729th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 729th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group. media-395131.jpg FRE 5188 The insignia of the 729th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5188 - The insignia of the 729th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Deopham Green

People

Charles E Anderson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Cassius C Ball

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron

Boyd P Bellamy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-762865
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

F J Boyer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Arnold E Burgert

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-761396
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

42-102397

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Cest La Guerre
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron

42-102514

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron

42-102535

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lovely lady
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron

42-31358

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Big Noise
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
A 452nd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress ('G', serial number 42-31361) nicknamed "The Punched Fowl" on the 4th of August 1944 on its way to raid Dunkirk. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'The Punched Fowl. 4/8/44.' Printed caption on reverse: 'A-61740 AC - Framed by the wing of a sister plane, the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" of the 452nd Bomb Group presented a pretty picture as it winged its way toward the target of the day; Dunkirk, France. B-17s of the oil refinery and airfield to bring about a lasting

42-31361

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The punched fowl
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date13 Mar 2015 16:47:12
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Date27 Sep 2014 18:42:51
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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)

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