853rd Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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FRE 5224
The insignia of the 853rd Bomb Squadron, 491st Bomb Group.
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Commanding Officers
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: AO 406985
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Squadron Commander
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Unit stations
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 325th Station Complement Squadron 853rd Bomb Squadron 2015th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
- Service Numbers: 32264659
- Highest Rank: Corporal (RAF)
- Role/Job: Firefighter
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Jail Bait
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Parson's Chariot
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 491st Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Blockbuster
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 491st Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Lucky Penny
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
Mission
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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)