564th Bomb Squadron
Squadron![The insignia of the 564th Bomb Squadron, 389th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/freeman/media-395091.jpg)
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
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34200583
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 448th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron 712th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-690742
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13035110
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
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)