532nd Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Object Number - FRE 5128 - The insignia of the 532nd Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group.
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
|
Based |
Ridgewell |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-797464
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-pilot, Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36901187
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: We Promised
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pella Tulip
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Joker II
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Little Guy
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
Mission
- Date: 4 March 1944
Revisions
Type added
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)
![German children play on the wreck of a B-17 Flying Fortress (VE-B, serial number 43-7786) of the 532nd Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group, shot down near Willmandinge, Stuttgart, 25 February 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '25-2-44-B,. 25/2/44, S.D. Me109. 4 bailed, 6 KIA. [obscured.] Nr. Willmandingen near Stuttgart.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-413558.jpg.webp?itok=9atiukAp)
