575th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
Personnel of the 391st Bomb Group at Roya (Amy) in France, 1944. Image via Alvaro Sousa. Written on slide casing: 'WWII, 391st Bomb Group, 575th Bomb Squadron, 1st Base in France, 1944. "Chow Line Clean Up".' media-396057.jpg FRE 7331 Personnel of the 391st Bomb Group at Roya (Amy) in France, 1944. Image via Alvaro Sousa. Written on slide casing: 'WWII, 391st Bomb Group, 575th Bomb Squadron, 1st Base in France, 1944. "Chow Line Clean Up".' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 7331 - Personnel of the 391st Bomb Group at Roya (Amy) in France, 1944. Image via Alvaro Sousa. Written on slide casing: 'WWII, 391st Bomb Group, 575th Bomb...

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William D Hawkinson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 391st Bomb Group 575th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16122115 / O-704289
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bomb / Nav

Delmar L Haynes

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 391st Bomb Group 575th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20725360
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer / Gunner

Donald J Hudson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 391st Bomb Group 575th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-693781
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-pilot

John V Hultin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 391st Bomb Group 575th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-822009
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-pilot

Harold R Humble

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 391st Bomb Group 575th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38468334
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

42-95854

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Unit: 391st Bomb Group 575th Bomb Squadron

42-95855

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: The Grinnin Gremlin
  • Unit: 391st Bomb Group 575th Bomb Squadron

42-95865

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Skyhag
  • Unit: 391st Bomb Group 574th Bomb Squadron 575th Bomb Squadron
Two airmen of the 391st Bomb Group with the nose art of a B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-95932) nicknamed "Fifinella". Written on slide casing: '391 BG, Fifinella.'

42-95932

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Fifinella, Fifinella Dog
  • Unit: 391st Bomb Group 575th Bomb Squadron
Two B-26 Marauders (O8-B, serial number 42-107620) nicknamed "Oh Baby" and (O8-O, serial number 42-96295) nicknamed "Cook's Tour" of the 391st Bomb Group fly together over France. Image via Alvaro Sousa. Written on slide casing: '"Wing Men" 391st-575 B. Sqdn, France 1944.' Written on duplicate slide: '2 Ship B-26 formation over France.'

42-96295

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Cook's Tour
  • Unit: 391st Bomb Group 575th 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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