749th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 749th Bomb Squadron, 457th Bomb Group. media-395138.jpg FRE 5195 The insignia of the 749th Bomb Squadron, 457th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5195 - The insignia of the 749th Bomb Squadron, 457th Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

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Glatton

People

Black and white posed headshot of man wearing a uniform of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat. There are silver wings and medal ribbons on the upper left-side of the jacket, and a WWII-era Air-Force silver officer insignia badge on the center of hat. There is an aviation insignia pin and on the jacket lapel, and a single bar on the shoulder lapel. Subject is looking right in lens and is smiling

Albert Martin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Major

Bernard Maverosky

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Alexander P McDermott

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12064088
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Nose Gunner

Arnold McQwaide

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Corporal

Adolph Naumann

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron

Aircraft

44-8368

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron

44-8418

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bad Time Inc II
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron

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David DuVall (son)

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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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