599th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 10495 - The tail and rear half of a belly-landed 599th Bomb Squadron, 397th Bomb Group B-26 Marauder (6B-V, serial number 42-96175). Handwritten caption on...
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
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Based |
Rivenhall |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 397th Bomb Group 599th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16153686 / O-719528
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 397th Bomb Group 599th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18036836
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Armorer/Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 397th Bomb Group 599th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 397th Bomb Group 599th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32863972
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 397th Bomb Group 599th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 06981247
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Holy Moses
- Unit: 397th Bomb Group 599th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: The Big Hairy Bird
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 397th Bomb Group 556th Bomb Squadron 599th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Lassie Come Home
- Unit: 397th Bomb Group 599th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit: 397th Bomb Group 599th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Draggin Lady
- Unit: 397th Bomb Group 599th Bomb Squadron
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / 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)
