570th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 570th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group. media-395098.jpg FRE 5155 The insignia of the 570th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5155 - The insignia of the 570th 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 570th Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Ground Echelon
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Ground Echelon
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
A crashed B-17F Flying Fortress (DI-K, serial number 42-3312) of the 570th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group. Official caption on image: "1871-A. Hon. 12-31-43. Aero Repair B-17F. 42-3312."
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sequatchiee
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 390th Bomb Group, US Eighth Air Force, accompanied by escort fighter aircraft, leave vapour trails in the sky, 23 November 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Single most famous aerial combat photo. B-17F Plane 'F'. 27 Sept 1943. Raid against Emden, 17th Combat mission of 390BG.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Skippy
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron 813th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Esquire
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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ContributorZrAGdBhcEDXpVw
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I'm trying to update your information on the 570th Bomb Squadron. Their nickname was the "Jokers in the Hole". They were later an ICBM squadron, the 570th Strategic Missile Squadron.

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ContributorEMBLEMHUNTER
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my photo

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Contributorrossingtonj
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Type added.

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ContributorAAM
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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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