2nd Strategic Air Depot
Depot
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Aerial View of Station 547 Abbots Ripton
Home of the 2nd Strategic Air Depot serving the B-17 fleet of the 8th AF 466th Bomb Group collection
Home of the 2nd Strategic Air Depot serving the B-17 fleet of the 8th AF 466th Bomb Group collection
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
---|---|---|
Established |
Little Staughton | 12 October 1943 |
Based |
Little Staughton | 12 October 1943 - 1 February 1944 |
Based |
Abbots Ripton | 1 February 1944 - 23 June 1945 |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Airplane Mechanic
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 35th Air Depot Group
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Crew Chief
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Mechanic
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 35th Air Depot Group
- Service Numbers: 31353665
- Highest Rank: Corporal
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hell-Cat Ruthie Homesick Angel
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 305th Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 365th Bomb Squadron 422nd Bomb Squadron 858th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Duchess Daughter
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Floose
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 303rd Bomb Group 398th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Princess Pat
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: 2 Sad Lovely Julie
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia