587th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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FRE 9624
Two B-26 Marauders (5W-P, serial number 42-96210 in front) of the 587th Bomb Squadron, 394th Bomb Group fly in formation. Handwritten caption on reverse: '394BG, 587BS.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Boreham |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 587th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17040903
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 394th Bomb Group 587th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33739715
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Engineer/ Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 394th Bomb Group 587th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-816255
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 394th Bomb Group 587th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-002045
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 78th Fighter Group 850th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group 587th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33698134
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Teletype Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit: 394th Bomb Group 587th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit: 394th Bomb Group 587th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit: 394th Bomb Group 587th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Redlight Rosie
- Unit: 394th Bomb Group 587th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit: 394th Bomb Group 587th Bomb Squadron
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Sources
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)