532nd Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 532nd Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group. media-395071.jpg FRE 5128 The insignia of the 532nd Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5128 - The insignia of the 532nd Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37716767
  • Role/Job: Headquarters Clerk
  • 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
  • Service Numbers: O-429571
  • Role/Job: Medical Aidman
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35274657
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Radio Mechanic

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ol Swayback, Moor Fidite
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Rum Boogie
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
A crashed B-17F Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29854) nicknamed "Ole Flack Sack" of the 381st Bomb Group, 7 August 1943. Official caption on image: "(GAD-138-2-381)(7-8-43)(A/C 29854 - Type B17F)."
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ole Flak Sack
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Joker
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pappy's Hellions III / Lucky Strike
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 305th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron 532nd 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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