564th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5148 - The insignia of the 564th Bomb Squadron, 389th Bomb Group.
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
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Based |
Hethel |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 445th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron 701st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-801489
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35309153
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Assistant Crew Chief
Aircraft
![Ground crew of the 93rd Bomb Group prepare to load bombs into a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-23737) nicknamed "Eager Beaver" at Alconbury. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 30 Oct 1942' [stamp].' 229840' [Censor no]. Printed caption on reverse: .'FIRST PICTURES OF THE "LIBERATOR" IN ACTION Oct 1942. First photograph of the giant "Liberator" American bomber to be taken at a US Army Air Corps Station in England. Already famous as being the craft in which Mr Churchill flew to Russia and t](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379211.jpg.webp?itok=VngizYI4)
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Eager Beaver / Fearless Freddie
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 446th Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group Base Air Depot 2 328th Bomb Squadron 564th Bomb Squadron 704th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
Related videos and documents
- Media Type: Video
- Collection Name: Rob Edwards collection
- Object Number: UPL 52545
- Description: Video of the memorial and museum to the service and sacrifice of the 389th Bombardment Group (Heavy) who served at Hethel airfield, station 114
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15702
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Technical Sergeant Taffy J Williams of the 389th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15729
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant William F Brooks of the 389th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15745
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant Richard Sheraski of the 389th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 40339
- Description: RAF Form 441A Sortie Reports for the 389th Bomb Group on Operation Tidal Wave (the bombing of Ploesti), 1 August 1943.
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Sources
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)
