852nd Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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FRE 5223
The insignia of the 852nd Bomb Squadron, 491st Bomb Group.
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: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33904823
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 1607910 / O-694302
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35751641
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Flying Bull, Buffalo
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 491st Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron 852nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Lucky Buck
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Phantom Renegade aka Ballot Baker
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
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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)