833rd Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 833rd Bomb Squadron, 486th Bomb Group. media-395159.jpg FRE 5216 The insignia of the 833rd Bomb Squadron, 486th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5216 - The insignia of the 833rd Bomb Squadron, 486th Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Sudbury

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35503123
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33671062
  • Role/Job: Nose Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32306038
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18065822

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sagittarius / Sagittarias
  • Unit: 449th Bomb Group 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron 834th Bomb Squadron 716th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Gunga Din
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron 835th Bomb Squadron 857th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Chief Oshkosh
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Night In Gale
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron 18th Bomb Squadron 406th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron

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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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