779th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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Object Number - UPL 14846 - 779th Bombardment Squadron "Stinky" (leather patch) see my Facebook page for info "WW2 Leather Sqd/Group Patches"
Established as a B-24 Liberator heavy bomber squadron in mid-1943, trained under Second Air Force. Deployed to Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO), October 1943, becoming a Fifteenth Air Force heavy bomb squadron, attacking enemy targets both in the MTO and European Theater of Operations (ETO). After end of war in Europe, used B-24s for transport of personnel from various points in Europe to Waller Field, Trinidad, being attached to Air Transport Command. Inactivated 31 July 1945.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 464th Bomb Group 779th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 464th Bomb Group 779th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Easy Maid
- Unit: 464th Bomb Group 779th Bomb Squadron
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