577th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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FRE 7976
A pathfinder B-24 Liberator of the 577th Bomb Squadron, 392nd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Note radar gear under nose/cockpit area!' Handwritten and printed caption on reverse: '392BG 577SQ.' On reverse: John E. Bode Aug 05 1964 [Stamp].
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Wendling |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner; Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: War Horse
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Shack Rat
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Alfred
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron 578th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th 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)