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

Andrew Dean

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron

Alfred V Demitry

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32675208

Anthony J Depalma

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12092643

Albert F Doyle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31357941
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Andrew W Fuller

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (2S-G, serial number 42-98008) nicknamed "American Beauty" of the 486th Bomb Group. A censor has obscured the tail marking.

42-98008

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: American Beauty
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron

43-37800

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron 833rd Bomb Squadron 834th Bomb Squadron 835th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (4N-B, serial number 43-37835) of the 486th Bomb Group flies above the cloud with other Fortresses during a mission. A censor has obscured the tail marking. Image via Hodges.

43-37835

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

43-37883

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Blue Streak
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron
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

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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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