709th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 709th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group. media-395121.jpg FRE 5178 The insignia of the 709th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5178 - The insignia of the 709th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

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Rattlesden

Encompassing

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-746268
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 2067739
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron 709th Bomb Squadron
42-107067 447 BG - 709th BS
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: L'il Eight Ball
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
B-17 Mohawk 447th BG
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mohawk
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron

Related videos and documents

  • Media Type: Document
  • Collection Name: Donald Fehrenbach Family Collection
  • Object Number: Document 26857
  • Description: Article from Marshfield News Herald from late 1943 or early 1944. My father is Norman Fehrenbach and Donald is my uncle.
  • Media Type: Document
  • Collection Name: Donald Fehrenbach Family Collection
  • Object Number: Document 27610
  • Description: Last letter home from Lt. Donald Fehrenbach 23-Sept-1944
  • Media Type: Document
  • Collection Name: Unit histories
  • Object Number: Document 41056
  • Description: 447th Bomb Group Unit History, complete copy Resembling a college yearbook, unit histories were an unofficial- and often tongue-in-cheek- record of...

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Image from Eight Air Force Historical Society of PA

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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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