715th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 715th Bomb Squadron, 448th Bomb Group. media-395128.jpg FRE 5185 The insignia of the 715th Bomb Squadron, 448th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5185 - The insignia of the 715th Bomb Squadron, 448th Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Seething 29 November 1943 - 5 July 1945

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-688348
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 02061480
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

Crash site
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
B-24 Pokomoko Special
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Pokomoko Special
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron 714th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Wazzle Dazzle
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51247) nicknamed "What a Sack" of the 93rd Bomb Group. Handwritten note on front of print: "Johnny's Flame." Handwritten note on reverse of print: '93 BG. 251247.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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Contributorrossingtonj
Changes
Sources

Seething Control Tower Museum: http://www.seethingtower.org/448-715th.php

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
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)

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