837th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Updated 11/10/2014
Object Number - UPL 6606 - B-17G, 43-37923, 'Naughty Marietta', 837BS/487BG, Lavenham, England
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
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Based |
Lavenham |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 837th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Armorer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron 837th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-816278
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 837th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 837th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 837th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 837th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Miss Bea Havin
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 837th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Naughty Marietta
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 837th 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: Jane & Sharon Ann
- Unit: 837th Bomb Squadron 487th Bomb Group
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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)
