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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Chipping Ongar

People

Howard J Kalmon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 556th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-732463
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant

Eldon L Keys

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Corporal

Carl Otto Kihlstrom

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16067677
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner

Morris B Klein

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0 733260/ 0795260
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Squadron Navigator

Michael G Koury

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 556th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-729981
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant

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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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