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

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People

Angelo Joseph Virgona

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12088200
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aloysius Edward Wagner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33558564
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Charles R Warlow

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16031863
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Alexander C Washinko

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32563249
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
An injured gunner of the 401st Bomb Group walks away from his B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Mary Alice" after a mission. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Mary Alice - gunner hit in ear. 401.'

Charles J Wilson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

A flight of B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 401st Bomb Group. B-17 (serial number 44-8153) is visible in the foreground. Printed caption on reverse: '59329 AC- 8th AF Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses over Mannheim, Germany, 1 February 1945. A- 8th AF Beoing B-17 Flying Fortresses near Ludwigshafen, Germany, 1 February 1945.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'IW-N Becomin Back, 338738. IN-C, IW-F,-Q.'

44-8153

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron
A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

44-8258

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

44-8371

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Badland Bat II, Freckles
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

44-8550

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron 305th Bombardment Wing

44-8653

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron 305th Bombardment Wing

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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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