577th Bomb Squadron
Squadron![A pathfinder B-24 Liberator of the 577th Bomb Squadron, 392nd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Note radar gear under nose/cockpit area!' Handwritten and printed caption on reverse: '392BG 577SQ.' On reverse: John E. Bode Aug 05 1964 [Stamp].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/wysiwyg_x2/public/freeman/media-414153.jpg.webp?itok=YK8oQSfX)
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 7976 - A pathfinder B-24 Liberator of the 577th Bomb Squadron, 392nd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Note radar gear under nose/cockpit area!'...
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Unit stations
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron 578th Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-755124
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
![An Air Raid Patrol Warden surveys the wreckage of a crashed B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95023) of the 392nd Bomb Group near Cheshunt. Image stamped on reverse: 'Evening News.' [stamp], '349114.' [Censor no.] A printed caption was previously attached to the reverse, however this has been removed. Handwritten caption on reverse: '392 BG B-24 after mid air collision. 12/8/44.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380465.jpg.webp?itok=_SERfmR_)
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Lucky Lass II
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Silver Streak
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron
![First Lieutenant Richard Steck of the 392nd Bomb Group instructs his crew and 10 passengers before a flight from Wales in a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95151) nicknamed "Monotonous Maggie".
Image via BL Davies.
Image stamped on reverse: 'Official USAAF Photograph By AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND.' [stamp]
Printed caption on reverse: 'June 1945. ATC Euro Pro Release No. G-128 AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND SPEEDS US EIGHTH AAF ON ITS WAY: Flying Air Transport Command routes and using ATC facilities, the U](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380469.jpg.webp?itok=ur_-Oula)
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Monotonous Maggie
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Little Lulu
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
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)