653rd Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 653rd Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group (Reconnaissance). media-395232.jpg FRE 5289 The insignia of the 653rd Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group (Reconnaissance). Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5289 - The insignia of the 653rd Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group (Reconnaissance).

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People

Clarence W Jodar

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-874312
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

James W Keiger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron

Donald E Lee

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Robert L Lee

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron

Malcolm James MacLeod

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron 654th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32891039 / O-886133
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

NS752

  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron
Bob James- co-pilot, Fred Heiser- pilot and John Hill- navigator, all of the 385th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress. Image via Tim Bivens. Biven's has handwritten on reverse: 'L to R: Bob James- Copilot (later KIA in USAAF Mosquito), Fred Heiser- Pilot, John Hill- Navigator, 550th BS, 385th BG, 1944. Note 550th BS patch on A-2's.'

NS757

  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron
Ground crew of the 25th Bomb Group attend to a crashed Mosquito (serial number NS758) nicknamed "Southern Belle" at Watton, 28 May 1945. Official caption printed on image: '(G-AD-95-4-25)(28-5-45)MOS. 758 CRASH) (REST.)' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Southern ll ??'

NS758

  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Nicknames: Southern Belle
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron

NS782

  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Nicknames: Angela
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron

RG145

  • Aircraft Type: Mosquito
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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Type changed to reconnaissance.

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my photo

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USAAF Photo.

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USAAF Photo.

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http://aviation-safety.net

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http://aviation-safety.net

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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