730th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 730th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group. media-395132.jpg FRE 5189 The insignia of the 730th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5189 - The insignia of the 730th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Deopham Green

People

Ben Beall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Beecher M Beaty

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron

Angelo A Bellissimo

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Andrew Bestram

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron

Albert Bettinazzi

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron

Aircraft

42-107036

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Big Noise II
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron

42-107037

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Panting Stork
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron

42-107073

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Silver Shed House
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron

42-31325

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron

42-31332

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Frivolous sal
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date19 Mar 2023 02:02:54
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Flight jackets and Old Buckenham museum display.

Date18 Mar 2023 21:02:27
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Original photos and museum exhibit at Old Buckenham.

Date17 Mar 2023 21:35:43
ContributorPete
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Crew jacket photos

Date9 May 2022 14:34:37
ContributorPete
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See photo of squadron emblem

Date9 May 2022 14:29:21
ContributorPete
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Period photos of aircrew members.

Date3 Aug 2020 18:24:34
ContributorPete
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Pete

Date10 Apr 2015 03:31:17
ContributorEMBLEMHUNTER
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my photo

Date10 Apr 2015 03:30:12
ContributorEMBLEMHUNTER
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my photo

Date13 Mar 2015 16:49:16
Contributorrossingtonj
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Type added.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:42:51
ContributorAAM
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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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