534th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 534th Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group. media-395073.jpg FRE 5130 The insignia of the 534th Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5130 - The insignia of the 534th Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Ridgewell

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39398025
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 10600645
  • Role/Job: Gee Section
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15171172
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Betty L
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Abortion, Stuff
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sis
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 306th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron 535th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Smilin' Thru" of the 305th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'AS 305BG. - TA Harkin. via C Norman.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Smilin-Thru
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 366th Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29803) nicknamed “Flat Foot Floogie” of the 305th Bomb Group.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Flat Foot Floogie
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron 365th Bomb Squadron 534th Bomb Squadron

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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)

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