544th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
media-7597.jpeg UPL 7597 42-1102661, SU-L, 544th Bombardment Squadron, BIG DOG

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Object Number - UPL 7597 - 42-1102661, SU-L, 544th Bombardment Squadron, BIG DOG

Commanding Officers

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. Some of the men are wearing flying gear.

Alfred Charles Nuttall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 545th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (384th Bomb Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-404094
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot / Group Operations Officer / Squadron Commander

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Unit stations

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Grafton Underwood

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Istres

People

Alva S Horne

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant

Alan F Jackson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane parked on grass. Six men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are on the ground.

Albert London

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant

Albert Maffei

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39332710
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Alexander Manolakos

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant

Aircraft

42-30031

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

42-30041

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

42-30046

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Merrie Hell
  • Unit: 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

42-30048

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Flak Doger aka Flak Dancer
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Man wearing, leather Air Force flying gear, standing on stairs and leaning on stair railing

42-30049

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Deal
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th 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)

544th Bomb Squadron: Gallery (79 items)

Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front.

Object number: UPL 66487 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/2 March 1944...

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Six men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. There are canvas bags on the ground in front of the men

Object number: UPL 66570 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/4 August 1944...

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Six men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front. Some of the men are wearing air-combat gear.

Object number: UPL 66602 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/30 August 1944...

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men sitting in front on top of canvas bags. Men are wearing air-combat gear

Object number: UPL 66686 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/4 April 1945, Fassberg...

Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front.

Object number: UPL 66796 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/25 September 1944...

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front.

Object number: UPL 67095 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/22 December 1943...

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Six men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front. The word "Boomerang" is painted on the plane nose.

Object number: UPL 67292 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 6 July 1944/ Denain...

Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Six men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. The men are wearing cold-weather flying gear. There are large canvas bags on the ground in front of the men.

Object number: UPL 67306 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 6 February 1944/...

Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Six men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front.

Object number: UPL 67416 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 24 February 1944...

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane parked on grass. Six men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are on the ground.

Object number: UPL 67815 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 3 February 1945...

Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane. Six men standing to the rear, five men seated in front. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men

Object number: UPL 67871 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 2 November 1944...

Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Six men standing to the rear and five men sitting in front. Some of the men are wearing cold-weather flying gear.

Object number: UPL 67884 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 10 November 1944...