708th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 708th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group. media-395120.jpg FRE 5177 The insignia of the 708th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5177 - The insignia of the 708th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group.

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Rattlesden

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron 842nd Air Engineering Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Ground Crew
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13120335
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-792118
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

A 447th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31156) in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: '447th B.G.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Big Stoop
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
A crashed B-17G Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31185) of the 447th Bomb Group at Honington, 9 September 1944. Official caption on image: "646 - (44) - WPU - 9.9.44 - Honington - Crash Landing - B-17G - 42-31185 - AM-FSAD."
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Satchel Lass
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Dottie Jane
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron

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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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