545th Bomb Squadron

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

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Object Number - UPL 25779 - 545th Bombardment Squadron Patch

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Grafton Underwood

People

Adam C Ruschival

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15048128
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner

Alfred W Scott

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-744770
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Alexander Conwell Strickland

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-662840
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Commanding Officer

Alfons Francis Uriwal

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-717538
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Albert R Valcour

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31201024
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3259) nicknamed "SNAFU" of the 94th Bomb Goup in flight. Written on slide casing: 'SNAFU, B-17F.'

42-3259

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Snafu : Alabama Whirlwind
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 94th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron

42-37727

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Elise
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

42-37758

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Kentucky Kernel
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

42-37762

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Chaplain's Office
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortresses nicknamed "London Avenger", nicknamed "Bermondsley Battler", nicknamed "Rotherhithe's Revenge" and nicknamed "Bermondsley" of the 379th Bomb Group, 15 February 1944. Passed for publication 16 Feb 1944. Censor no: 305411. Handwritten caption on reverse: '16/2/44.' Printed caption on reverse: ' CHRISTENS U.S. FORTRESS BOMBER. Feb. 16th, 1944. As an appreciation of £800,000 raised during Bermondsey's Wings for Victory Week., the people of Bermondsey christened a U.S. Fortress bomber "

42-37792

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Eleanor Maureen : Bermondsey
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 34th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Group 836th 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)

545th Bomb Squadron: Gallery (110 items)

Man in Air Force uniform standing on a path in front of a tall stone building

Object number: UPL 68843 - John A. Mckay, Photographer, 545th BS, 384th BG...

Headshot of man wearing Air Force military uniform.

Object number: UPL 68901 - Robert C. Hassard, Bombardier, 545th BS, 384th BG

Young man with dark hair, in Air Force uniform, sitting outside

Object number: UPL 68910 - Charles C. Hassard, Bombardier, 545th BS, 384th BG

Air Force bomber plane on runway

Object number: UPL 68932 - 43-38823, 545th BS, 384th BG

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

Object number: UPL 69252 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 4 August 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. The name "Marion" is painted on the side of the plane.

Object number: UPL 69265 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 5 August 1944...

Ten men in Air Force combat flying gear posed in front of a military airplane. Four men standing to the rear and six men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men

Object number: UPL 72167 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 24 July 1944/ "Cobra...

Eleven men in Air Force combat flying gear posed in front of a military airplane. Six men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men

Object number: UPL 72185 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 25 July 1944/St. Lo...

Object number: UPL 7471 - 44-8007 Nose Art

Object number: UPL 7579 - B-17F, 42-5444 JD-N, "WE DOOD IT"

Crosswinds 44F 29 Palms Primary School

Object number: UPL 77253 - Crosswinds 44F 29 Palms Primary School

Robert James Olbinski

Object number: UPL 79531 - Robert James Olbinski