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 L Grantham

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

Abraham Hertzberg

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-809605
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Alexander Homerte

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

Alexander Hormerte

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio man / waist gunner

Albert E Jones

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

A P-47 Thunderbolt (HV-A) of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group 'buzzes' a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3509) of the 100th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Gabreski buzzing 100th B.G. 23509, MIA 18/3/44.'

42-3509

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Crystal Ball
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
Second Lieutenant Donald A. Gaylord, a pilot of the 351st Bomb Group with the damaged fueselage of his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3532) nicknamed "Lucille Ball". Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication'16 Nov 1943.' [stamp] and '293129.' [Censor no.]. Printed caption on reverse: 'PILOT RISKS LIFE TO KEEP FLYING FORTRESS FROM CRASHING ON ENGLISH TOWN. It has just been disclosed that a 23-year-old American pilot 2nd Lt. Donald A Gaylord of Waterloo, IA, ris

42-3532

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

42-37780

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

42-37825

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

42-37847

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

Revisions

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Dave618

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John Bull

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ContributorLucy May
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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)

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ContributorAAM
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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

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