834th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
media-26811.jpeg UPL 26811 834th Bomb Squadron of the 486th Bomb Group.

Shared with the American Air Museum by Woodrow F Magers' daughter-in-law, Kathy Magers.

Object Number - UPL 26811 - 834th Bomb Squadron of the 486th Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Sudbury

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39205162
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 703202
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-702384
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34767198

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ding Dong Daddy From Dixie Capricorn
  • Unit: Base Air Depot 3 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron 835th Bomb Squadron 98th Bomb Group
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Scorpio
  • Unit: Base Air Depot 3 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron 834th Bomb Squadron 465th Bomb Group 781st Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-52768) nicknamed "Leo ?" of the 493rd Bomb Group. The nose art was painted by the artist Phillip S Brinkman.
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Leo
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 486th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group Base Air Depot 2 7th Bomb Squadron 834th Bomb Squadron 860th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Old Yard Dog
  • 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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