754th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 754th Bomb Squadron, 458th Bomb Group. media-395143.jpg FRE 5200 The insignia of the 754th Bomb Squadron, 458th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5200 - The insignia of the 754th Bomb Squadron, 458th Bomb Group.

Connections

See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.

Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Horsham St Faith

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38367896
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 490th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron 851st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11136205 / O-818106
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Belle of Boston | Roll Call
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Hell's Angels
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
Lieutenant Charles 'Red' Stilson of the 458th Bomb Group stands with his B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-100357) nicknamed Vale Oregan, the morning after crash landing the aircraft near Horsham St. Faith, 23 April 1944. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 26 APR 1944, General Section Press & Censorship Bureau' Printed caption on reverse: 'Crash landed on one engine. Associated Press photo shows:- 1st Lt. Charles "Red" Stilson, Box 472, Vale Oregon, Liberator pilot, surveys the wreckage of h
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Vale Oregan
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sweet Lorraine | Boomerang
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date
Contributorrossingtonj
Changes
Sources

Type added.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
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)

754th Bomb Squadron: Gallery (65 items)