850th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
media-6537.png UPL 6537 Technical Sergeant Paul Broome of the 490th Bomb Group

Handwritten caption on reverse: ''In flight B-17 over England Early 1945

Paul Broome Via American Air Museum Memory Book correspondence.

Object Number - UPL 6537 - Technical Sergeant Paul Broome of the 490th Bomb Group Handwritten caption on reverse: ''In flight B-17 over England Early 1945

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

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Cheddington

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 3556S015
  • Role/Job: Airplane and Engine Mechanic
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17020581
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Airplane Armorer-Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 42131547
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14130160
  • Role/Job: Airplane and Engine Mechanic

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
Combat and ground crew of the 490th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-83254) nicknamed "Old Doc Stork". Image via Tim L Bivens. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17G "Old Doc Stork", 44-83254, B-, 850th BS, 490th BG.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Old Doc Stork
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron

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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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