715th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 715th Bomb Squadron, 448th Bomb Group. media-395128.jpg FRE 5185 The insignia of the 715th Bomb Squadron, 448th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5185 - The insignia of the 715th Bomb Squadron, 448th Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Seething 29 November 1943 - 5 July 1945

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16036369
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 58th Station Complement Squadron 715th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35584608
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Operations Clerk; control Tower
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Repulser
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Big Bad Wolf
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron 838th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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Sources

Seething Control Tower Museum: http://www.seethingtower.org/448-715th.php

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ContributorAAM
Changes
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)

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