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

Anthony Ciserano

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

Alfred Coveney

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

Bernard E Dewey

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

Albert J Digiunio

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

Arthur J Enwright

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

Aircraft

42-39811

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Donna Mae
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron

42-52444

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

42-52577

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

42-52629

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a 487th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Bashful Marion". The woman in the nose art is separately named ""Wrong Way" Kairis", and two names are inscribed under the cockpit window (covered by a sheet), a crewman called "Skipper" Schlemm and the crew chief, Technical Sergeant Joe Perisie. Handwritten caption on reverse: '487BG.'

42-52652

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Bashful Marion
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron 839th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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

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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)

838th Bomb Squadron: Gallery (20 items)

Object number: UPL 38829 - Crash site Memorial of B-17 43-39068, 487th Bomb...

Object number: UPL 38830 - Earl Casey (centre) nephew of Frank Casey at the...

Object number: UPL 38833 - Ted Finnis, witness to the crash of B-17 43-39068...

Object number: UPL 38834 - Brian Cole. When just a few months old he was...

Object number: UPL 38835 - Malcolm Finnis, witness to the crash of B-17 43...

Object number: UPL 45354 - 43-39234 - B-17G of the 838th Squadron Aircraft...

Object number: UPL 55503 - Smoke Crew - 838th Squadron, 487th Bomb Group The...