845th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
media-22936.jpeg UPL 22936 B24H "The Sharon D" 845th Bomb Squadron - 489th Bomb Group over the blazing oil refinery at Misberg 12th September 1944

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Object Number - UPL 22936 - B24H "The Sharon D" 845th Bomb Squadron - 489th Bomb Group over the blazing oil refinery at Misberg 12th September 1944

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Halesworth

Previously was

People

Arthur S Babcock

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 845th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

Allan D Black

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 845th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: ATT, Assistant Engineer

Carl S Booth

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 845th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant

Carl E Brown

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 845th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner

Bo Cochran

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 845th Bomb Squadron

Aircraft

41-28832

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 845th Bomb Squadron

41-29577

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Shadrach
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 489th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron 845th Bomb Squadron

42-94759

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Sharon D
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 489th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron 845th Bomb Squadron 847th Bomb Squadron

42-94776

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Lethal Linda
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 845th Bomb Squadron
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-94783) nicknamed "Jo" of the 489th Bomb Group flies over Halesworth. Image via W Portouw. Written on slide casing: 'A_, 294783 'Jo'. 845 BS. Lt John Predgen Crew.'

42-94783

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Jo
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 489th Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron 845th 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)

845th Bomb Squadron: Gallery (12 items)

A B-24 Liberator (T4-K_) of the 847th Bomb Squadron, 489th Bomb Group at Halesworth.

Object number: FRE 8570 - A B-24 Liberator (T4-K_) of the 847th Bomb...

Object number: UPL 22936 - B24H "The Sharon D" 845th Bomb Squadron - 489th...

Object number: UPL 22937 - Consolidated B-24H-15-FO Liberator 42-94759 "The...

Object number: UPL 24755 - Francis S Bodine

Object number: UPL 50167 - Ground Crew, 845th BS, 489th BG

Object number: UPL 50179 - 489TH - ROBERT GAST, PILOT, 845TH

Object number: UPL 50200 - Bodine Crew, 845th BS, 489th BG. 42-94896 'Special...

Object number: UPL 50202 - Bodine Crew, 845th BS, 489th BG. 42-94896 'Special...

Object number: UPL 50203 - 1944: 489TH BG - BODINE CREW: L-R FRONT: HENRY...

Object number: UPL 50228 - Osborne Crew, 845 BS, 489 BG. 42-94945. Lost 6 Aug...

Object number: UPL 50229 - Osborne Crew, 845 BS, 489 BG. 42-94945. Lost 6 Aug...

Object number: UPL 53157 - Cpl William T Plese