Landing)." Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Eugene Allen. 29/2/44. Smile Again Operator.'

Object number: FRE 4529 - The wreck of a B-26 Marauder (ER-P, serial number...

The wreck of a B-26 Marauder (ER-P, serial number 41-31875) of the 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group, 6 March 1944. Official caption on image: "(GAD-115-1-475vG)(6-Mar-44)(A/C 41-31875 - B26 - 450BS/322BG - Battle Damage/Crash Landing)." Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Howard Posson. ER-P. Smile Again Operator.'

Object number: FRE 4530 - The wreck of a B-26 Marauder (ER-P, serial number...

Ground personnel inspect a B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-96282) of the 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group after crashing at Hendon, 27 July 1944. Official caption on image: "(GAD-149-1-42SvG)(27 July 44)(A/C 282 - B26 Crash At Hendon)." Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Bob Chambers, Ried DeRouen, Bill Bateman. 322BG, 450BS. V.M. Sottile.'

Object number: FRE 4538 - Ground personnel inspect a B-26 Marauder (serial...

A B-26 Marauder (ER-C, serial number 41-17921) nicknamed "Mary V" of the 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group flies low, trailing smoke, March 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '117921, ER:C.' Printed caption on reverse: "Appearances are deceiving. No, this Marauder is not on fire - the white smoke is actually coming from the locomotive on the tracks below. The picture was taken by an aerial photographer in another B-26 while the planes were flying over the English countryside, returning from a raid

Object number: FRE 4555 - A B-26 Marauder (ER-C, serial number 41-17921)...

A B-26 Marauder of the 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group in flight during a mission over Tricqueville airfield, France. Handwritten caption on reverse: '450 B.S., 322 B.G.' Printed caption also on reverse: '25197 A.C. - Close-up of a Martin B-26 Marauder medium bomber making its run over the target, which in this instance is a Nazi fighter airdrome at Tricqueville, France. This airdrome was supposed to be the home of the famed Goering "Yellow Nosed" Fighter Squadron. Hangars, buildings and sispersal[s

Object number: FRE 4558 - A B-26 Marauder of the 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd...

Three airmen of the 322nd Bomb Group at Andrewsfield. Image via Roland Scott. Written on slide casing: Sebille, Scott & Posson, Andrewsfield, 9/43, 322 BG.'

Object number: FRE 7079 - Left to Right: Captains Louis Sebille, Roland...