526th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 526th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group. media-395068.jpg FRE 5125 The insignia of the 526th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5125 - The insignia of the 526th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Kimbolton

People

Bernard J Decker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15125697
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Alexander J DiSanto

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2066100
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aaron Dreizin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner

Alfred W Edes

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-391789
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bomber Pilot

Arthur Charles Fawcett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12029778
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

42-3132

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron

42-31394

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Aphrodite
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 388th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron

42-3148

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
A B-17F Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3154) of the 379th Bomb Group in flight over California. Printed caption on reverse: '27344 AC - Boeing B-17F - The majestic grandeur of a Flying Fortress in the air. Caught by the camera's eye is a B-17F, while on an operations flight over California. U.S. Air Force Photo.'

42-3154

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron

42-31648

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ensign Mary
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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8th AF archives

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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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