511th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 511th Bomb Squadron, 351st Bomb Group. media-395064.jpg FRE 5121 The insignia of the 511th Bomb Squadron, 351st Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5121 - The insignia of the 511th Bomb Squadron, 351st Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Polebrook

People

Albert W Allen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant

Alex Andreoni

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36707414
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Ordnance

Albert Anger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

Alvin G Bader

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

Alvin Bernstein

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12040280
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

42-102952

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron

42-107046

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron

42-107216

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Thunder Ball
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron

42-29603

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Spitball
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron

42-29825

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Meat ball / major ball
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date1 Apr 2022 14:34:36
ContributorDave618
ChangesChanges to media associations
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Dave618

Date27 Feb 2015 15:06:18
Contributorrossingtonj
ChangesChanges to type
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Type added

Date6 Feb 2015 10:59:38
Contributorsuzyfan
ChangesChanges to nicknames
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John Bull

Date14 Nov 2014 12:32:57
ContributorLucy May
ChangesChanges to stations
Sources

Added where the unit was based. 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)

Date27 Sep 2014 18:42:49
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
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

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