728th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5187 - The insignia of the 728th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group.
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
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Deopham Green |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17004374
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron 729th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron 99th Bomb Group 346th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Big Barn Smell
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
![Airmen inspect a battle damaged B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-10791) of the 452nd Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: 'ISAD-9-May-44-1011 (WPU, Crash Battle Damage, B17G-42-107091, Rattlesden) FA.' Image stamped on reverse: 'Official Photograph US Photographic section.' [stamp]](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380639.jpg.webp?itok=kJ8xRjdq)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Forbidden Fruit
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
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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)
