557th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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FRE 5047
The insignia of the 557th Bomb Squadron, 387th Bomb Group. Image via Peter Crouchman. Written on slide casing: '557th BS, 387th BG.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Chipping Ongar |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 557th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32240791
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 557th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32438932
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 557th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12122373 / O-721708
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 387th Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron 557th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16044004
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Togglier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 557th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34637214
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Engineer / Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Ole Smokey
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 557th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 397th Bomb Group 557th Bomb Squadron 598th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 557th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Shirley D
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 557th Bomb Squadron
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / 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)