748th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 748th Bomb Squadron, 457th Bomb Group. media-395137.jpg FRE 5194 The insignia of the 748th Bomb Squadron, 457th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5194 - The insignia of the 748th Bomb Squadron, 457th Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Glatton

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Black and white posed headshot of man wearing a uniform of a jacket, shirt and  tie. There are silver wings and medal ribbons on the upper left-side of the jacket, and an aviation insignia pin and on the jacket lapel.  Subject is looking right in lens and is not smiling
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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ContributorEMBLEMHUNTER
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my photo , squadron patch on right Not affliated with other sqdn .

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Contributorrossingtonj
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Type added.

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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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