557th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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 |
|---|---|---|
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Based |
Chipping Ongar |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 557th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17130573E / O-721070
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 557th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16027886 / O-759931
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Gee Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 557th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39901649
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Armorer / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 387th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron 454th Bomb Squadron 557th Bomb Squadron 572nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14192412 on enlisting
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 557th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-?
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
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Sources
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)