526th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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FRE 5125
The insignia of the 526th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group.
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Kimbolton |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34895054
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Private First Class
- Role/Job: Ordnance; Bomb Loader
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-794102
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Rikki Tikki Tavi II
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Up & At Them
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lady Godiva
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Madame Pisonyer aka Stupifier
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron 526th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
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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)