562nd Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 562nd Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group. media-395088.jpg FRE 5145 The insignia of the 562nd Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5145 - The insignia of the 562nd Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

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People

Allen L Sales

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Anthony M Santos

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Abe Schwartz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Al H Smith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Albert South

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-97107

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron

42-97132

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Silver Lady
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
A crashed B-17G Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97184) of the 388th Bomb Group at Honington, 12 June 1944. Official caption on image: "ISAD 12 June 1944 - 1456 (Crash Landing, B-17G, 42-97184, Honington)."

42-97184

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lady Godiva
  • Unit: 1st Strategic Air Depot 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97192) of the 388th Bomb Group that has crash landed. Handwritten caption on reverse: '297192, F , 388 BG.'

42-97192

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bottled In Bond
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
B-17G 42-97627 (AW-T), 96th BG/337th BS, likely post war. Replacement rudder from 401st BG B-17. Notice that Mickey radome from time as a PFF ship has been replaced with standard ball turret.

42-97627

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Amen, Ragged But Right
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron 562nd Bomb Squadron 337th Bomb Squadron

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / 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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