578th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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FRE 8002
Airmen of the 578th Bomb Squadron, 392nd Bomb Group with their B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Rat Poison". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'GC:? A/C 560. 578BS.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Wendling |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Voice Interpreter
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Alfred
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron 578th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Shark
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Hellzadroppin
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Big Assed Bird
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Pregnant Peg
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron 578th Bomb Squadron
Related media
- Media Type: Video
- Collection Name: Rob Edwards collection
- Object Number: UPL 27946
- Description: Memorials to the Mighty Eighth: Wendling, Station 118 Recent videos and photos of the memorials to the Mighty Eighth USAAF based at Wendling 1943-1945...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15753
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant Milton E Cowart of the 391st Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15790
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Sergeant Rudolph H Grossi of the 392nd Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel. The...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15803
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for 1st Lieutenant James L Gatlin of the 391st Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15811
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant George J Mislinski of the 392nd Bomb Group researched by historian Bill...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15824
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for 2nd Lieutenant Edward J Kempker of the 392nd Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15929
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Second Lieutenant Gerald E Rogers of the 392nd Bomb Group researched by historian Bill...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15938
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant Robert E Spalding of the 392nd Bomb Group researched by historian Bill...
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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)