558th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
A pin up painted onto the nose of a B-26 Marauder of the 391st Bomb Group.

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

Based

Chipping Ongar

People

Robert L Abell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 558th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade)
  • Role/Job: Engineer/Gunner

Robert C Becker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 558th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Charles P Becker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 558th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32279560
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer, Gunner

Frederick J Busch

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 558th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-798742
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant

John P Coburn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 558th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-729717
  • Highest Rank: Captain

Aircraft

41-31640

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

41-31647

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

41-31653

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

41-31664

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

41-31666

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

Revisions

Date13 Mar 2015 16:02:53
Contributorrossingtonj
Sources

Type added.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:42:50
ContributorAAM
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)

558th Bomb Squadron: Gallery (37 items)

The insignia of the 558th Bomb Squadron, 387th Bomb Group. Image via Peter Crouchman. Written on slide casing: '558th BS Badge.'

Object number: FRE 5045 - The insignia of the 558th Bomb Squadron, 387th...

A pin up painted onto the nose of a B-26 Marauder of the 391st Bomb Group.

Object number: FRE 7332 - 41-31664 KX-A "Heavenly Body" 387BG 558BS. "J.P...

A B-26 Marauder (KX-G, serial number 41-31647) nicknamed "The Secksma Sheen" of the 558th Bomb Squadron, 387th Bomb Group that has crash landed.

Object number: FRE 8622 - A B-26 Marauder (KX-G, serial number 41-31647)...

A 558th Bomb Squadron, 387th Bomb Group B-26 Marauder nicknamed "Wuneach" revs up its right engine on the 27th of September 1943. Names of some of the air and ground crew have been inscribed on the aircraft. Handwritten caption on reverse: '27/9/43. 558BS, 387BG. Byron J. Smith MD.'

Object number: FRE 9647 - A 558th Bomb Squadron, 387th Bomb Group B-26...

Object number: UPL 19636 - 2Lt. John Harry Falls, Jr.

Object number: UPL 21579 - Robert "Bob" Wilson Welch

Object number: UPL 26728 - Robert G. Brockett

Object number: UPL 26729 - Robert G. Brockett

Object number: UPL 26997 - "I'm standing by the mess tent. It's proximity to...

Object number: UPL 26999 - "Once upon a time a few weeks ago, we had a...