406th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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FRE 5296
The unofficial insignia of the 406th Bomb Squadron.
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Harrington |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 406th Bomb Squadron 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-437946
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot / Squadron Commander
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 406th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 406th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 406th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11111521
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: D
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 406th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16113666 / O-822921
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 801st Bomb Group 406th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Night In Gale
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron 18th Bomb Squadron 406th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 801st Bomb Group 406th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 801st Bomb Group 406th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 801st Bomb Group 406th Bomb Squadron
Mission
- Date: 4 March 1944
- Date: 2 March 1944
- Date: 29 February 1944
- Date: 10 February 1944
- Date: 8 February 1944
Revisions
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Changes
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)