813th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 813th Bomb Squadron, 482nd Bomb Group. media-395156.jpg FRE 5213 The insignia of the 813th Bomb Squadron, 482nd Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5213 - The insignia of the 813th Bomb Squadron, 482nd Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Alconbury

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mortimer
  • Unit: 813th Bomb Squadron 482nd Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
Personnel of the 92nd Bomb Group ride bicycles past B-17 Flying Fortresses: B-17F (PY-T, serial number 42-3165) and B-17F (UX-H, serial number 42-5745) nicknamed "The Fuhrer the Better", at Alconbury.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Fuhrer The Better
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
A 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5793) nicknamed "Stinky", the first B-17 Flying Fortress to carry HS2 Radar pathfinder equipment.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Stinky
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
42-5909
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mary Jane
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron 813th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date
ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources

Freeman, Mighty Eighth War Manual, p161

Date
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details 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

Date
Contributorrossingtonj
Changes
Sources

Type added.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / 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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