552nd Bomb Squadron

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A B-26 Marauder (RG-Q, serial number 41-34954) nicknamed "Dottie" of the 552nd Bomb Squadron, 386th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '386BG, 552BS.' media-413766.jpg FRE 4596 A B-26 Marauder (RG-Q, serial number 41-34954) nicknamed "Dottie" of the 552nd Bomb Squadron, 386th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '386BG, 552BS.' Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 4596 - A B-26 Marauder (RG-Q, serial number 41-34954) nicknamed "Dottie" of the 552nd Bomb Squadron, 386th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse:...

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A bomber crew of the 386th Bomb Group with their B-26 Marauder (RG-D, serial number 41-34941) nicknamed "Slightly Dangerous". Image via Chester P Klier. Printed caption on reverse: '552nd BS, 386th BG. A/C name: Slightly Dangerous, A/C Ser no: 41-24941, RG:D. From left to right starting in back row, 1-,2-Pilot: Jean H Blackwelder, 3-,4-,5-,6-.'
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 386th Bomb Group 552nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 386th Bomb Group 552nd Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 552nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-733140
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 386th Bomb Group 552nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-795352
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 386th Bomb Group 552nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Mert
  • Unit: 386th Bomb Group 552nd Bomb Squadron
Ground crewman: Technical Sergeant Carl Pate and Staff Sergeant Hugo A. Hywari of the 386th Bomb Group work on the engine of a B-26 Marauder. Image stamped on reverse:'Keystone Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 30 Sep 1943.' [stamp] and '285969.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse:'AMERICA'S "RED DEVIL" [a censor has omitted 'Red Devil'] FLYERS. USP/2247-17. T/Sgt Carl Pate, Marietta, Georgia Crew Chief of "Winnie", gives a word of instruction on one of the might Pratt and Whitney engines whic
  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Winnie
  • Unit: 386th Bomb Group 552nd Bomb Squadron
Airmen of the 386th Bomb Group celebrate the 50 mission markings painted on the back of Staff-Sergeant Chester P Klier's A-2 Flight Jacket, in front of their B-26 Marauder (RG-R, serial number 41-31620) nicknamed "Black Magic". Image via Chester P Klier. Printed caption on reverse: '386th BG From left, to right: Lt Harry Slemmons, 38 missions. S/Sgt ChesterO Klier, 50 missions. S/Sgt John P Stankiewiz, 14 missions (he was later shot down but survived). Capt Bud W Lambert, 46 missions. S/Sgt Alan N Dipple,
  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Black Magic
  • Unit: 386th Bomb Group 552nd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Geronimo
  • Unit: 386th Bomb Group 552nd Bomb Squadron
A bomber crew of the 386th Bomb Group with their B-26 Marauder (RG-P, serial number 41-31633) nicknamed "Hot Pistol". Image via Chester P Klier. Printed caption on reverse: '552nd BS, 386th BG. A/C name: Hot Pistol, A/C Ser no. 41-31633 RG-P. Crew left to right: 1-A/C: Lynch H Everhart, 2-E/G: Eugene Hood, 3-C/P: James W Bryant, 4- Pilot Justin C Lubojasky, 5: B/N Amar Adranigan, 6- R/G: Socrates N Triantafellu.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Hot Pistol
  • Unit: 386th Bomb Group 552nd Bomb Squadron

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / 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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