852nd Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 852nd Bomb Squadron, 491st Bomb Group. media-395166.jpg FRE 5223 The insignia of the 852nd Bomb Squadron, 491st Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5223 - The insignia of the 852nd Bomb Squadron, 491st Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Metfield

People

Arthur MacNamee Bagnall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33904823
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Nose Gunner

Arthur Findley Bailey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 1607910 / O-694302
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Cadel R Campbell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Gunner

Carl Colerick

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35751641
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Carl C Cook

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-110138

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Flying Bull, Buffalo
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 491st Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron 852nd Bomb Squadron

42-110158

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Lucky Buck
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron

42-110167

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron

42-110186

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Phantom Renegade -, BALLOT BAKER
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron

42-40123

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: She Devil
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date10 Apr 2015 03:52:46
ContributorEMBLEMHUNTER
ChangesChanges to media associations
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my photo

Date19 Mar 2015 10:53:14
Contributorrossingtonj
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Type added

Date27 Sep 2014 18:42:51
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
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)

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