701st Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 701st Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group. media-395111.jpg FRE 5168 The insignia of the 701st Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

MACR for B-24J 42-50467

Object Number - FRE 5168 - The insignia of the 701st Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

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Tibenham

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13177531
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32461421
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron Headquarters (445th Bomb Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-659600
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Group Bombardier; Squadron Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12083516
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39 190 614
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

Ground personnel of the 100th Bomb Group extinguish the burning wreckage of a B-24 Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group that has crashed at Thorpe Abbotts. Written on slide casing: '445 BG Co Thorpe Abbotts, 6/4/45.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Unnamed
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron

Related videos and documents

  • Media Type: Video
  • Collection Name: Rob Edwards collection
  • Object Number: UPL 31789
  • Description: Video and photographs of the memorials to the 445th Bombardment Group (Heavy) who served at Tibenham, Station 124.
  • Media Type: Document
  • Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
  • Object Number: Document 15826
  • Description: Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant George V McGuiness Jr of the 445th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel. The...

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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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