509th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 509th Bomb Squadron, 351st Bomb Group. media-395062.jpg FRE 5119 The insignia of the 509th Bomb Squadron, 351st Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5119 - The insignia of the 509th Bomb Squadron, 351st Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Polebrook

People

Alfred E Hocking

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant

A K Iso

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Private

Albert F Jablonski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16147356
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Albert J Jacques

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

Albert J Jaques

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant

Aircraft

42-38032

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron

42-76476

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 405th Fighter Group 509th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (RQ-R, serial number 42-97144) of the 351st Bomb Group that has crash landed. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'RQ-R, 297144, 351 BG, 21/6/44.'

42-97144

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron

42-97149

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron

42-97193

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Star Duster
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Fixed a typo in the unit name (changed 511 to 509).

Date
Contributorpiper
Changes
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David Butenschoen 351st Bomb Group website

Date
Contributorrossingtonj
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Type added

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
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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