832nd Bomb Squadron
Squadron
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5215 - The insignia of the 832nd Bomb Squadron, 486th Bomb Group.
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Sudbury |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 2065226
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-712270
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33436157
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33286583
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Aircraft

- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Gemini
- Unit: 451st Bomb Group 486th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 2 832nd Bomb Squadron 834th Bomb Squadron 725th Bomb Squadron

- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Classy Chassis II
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 490th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 2 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron

- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Virgo Miss Mynookey
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron 834th Bomb Squadron 485th Bomb Group 828th Bomb Squadron
![A battle damaged B-24 Liberator (3R-J, serial number 42-52644) of the 832nd Bomb Squadron, 486th Bomb Group at Manston, 12 June 1944. Official caption on image: "ISAD 12 June 44 (1523) W.R.U. Battle Damage B-24H - 42-52644 - Manston F.R." Handwritten caption on reverse: '4th Combat Wing, 486th Bomb [damaged: Group].'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-414510.jpg?itok=OaeopFru)
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
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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)