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

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6946274
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer/Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14069802
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-682437
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier/Navigator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Jay Hawk
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Dixie Hurricane
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
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.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron
A crewman moves by the front of a 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group B-26 Marauder (ER-Z, serial number 41-34132) nicknamed "Patricia Ann" as the left engine (nearest camera) is tested. Handwritten caption on reverse: '322BG, 450BS. 43-34132.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Patricia Ann
  • Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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ContributorMarauder1954
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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)

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