510th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 510th Bomb Squadron, 351st Bomb Group. media-395063.jpg FRE 5120 The insignia of the 510th Bomb Squadron, 351st Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5120 - The insignia of the 510th Bomb Squadron, 351st Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Polebrook

People

Albert E Grunow

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain

Alfred O Huffman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant

Alba A Hutchings

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

Alvin Israel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant

Albert L Jensen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36352312
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

42-31509

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Twinkle Toes
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron 510th Bomb Squadron

42-31560

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hot Rocks
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron

42-31612

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron

42-31721

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Black Magic
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
A B-17G Flying Fortress nicknamed "Ten Horsepower" (TU-A, serial number 42-21763) of the 351st Bomb Group, piloted by Second Lieutentant Walter E Treumper and Sergeant Archibald Mathies, after the pilot was severley injured. Truemper and Mathies unsucessfully attempted to land the aircraft at Polebrook and were posthumously awarded the Medal of Honour for their bravery, 20 Feb 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Enlargement TU-A. TCU Holsford, MOH acraft.'

42-31763

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ten Horsepower
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron

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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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