545th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
media-25779.jpeg UPL 25779 545th Bombardment Squadron Patch

Object Number - UPL 25779 - 545th Bombardment Squadron Patch

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Grafton Underwood

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 545th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 19065766
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37189344
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner / Flexible Gunner / Togglier

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Snuffy
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a wall.  Six men standing in rear and four men seated in front
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Yankee Powerhouse
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Ground personnel of the 96th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30180) nicknamed "Black Hawk".
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Black Hawk : Guzzlers
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron 388th Bomb Group
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Good Time Cholly : Kathleen : Loma Lee
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron 545th Bomb Squadron 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

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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)

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