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

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Chipping Ongar

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron 558th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13098524
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35271830 / O-672041
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
A ground crewman of the 387th Bomb Group with a B-26 Marauder (FW-T, serial number 41-31900) nicknamed "Short Snorter (Dorothy S). Written on slide casing: '387 BG.'
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: EG
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11041464
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer

Aircraft

Two airmen of the 556th Bomb Squadron, 387th Bomb Group with a B-26 Marauder (FW-J, serial number 42-107684) nicknamed "Top Sarge II". Image via George Vasaumper.
  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Top Sarge II
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95063) nicknamed "The Little Gramper Jr" of the 389th Bomb Group with a Cletrac .
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Little Gramper Jr
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
A B-26 Marauder (FW-K, serial number 42-95857) of the 387th Bomb Group releasing its bombs over the target. Printed caption on image: '9th AAF B-26 drops 26 100lb Bombs on Nazi position in France. US AAF Photo 225-11.'
  • Nicknames: Shootin In
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
Ground personnel of the 387th Bomb Group work on the engines of a shark mouth B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-96165) nicknamed "The Big Hairy Bird". Image via Alvaro Sousa.
  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: The Big Hairy Bird
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 397th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron 599th 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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