731st Bomb Squadron
Squadron
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5190 - The insignia of the 731st Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group.
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
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Based |
Deopham Green |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32926612
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mon tete rouge, tina tangerine
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hell's Cargo
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lounge Lizard, Dixie Jane
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Old outhouse - never a dry run, snake eyes.
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
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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)
