68th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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FRE 644
B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for takeoff at Shipdham in 1943. The 'Flying Eight-Ball' emblem of the 68th Bomb Squadron is visible on the nose of the leading aircraft. Image stamped with field press censor, 1943. Press Agency photograph- original printed caption has been removed.
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Shipdham |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Ordnance
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Ordnance
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Lemon Drop
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Spirit of 76
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Avenger
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
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Sources
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)