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

Station Location Date

Based

Andrews Field

People

Ellis H Davison

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-670512, 18114582 on enlisting
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Joy Monroe Deen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14058086 / O-790806
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bomber pilot

Harold L Earls

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18052465
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator; Gunner

Robert H Edwards

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Group 496th Fighter Training Group 450th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-856187
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Cameraman

James M Eleazer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 450th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12079636
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant

Aircraft

41-18086

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

41-18099

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Lorraine
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
Al Rude and Ernie Davis of the 322nd Bomb Group, with their B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-31746) nicknamed "Lorraine II". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Photo inscribed "Their A/C". 131746, Al Rude & Ernie Davis.'

41-31746

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

41-31765

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

41-31770

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

Revisions

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ContributorMarauder1954
Changes
Sources

450th Bomb Squadron Newsletter May 1983

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ContributorMarauder1954
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45oth Bomb Squadron Newsletter

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Contributorrossingtonj
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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)

Two crewmen walk by the exposed left engine of a 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group B-26 Marauder (ER-X, serial number 42-107687). Handwritten caption on reverse: '322BG, 450BS.'

Object number: FRE 9275 - Two crewmen walk by the exposed left engine of a...

A B-26 Marauder (ER-V, serial number 42-107685) of the 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group in flight over ships heading for Normandy on D-Day, 6 June 1944. Printed caption on reverse: '51590 AC - One of the deadly Martin B-26 (Marauders) of the 9th AF roars over the Channel at a low altitude to blast gun installations and coastal defences while landing craft steam towards the French coast. These Marauders kept up and[sic] incessant bombardment while the greatest airborne troop carrying armada ever assem

Object number: FRE 9276 - A B-26 Marauder (ER-V, serial number 42-107685) of...

A bomber crew of the 322nd Bomb Group with their B-26 Marauder after a mission over Ijmuiden, Holland. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 7 Apr 1944.' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'A US NINTH AIR FORCE STATION ENGLAND. Topic of conversation: Ijmuiden, the Nazi-held port in Holland that felt the weight of more than 600 tons of bombs during the big Marauder medium weight bomber attack on March 26. Smiles were the order of the day for this crew, shown here discussing their part in the

Object number: FRE 9860 - A bomber crew of the 322nd Bomb Group with their B...

Object number: UPL 16058 - B-26 43-34145 ER-R 322nd Bomb Group, 450th...

Object number: UPL 19615 - Lt. Col. John L. Egan, 322nd Bomb Group, 450th...

Object number: UPL 19616 - War photos of Lt. Col. John L. Egan

Object number: UPL 19617 - Lt. Col. John L. Egan in front of a B-26 Marauder...

Object number: UPL 26827 - "Dixie Hurricane", 42-96279, ER-Q

Object number: UPL 28005 - Martin B-26, Nicknamed 'Pappy's Pram', Of The...

Object number: UPL 28051 - B-26 41-17934 "Pappy's Pram" 450BS, 322BG, 9AF.

Object number: UPL 28052 - 41-17934 Pappy's Pram 450BS, 322BG, 9AF - In the...

Object number: UPL 28053 - Martin B-26 Marauder 41-17934 "Pappy's Pram" of...