844th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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FRE 8568
Three 844th Bomb Squadron, 489th Bomb Group B-24 Liberators fly in formation above the photographer's aircraft. The aircraft are: top-centre, "Ford's Folly" (4R-P); forward-right, "Plucky Lady" (4R-B); and back-left, "Bombers Moon" (4R-H). Handwritten caption on reverse: 'A/C: Ford's Folly, P; Plucky Lady, B; Bombers Moon, H.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Private
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Private First Class
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
Related media
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15723
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Sergeant Frank Bender of the 489th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel. The file...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15738
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Second Lieutenant Chester C Poole of the 489th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15762
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for 1st Lieutenant Lawrence P Culkin of the 489th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15766
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for 2nd Lieutenant Robert T Ellis of the 489th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15789
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Private James F Grime of the 489th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel. The file...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15832
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Second Lieutenant John F Tankersley of the 489th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill...
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 15869
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for 2nd Lieutenant Lee B Lithander of the 489th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel...
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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)