557th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 557th Bomb Squadron, 387th Bomb Group. Image via Peter Crouchman. Written on slide casing: '557th BS, 387th BG.' media-394992.jpg FRE 5047 The insignia of the 557th Bomb Squadron, 387th Bomb Group. Image via Peter Crouchman. Written on slide casing: '557th BS, 387th BG.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5047 - The insignia of the 557th Bomb Squadron, 387th Bomb Group. Image via Peter Crouchman. Written on slide casing: '557th BS, 387th BG.'

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Chipping Ongar

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 557th Bomb Squadron
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 557th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-677649
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 557th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14004054
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner
Ground personnel of the 387th Bomb Group prepare to winch an engine onto a B-26 Marauder nicknamed "Danita".
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 557th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 557th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Colonel

Aircraft

A bomber crew of the 387th Bomb Group with their B-26 Marauder nicknamed "Worry Wart".
  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Worry Wart
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 557th Bomb Squadron
Ground personnel of the 387th Bomb Group prepare to winch an engine onto a B-26 Marauder nicknamed "Danita".
  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Danita
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 557th Bomb Squadron
Technical Sergeant George Corwin of the 387th Bomb Group with a B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-31707) nicknamed "Five by Fives". Image via A Crouchman.
  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Five by Fives
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 557th Bomb Squadron
A bomber crew of the 387th Bomb Group with their B-26 Marauder nicknamed "General Sherman".
  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: General Sherman
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 557th Bomb Squadron
A B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-31718) nicknamed "El Capitan" of the 387th Bomb Group. Image via US Air Force Museum Handwritten caption on reverse: '41-31718 KS-O "El Capitan".'
  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: El Capitan
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 557th 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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