774th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
Bob Gibbs, a crewman of the 774th Bomb Squadron, 463rd Bomb Group with the tail art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (42-97719) nicknamed "Goddess". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Gibbs, 463rd. 297719. 'Goddess' 774BS/463BG.' media-457800.jpg FRE 10133 Bob Gibbs, a crewman of the 774th Bomb Squadron, 463rd Bomb Group with the tail art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (42-97719) nicknamed "Goddess". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Gibbs, 463rd. 297719. 'Goddess' 774BS/463BG.'

B-17G-25-VE #42-97719 "Goddess"
463rd BG - 774th BS Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 10133 - Bob Gibbs, a crewman of the 774th Bomb Squadron, 463rd Bomb Group with the tail art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (42-97719) nicknamed "Goddess"....

Established in mid-1943 as a B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombardment squadron; assigned to Second Air Force for training. Attached in late 1943 and early 1944 to Air University Army Air Force School of Applied Tactics. Deployed to Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) in February 1944, squadron taking the South Atlantic Transport Route though the Caribbean and South America; transiting the Atlantic Ocean via Brazil and Dakar, French West Africa, being assigned to Fifteenth Air Force in March 1944 at several airfields in Southern Italy.



Engaged in long-range strategic bombardment of enemy military, industrial and transport targets, including oil refineries and production oilfields in Italy; France; Southern Germany; Austria and the Balkans. Continued strategic bombardment until German capitulation in May 1945. Demobilized in place in Italy during the summer of 1945; inactivated in September 1945.

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People

Leon John Berkovsky

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 774th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-757450
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Hugh P Bradley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 774th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31258373
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer

John William Buckley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 774th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-747973
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Freeland L Dunker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 774th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-748380
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Roland L Greene

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 774th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

42-102916

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 774th Bomb Squadron
A 774th Bomb Squadron, 463rd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31684) nicknamed "Joker" drops its bombs. The aircraft was declared Missing In Action on the 7th of July 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '774BS, 463BG, 231684. MIA 7/7/44.'

42-31684

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Joker
  • Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 774th Bomb Squadron

42-31759

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hustlin' Gal
  • Unit: 774th Bomb Squadron 463rd Bomb Group

42-31813

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 774th Bomb Squadron
Bob Gibbs, a crewman of the 774th Bomb Squadron, 463rd Bomb Group with the tail art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (42-97719) nicknamed "Goddess". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Gibbs, 463rd. 297719. 'Goddess' 774BS/463BG.'

42-97719

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Goddess
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 49th Bomb Squadron 463rd Bomb Group 774th Bomb Squadron

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A 774th Bomb Squadron, 463rd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31684) nicknamed "Joker" drops its bombs. The aircraft was declared Missing In Action on the 7th of July 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '774BS, 463BG, 231684. MIA 7/7/44.'

Object number: FRE 10129 - A 774th Bomb Squadron, 463rd Bomb Group B-17...

Bob Gibbs, a crewman of the 774th Bomb Squadron, 463rd Bomb Group with the tail art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (42-97719) nicknamed "Goddess". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Gibbs, 463rd. 297719. 'Goddess' 774BS/463BG.'

Object number: FRE 10133 - Bob Gibbs, a crewman of the 774th Bomb Squadron...

B-17 Flying Fortresses including (serial number 44-6700) of the 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight during a raid over Regensburg, 7 February 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '46700, 774BS, 463BG.' Printed caption on reverse: '60362 USAF - Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses" of the 15th Air Force head for the oil refineries at Regensburg, Germany, on 7 February 1945. Fortresses of the 15th AF, partially responsible for reducing Ploesti's oil 80% before the Rumanian city capitulated to the Russians

Object number: FRE 10143 - B-17 Flying Fortresses including (serial number 44...

Object number: UPL 28541 - 2nd LT. STEPHEN ROBERT KENNEDY (bombardier)...