558th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
"J.P.:"Ya Nozee Bub?" painted alongside Plexiglass nose.
Original caption: "A pin up painted onto the nose of a B-26 Marauder of the 391st Bomb Group." Roger Freeman Collection
See FRE 1322.
Object Number - FRE 7332 - 41-31664 KX-A "Heavenly Body" 387BG 558BS. "J.P.:"Ya Nozee Bub?" painted alongside Plexiglass nose. Original caption: "A pin up painted onto the...
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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 558th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18064552
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 558th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32279560
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer, Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 558th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 558th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-798742
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 558th Bomb Squadron Headquarters Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-020743
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft

- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Lil Grim Reaper
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 558th Bomb Squadron

- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Secksma Sheen
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 558th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: King Bee
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 558th Bomb Squadron

- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Heavenly Body
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 558th Bomb Squadron

- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Wuneach Airplane
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 558th Bomb Squadron
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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)