573rd Bomb Squadron

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media-7266.jpeg UPL 7266 photo taken by Lt Bill Rose, navigator/bombardier in B-26 air support of D-Day invasion. 573rd Bomb Squadron, 391st Bomb Group.

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Object Number - UPL 7266 - photo taken by Lt Bill Rose, navigator/bombardier in B-26 air support of D-Day invasion. 573rd Bomb Squadron, 391st Bomb Group.

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Gale F Brown

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 573rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36448267
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

Eric Christiansen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 391st Bomb Group 573rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39012577
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer

Jacob E Crider

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 391st Bomb Group 573rd Bomb Squadron 575th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35482133
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer

John R Culshaw

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 573rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33429297
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

Thaddeus H Grace

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 573rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34331037
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant

Aircraft

42-95822

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Unit: 391st Bomb Group 573rd Bomb Squadron

42-95825

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Easy Dog 99
  • Unit: 391st Bomb Group 573rd Bomb Squadron
B-26 Marauders including (U2-F, serial number 42-95828) nicknamed "Kreihl's Cradle" and (9F-K, serial number 43-34401) nicknamed "Helen Highwater III" of the 397th Bomb Group fly in formation during mission,February 1945. Image via Stan Walsh. Written on slide casing: 'U2-F, 295828, 9F-K, 334401'

42-95828

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Kreihl's Cradle/Pink Lady II
  • Unit: 391st Bomb Group 397th Bomb Group 573rd Bomb Squadron 598th Bomb Squadron

42-95829

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Unit: 391st Bomb Group 573rd Bomb Squadron

42-95842

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Unit: 391st Bomb Group 573rd Bomb Squadron

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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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