600th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 600th Bomb Squadron, 398th Bomb Group. media-395102.jpg FRE 5159 The insignia of the 600th Bomb Squadron, 398th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5159 - The insignia of the 600th Bomb Squadron, 398th Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Nuthampstead

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35758966
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 401st Bomb Group takes off in a ploughed field with the assistance of wing mounted rockets. Printed caption on reverse: 'A-57236 AC - It's up ...- after rolling only 372 feet, half the distance it would take without the 12 rockets mounted beneath the wings. This Boeing B-17 had originally been forced, because of flak damage over enemy territory, to land on a small ploughed English field with fences and trees offering extreme danger to the pilot. U.S. Air Force Photo.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Leapin Lizzy
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 600th Bomb Squadron
An airman stands inside the severely-damaged nose of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8811) of the 398th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: 'A/C 44-8811, (GAD- 144-4-398)(8-4-45)(Flak Damage & Crash Landing).'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th 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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