556th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
Second Lieutenant Gordon Hatt, First Lieutenant Richard Ulvestad and Second Lieutenant AK Jorgensen of the 556th Bomb Squadron, 387th Bomb Group with their B-26 Marauder nicknamed "Double-Trouble". Image via Gordon Hatt. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'L to R 2/Lt Gordon Hatt, 1/Lt Richard Ulvestad & 2nd/Lt A.K. Jorgensen. 556BS, 387BG.' media-380245.jpg FRE 1308 Second Lieutenant Gordon Hatt, First Lieutenant Richard Ulvestad and Second Lieutenant AK Jorgensen of the 556th Bomb Squadron, 387th Bomb Group with their B-26 Marauder nicknamed "Double-Trouble". Image via Gordon Hatt. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'L to R 2/Lt Gordon Hatt, 1/Lt Richard Ulvestad & 2nd/Lt A.K. Jorgensen. 556BS, 387BG.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 1308 - Second Lieutenant Gordon Hatt, First Lieutenant Richard Ulvestad and Second Lieutenant AK Jorgensen of the 556th Bomb Squadron, 387th Bomb Group with...

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Chipping Ongar

People

William Melick Boggis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35012001 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Bombardier / Navigator

Oliver Bragg

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32282751
  • Highest Rank: Corporal (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Flight engineer / gunner
Technical Sergeant George Vasaumper, crew chief of the 387th Bomb Group stands with a colleague and a B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-31677) nicknamed "Jisther". Image via George Vasaumper.

James H Brantley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-663838
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Edgar H Brown

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-662431
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Curtis Lacy Christley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33164439
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

A ground crewman of the 387th Bomb Group with a B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-31696) nicknamed "Roughernacob". Image via George Vasaumper.

41-31696

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Roughernacob
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron

41-31704

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Top Sarge
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron

41-31908

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
Two ground crewmen of the 387th Bomb Group with the nose art of a B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-35062) nicknamed "Lucky Lady (No Pokes)".

41-35062

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Lucky Lady (No Pokes)
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
A ground crewman of the 387th Bomb Group with a B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-107612) nicknamed "Oh Do It Again" at Chipping Ongar. Written on slide casing: '387 BG Chipping Ongar.'

42-107612

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Oh! Do It Again
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th 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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