833rd Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 833rd Bomb Squadron, 486th Bomb Group. media-395159.jpg FRE 5216 The insignia of the 833rd Bomb Squadron, 486th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

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

Based

Sudbury

People

Allen C Gilbert

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron

Archie O Harris

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6579429

Holmann

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron

Alvin E Hopkins

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron

Alphons F Karles

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron

Aircraft

43-37910

43-37910

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron 833rd Bomb Squadron 834th Bomb Squadron 835th Bomb Squadron

43-37927

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Last Roundup
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron

43-37943

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Fertile Turtle
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
Two children stand beneath the nose of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-37954) nicknamed "Going Jessie" of the 486th Bomb Group. Image via Roland A Andrews. Handwritten caption on reverse: '"Going Jessie" 835th Sqd, 486th BG Photo taken Sunday June 23rd 1945.'

43-37954

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Goin' Jesse
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron 835th Bomb Squadron

43-37959

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Flak Plow
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron 833rd Bomb Squadron 834th Bomb Squadron 835th Bomb Squadron

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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)

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