571st Bomb Squadron
Squadron
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5156 - The insignia of the 571st Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group.
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
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Based |
Framlingham |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6959117
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16005653
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Kwitcherbitchin, The Hellion
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Margie
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron 571st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Queen of the Skies
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lovable lass
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
Mission
Related media
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15724
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant Stanley F Mason of the 390th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15726
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for 2nd Lieutenant Frederick M Broers of the 390th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15731
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant Alfred C Monson of the 390th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15736
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant John L Peterson of the 390th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15742
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Second Lieutenant Robert L Schanen of the 390th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15834
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Staff Sergeant Sherman E Rambo of the 390th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15924
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for First Lieutenant Herbert I Turner Jr of the 390th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: Thomas C Stevens
- Object Number: Document 47012
- Description: 390th Bomb Group, 571st Bomb Squadron, CREW 70 . Personnel Log entry from my uncles journey ,
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: UPL 77244
- Description: 390th BG / 571's squadron Tail Gunner Tony Loncarich's 35 mission diary that was transcribed by the 390th museum in Tuscon, AZ. We have scans of each...
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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)