647th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 647th Bomb Squadron, 410th Bomb Group.

Object Number - FRE 5023 - The insignia of the 647th Bomb Squadron, 410th Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Gosfield

Based

Birch

People

Wilfred A Cornwell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 410th Bomb Group 647th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35094347
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Arm/Gunner

William Leslie Fagan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 410th Bomb Group 647th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-747776
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

James F Gage

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 410th Bomb Group 647th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Armourer / Gunner

Leo Kirschner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 410th Bomb Group 647th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13078298
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Arm/Gunner

Benjamin Lamar Smith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 410th Bomb Group 647th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14054542 / O-747909
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

43-10127

  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Nicknames: Mama Lou
  • Unit: 410th Bomb Group 647th Bomb Squadron

43-10213

  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Unit: 410th Bomb Group 647th Bomb Squadron

43-9230

  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Unit: 410th Bomb Group 647th Bomb Squadron

43-9365

  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Unit: 410th Bomb Group 647th Bomb Squadron

43-9490

  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Unit: 410th Bomb Group 647th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date13 Jan 2015 14:47:00
Contributorrossingtonj
Sources

Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985)

Date13 Jan 2015 14:46:23
Contributorrossingtonj
Sources

Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985)

Date27 Sep 2014 18:42:50
ContributorAAM
Sources

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)

647th Bomb Squadron: Gallery (16 items)

The insignia of the 647th Bomb Squadron, 410th Bomb Group.

Object number: FRE 5023 - The insignia of the 647th Bomb Squadron, 410th...

Object number: UPL 27623 - S/Sgt Leo Kirschner 647BS, 410BG, 9AF USAAF.

Object number: UPL 32439 - "An A-20 Havoc (6Q-B, serial number 43-10127)...

Object number: UPL 32440 - "Lt H J Jensen of the 647th Bomb Sqn, 410th Bomb...

Object number: UPL 32441 - "Douglas A-20 'Mama Lou' of the 410th Bomb Group...

Object number: UPL 32442 - "Lt. Colonel Reeves of the 410th Bomb Group, poses...

Object number: UPL 32443 - "Lt Keepers and crew of the 647th Bomb Sqn, 410th...

Object number: UPL 32444 - "Capt Mitchell and crew* of the 410th Bomb Group...

Object number: UPL 32718 - "A Douglas A-20 of the 410th Bomb Group, enroute...

Object number: UPL 32903 - "Douglas A-20s of the 410th Bomb Group, flies over...

Object number: UPL 32904 - "A 647th Bomb Squadron, 410th Bomb Group A-20G...

Object number: UPL 32935 - "Formation of Douglas A-20s attached to the 410th...