833rd Bomb Squadron
Squadron
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5216 - The insignia of the 833rd Bomb Squadron, 486th Bomb Group.
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
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Based |
Sudbury |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37483614
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37428788
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13153014
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33434825
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16041401
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Twentieth Century Wolf
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Libra
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron 834th Bomb Squadron 857th Bomb Squadron
![The tail of a B-24 Liberator (4N-K, serial number 42-52634) of the 833rd Bomb Squadron, 486th Bomb Group that crash-landed at Sudbury airfield on the 18 May 1944. Official caption on image: "ISAD-18 May 44-1147-(WPU Crash Damage, B-24H 42-52634, Sudbury) PQ." Handwritten caption on reverse: '486th B.G., 8th Air Force.' On reverse: Official Photograph of Photographic Section AAF Station 595 U.S. Army [Stamp, damaged].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-414517.jpg.webp?itok=hHDLYqkb)
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Funny Face
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd 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)
