4th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 4th Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group. media-395006.jpg FRE 5063 The insignia of the 4th Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5063 - The insignia of the 4th Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Mendlesham

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11102831
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Armorer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Private
  • Role/Job: Ground Crew
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18005700
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Crew Chief

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mean Kid
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group prepare to board a pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8457) nicknamed "Rapid City Spook".
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Rapid City Spook False Courage
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Knockout Dropper
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron 4th Bomb Squadron

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Sources

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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