568th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 568th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group. media-395096.jpg FRE 5153 The insignia of the 568th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5153 - The insignia of the 568th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Framlingham

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Ground Echelon
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fertile Myrtle aka Princess Pat
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Blood, Guts and Rust
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3328) nicknamed "Miss Fortune" of the 390th Bomb Group flies over countryside. Image via Bob Jesko Handwritten caption on reverse: '568 BS, 8143+ Bloomville Hall, Hacheston.;
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Fortune
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3427) of the 390th Bomb Group prepares for take off at Framlingham. Passed as censored 25 Oct 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'The Fortress Keep Up The Attack. EH/MoN. In spite of all weathers, the Flying Fortresses of the 8th A.F. Bomber Command, keep up with their attacks on important targets over Germany and other enemy occupied countries. These pictures were taken at an 8th A.F. Bomber Command station in England. Photo shows:- Forts taking off for raid on Ger
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Six Nights in Telergma, Arabian Nuts, Canadian Club
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th 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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