731st Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 731st Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group. media-395133.jpg FRE 5190 The insignia of the 731st Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

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

Based

Deopham Green

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • 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: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 42032789
  • Highest Rank: Private First Class
  • Role/Job: Engineer Mechanic
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator/V

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mug Wump
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Flak Magic, N for Nan
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Not To-Day Cleo
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: You've Had It
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron Headquarters (4th Combat Bomb Wing)

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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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