838th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17121606
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Corporal (RAF)
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Yankee Maid
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 838th Bomb Squadron 487th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pleasure Bent
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Our Baby
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 490th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron 850th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Incorrectly associated with the 486th Bomb Group.
See: http://www.8thafhs.org/bomber/486bg.htm
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)