851st Bomb Squadron

Squadron
A bomber crew of the 490th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number ) nicknamed "Lotta Stern". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Picture taken February 1945. Crew of "Gotham" C-Charlie. 851st Squadron, 490th Bomb Group 8th AF. 1st row kneeling left to right: Robert Showalter, ball turret gunner, Norman Borgman, tail gunner, Milton Sanford, radio operator, Gordon Handrell, flight engineer, Russell March, waist gunner. 2nd row standing, left to right: Chas Molloy, navigator, John Smith, co-pilot

Object Number - FRE 2099 - A bomber crew of the 490th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number ) nicknamed "Lotta Stern". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Picture...

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Unit stations

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People

Albert E Ackerman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37127442
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Adolph J Ascensio

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36667276
  • Role/Job: Radar Mechanic, Sea Search

Anthony T Breger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36853275
  • Role/Job: Power Turret and Gunsight Mechanic

Arthur M Brownson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39576430
  • Role/Job: Airplane Armorer

Arthur C Chick

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11084049
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator-Mechanic-Gunner

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-37907) nicknamed "Carolina Moon" of the 490th Bomb Group. Image by Captain Arnold Delmonico, photographic officer 490th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'Carolina Moon 78 ops.'

43-37907

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Carolina Moon
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron

43-37928

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 490th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron 851st Bomb Squadron

43-38056

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Raidin’ Maiden
  • Unit: 851st Bomb Squadron 490th Bomb Group

43-38131

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Miss Mary Kay
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron

43-38324

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date19 Mar 2015 10:53:20
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Date27 Sep 2014 18:42:51
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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)

851st Bomb Squadron: Gallery (14 items)

A bomber crew of the 490th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number ) nicknamed "Lotta Stern". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Picture taken February 1945. Crew of "Gotham" C-Charlie. 851st Squadron, 490th Bomb Group 8th AF. 1st row kneeling left to right: Robert Showalter, ball turret gunner, Norman Borgman, tail gunner, Milton Sanford, radio operator, Gordon Handrell, flight engineer, Russell March, waist gunner. 2nd row standing, left to right: Chas Molloy, navigator, John Smith, co-pilot

Object number: FRE 2099 - A bomber crew of the 490th Bomb Group with a B-17...

Object number: UPL 13805 - St Mary, Brome, Eye, Suffolk

Object number: UPL 20629 - MSGT Ellis Vandon Jackson Jenerette, USAAF, 851st...

Object number: UPL 29728 - B-24 Crew - 851st Bomb Squadron / 490th Bomb Group...

Object number: UPL 32223 - "Capt R A Barraclough of the 490th Bomb Group...

Object number: UPL 32227 - "1st Lt E H Beymer, navigator of the 490th Bomb...

Object number: UPL 32232 - S/Sgt Bowders aerial gunner of the 490th Bomb...

Object number: UPL 32268 - "T/Sgt G R Davidson air crew member of the 490th...

Object number: UPL 32345 - "Major T W Gell pilot of the 490th Bomb Group...

Object number: UPL 33180 - First Lieutenant Wendell C. Session and his crew...

Object number: UPL 33181 - First Lieutenant Wendell C. Sessions , Pilot...

Object number: UPL 7094 - 851st Bomb Squadron, Eye Airfield, UK