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

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Lavenham

People

Alvin D Kettel

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

Alvin D Kettle

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

Alan J Kraemer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
Personnel of the 97th Bomb Group look out for the return of B-17 Flying Fortresses from a raid on Rouen, from the top of the Control Tower at Grafton Underwood. Image stamped on reverse: 'Photo Supplied Photopress Central.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 18 Aug 1942.' [stamp], 'USA (BRI) CCC.' [written annotation] and '216036.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Picture shows: Aerodrome Personnel on the Control Tower watching for the return of the planes from the raid.' Handwritten captio

Beirne Lay

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Group 490th Bomb Group Headquarters Squadron (490th Bomb Group) 838th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-309771
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Group commander

Alger B Lindquist

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

Aircraft

43-38007

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Moldy Fig
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron

43-38015

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (2C-O, serial number 43-38028) of the 838th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group flies through flak. Handwritten caption on reverse: '338028, 2C-O [obscured].'

43-38028

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: High Tailed Lady
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron

43-38038

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

43-38039

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

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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)

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