555th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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Object Number - UPL 7494 - 'Sparta' (coded YA-D), B-26B-25-MA Marauder, 41-31794, 555th BS, 386th BG, 9th AF, Shot down by AAA on July 12, 1944. MACR 7045
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
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Based |
Great Dunmow |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 386th Bomb Group 555th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 47181731
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 555th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-816511
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 555th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14081746
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 555th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17038437
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 555th Bomb Squadron 386th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-668017
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Revisions
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)