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
- Role/Job: Radio Operator; Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron 835th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Superstituous Aloysius, Bolt From The Blue
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 837th Bomb Squadron 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tin Lizzy / Ula Lume
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron 349th Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron 833rd Bomb Squadron 834th Bomb Squadron 835th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Easy Movement
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron 835th 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)