838th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room. media-380850.jpg FRE 2045 Edmund F "Misch" Auer, Mayfield R Shilling, Francis C "Eb" Eberhart and Ralph R Searle of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room at Lavenham, 1944.

This photo was probably taken soon after the 487th Bomb Group arrived in England in April 1944. Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 2045 - Edmund F "Misch" Auer, Mayfield R Shilling, Francis C "Eb" Eberhart and Ralph R Searle of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron...

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Lavenham

People

Angelo Adamo

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Gunner

Basil Boruch

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner

Benjamin L Bowman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Arthur M Buck

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31222573
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Ordnance

Arthur Cheokas

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

41-29468

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Peg O My Heart
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron

41-29479

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Big Bad Wolf
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron 838th Bomb Squadron

41-29528

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ole Andy of Kansas
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron

41-29537

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Yankee Maid
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron

42-3507

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Duffy's tavern
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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ContributorLucy May
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Incorrectly associated with the 486th Bomb Group.
See: http://www.8thafhs.org/bomber/486bg.htm

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Contributorrossingtonj
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Type added

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ContributorAAM
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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)

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