615th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 615th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group. media-395109.jpg FRE 5166 The insignia of the 615th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5166 - The insignia of the 615th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

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People

Cecil K Nolen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15088773
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: AAC

Albert Paganelli

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15200866
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Alexander J Pedgarney

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35614725
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Anthony E Raciti

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner and Radio Operator.

Albert Halbert Roddy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18159971 / O-707548
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

43-38125

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mary Makers
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

43-38159

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Wolf Pack
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

43-38160

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Day and Night
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 401st Bomb Group, airborne in spite of the flak hole ripped into its left wing. Printed caption on reverse: '56751 AC- BERLIN DAMAGE- Flak over Berlin, March 18 1945, during the more than 1300 heavy bomber attack on rail and industrial targets in the capital city of the Reich, was responsible for the torn wing tip on the US Eight AF Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Intense anti-aircraft fire made things hot for the heavy bombers over the target. US Air Force Photo.'

43-38425

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

43-38458

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bottle Baby
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron 615th 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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