571st Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 571st Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group. media-395099.jpg FRE 5156 The insignia of the 571st Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5156 - The insignia of the 571st Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Framlingham

People

Albert J Amato

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Ground Echelon

Albert C Barrett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron

Alexander E Beddow

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron

Alvin W Beebe

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Ground Echelon

Alvin A Bontrager

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Ground Echelon

Aircraft

42-102505

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Odd Ball aka Double In Brass
  • Unit: 571st Bomb Squadron 390th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron 95th Bomb Group

42-102526

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
A battle-damaged B-17 Flying Fortress (FC-L, serial number 42-102673) of the 571st Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group at Manston, 14 July 1944. Official caption on image: "ISAD - 14 July 44 - (1874) - W.P.U. Battle Damage B-17G - 42-102673 - Manston, R.Z." Handwritten caption on reverse: '390th Bomb Group, 13th Combat Wing, 3rd Air Division, FS.'

42-102673

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Preferred Risk, Good Old Yank
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortresses (serial number 43-38521), (DI-G, serial number 42-31974), (DI-V, serial number 42-97407) and (serial number 42-102972) of the 390th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '390BG.'

42-102972

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: - Heavenly Cent - Boston Blackie - Miss Boston
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (FC-A, serial number 42-107070) of the 571st Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '390BG.'

42-107070

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: North Star
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron

Mission

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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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