409th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5084 - The insignia of the 409th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group.
Commanding Officers
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34278598 on enlisting
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Connections
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
|
Based |
Alconbury | 7 September 1942 |
|
Based |
Hardwick | 6 December 1942 - 15 June 1945 |
|
Based |
Tafaraoui | 7 December 1942 - 15 December 1942 |
|
Based |
RAF Gambut | 16 December 1942 - 25 February 1943 |
|
Based |
Oudna | 18 September 1943 - 3 October 1943 |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-734812
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flying Officer
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15018246 / O-660387
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Beaver's Baby
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Hells Express
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
Mission
Related media
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 37750
- Description: My moms cousin Teddy Stamper was the tail gunner on Southwind and was KIA 1 Dec 1943. I would welcome contact with anyone associated with Teddy...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 39850
- Description: RAF Form 441A Sortie Reports for the 93rd Bomb Group on Operation Tidal Wave, the bombing of Ploesti. - 1 August 1943.
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: Unit histories
- Object Number: Document 51265
- Description: 93rd Bomb Group unit history, complete copy Many of the 8th Air Force Groups produced an unofficial unit history in the months after the war ended in...
Revisions
William B Musselwhite Commanding Officer 10/15/42 thru 3/13/42.
http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=10618
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)