547th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 547th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group. media-395079.jpg FRE 5136 The insignia of the 547th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 5136 - The insignia of the 547th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

Commanding Officers

Maurice Stanley Dillingham

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-1699192
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot, 547th Squadron Commander

Connections

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Grafton Underwood

People

Alfred C Tajkowski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Private

Albert K Taylor

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19078599
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Firefighter

Alfred A Ventura

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Private

Alfred Louis Wickman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-690525
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Anthony John Zanin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-761493
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a wall. Six men standing in rear and four men seated in front

42-5849

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hell's Belles II
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

42-5850

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron

42-5851

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Six men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. Some of the men are wearing flying gear. A man in uniform is seated on the wing of the plane

42-5852

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Natural
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
Headshot of young man in WWII era Air Force uniform including hat with eagle insignia

42-5853

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Salvage Queen
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

Mission

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384thbombgroup.com

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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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