835th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 835th Bomb Squadron, 486th Bomb Group. media-395161.jpg FRE 5218 The insignia of the 835th Bomb Squadron, 486th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5218 - The insignia of the 835th Bomb Squadron, 486th Bomb Group.


Commanding Officers

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Commanding Officer

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Sudbury 7 May 1944 - 21 April 1945

Encompassing

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33167035
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 801419
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-817624
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32607563

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Gunga Din
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron 835th Bomb Squadron 857th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-52650) nicknamed "Cancer ?" of the 486th Bomb Group. The nose art was painted by the artist Phillip S Brinkman.
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Cancer
  • Unit: 406th Bomb Group 458th Bomb Group 486th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 406th Bomb Squadron 834th Bomb Squadron 835th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Paper Doll (?)
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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Contributorhansvonmaltzahn
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Sources

See the official history of the 835th Bombardment Squadron on their official web page at this address: https://486th.org/BS835/index.htm

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ContributorEmily
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Sources

Removed history text copy/pasted from 486th.org as it is subject to copyright.

Added unit lineage from Combat Squadrons of the Air Force

Date
Contributorhansvonmaltzahn
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Sources

See the official web page of the '486th Bombardment Group (Heavy) at: https://486th.org/#

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ContributorMitch Topal
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Historical research

Date
ContributorMitch Topal
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1st Lieutenant Raymond Firmani (Ret) first hand account and documentation.

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Contributorrossingtonj
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usaaf bomb squadron patch duck

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ContributorAAM
Changes
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)

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