857th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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UPL 13635
Corporal Phillip S Brinkman of the 486th Bomb Group painted the nose art of a B-24 Liberator 42-52693 "Aries" of 857th BS, 492nd BG, 8th AF.
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
North Pickenham |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36867647
- Role/Job: Special Vehicle Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37486908
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36580794
- Role/Job: Munitions Worker
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16151743
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron 753rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Herk's Jerks, Sweet and Lowdown
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron 857th Bomb Squadron 858th Bomb Squadron 856th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Silver Witch
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: WhatsNextDoc?
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Alice
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron 857th Bomb Squadron
Related media
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: UPL 65441
- Description: "Brunswick, Germany - Ernie Gavitt's Story" By Ernest Gavitt, Navigator, Arnett Crew 717, 857th BS, 492nd BG
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: UPL 65455
- Description: "Is This Trip Really Necessary?" by Lt Col Charles Arnett, USAF (ret). 492nd BG, 857th BS, 44-40171, Mission No. 358
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: UPL 65468
- Description: Remembering Uriel F. Robertson, Waist Gunner, Arnett Crew, 857th BS, 492nd BG, KIA 19 May 1944, 44-40171, Mission No. 358
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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)