44-8146
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FRE 7842
An airman of the 388th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8146).
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Dallas 20/6/44; Langley 6/7/44; Dow Fd 7/9/44; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 9/9/44; Salvaged 9AF Germany 28/2/46; RetUS, 613 BU Phillips 29/4/46.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-403672
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38474601
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: waist gunner/Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16079564
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner/Radar Jammer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-712382
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11071877
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer - Top Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 21 April 1945
- Date: 17 April 1945
- Date: 10 March 1945
- Date: 5 March 1945
- Date: 25 February 1945
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Delivered |
Dallas, TX, USA | 20 June 1944 | |
Assigned |
Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK | 9 September 1944 | 388 BG 562 BS |
Other First 388th BG Combat Mission |
Mainz, Germany | 27 September 1944 | |
Other Final 388th BG Combat Mission |
86899 Landsberg am Lech, Germany | 21 April 1945 | Completed 36 combat missions plus 5 food supply missions to Amsterdam |
Revisions
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Sources
http://www.388bg.info/servlet/Controller?pageType=detail&id=44-8146&dat…
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