342nd Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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FRE 10136
A formation of Flying Fortresses on their way to attack targets near the Anzio beachhead. Nearest the camera is a 342nd Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30056) that was declared Missing In Action on the 2nd of July 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '230056, MIA 2/7/44, 342BS, 97BG.' Printed caption on reverse: 'PNA. IA 18239. Forts Bound For Anzio. A flight of Flying Fortresses, carrying fragmentation bombs, gather in formation for a flight to the Anzio beachhead, in Italy. Photo No. 525. Reserviced By London OWI To List G.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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Encompassing
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: War Eagle
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Francis X
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Heidi Ho
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 94th Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron 342nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Baby Doll
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron 342nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: My Gal Sal
- Unit: 342nd Bomb Squadron 97th Bomb Group
Mission
- Date: 17 August 1942
- Official Description:
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia