533rd Bomb Squadron
Squadron
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5129 - The insignia of the 533rd Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group.
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
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Based |
Ridgewell |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier/Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17146076
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13137808
- Role/Job: Turret Mechanic
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: My Devotion
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Yardbird
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ol Swayback
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Little Ceasar / Vini Vidi Vici / Gremlins Delite / Last Straw
- Unit: 338th Bomb Squadron 96th Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron 381st Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Martha II, Lucky Lady
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron 533rd Bomb Squadron
Related videos and documents
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15802
- Description: Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant Anthony F Fox of the 381st Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel. The file...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15872
- Description: Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Technical Sergeant Vito J Geroulo of the 381st Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel. The file...
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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 / 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)
![The wreck of a B-17 Flying Fortress (VP-R, serial number 42-39997) nicknamed "Big Mike" of the 533rd Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group. Parts of the aircraft were salvaged and used for a B-17 nickanmed "French's Folly". Handwritten caption on reverse: '"Big Mike" (before). 381 B.G., 8th Air Force.' On reverse: Passed by US Army Examiner and David R. Osborne [Stamps].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-413557.jpg.webp?itok=Zy_xlULL)
