598th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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FRE 9634
A B-26 Marauder (U2-J, serial number 42-96158) nicknamed "Little Peedoff" of the 598th Bomb Squadron, 397th Bomb Group in flight.
Handwritten caption on reverse: '397BG, 598BS.' Roger Freeman Collection
Handwritten caption on reverse: '397BG, 598BS.' Roger Freeman Collection
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Rivenhall |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 397th Bomb Group 598th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11044116 / O-796950
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 397th Bomb Group 598th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32265914
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Armorer/Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 397th Bomb Group 598th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-812939
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 397th Bomb Group 598th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-671879
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 397th Bomb Group 598th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13050429 / O-743568
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Kreihl's Cradle/Pink Lady II
- Unit: 391st Bomb Group 397th Bomb Group 573rd Bomb Squadron 598th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Lucky Star
- Unit: 397th Bomb Group 598th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Susan J
- Unit: 397th Bomb Group 597th Bomb Squadron 598th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit: 387th Bomb Group 397th Bomb Group 557th Bomb Squadron 598th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Sharon Rozanne II / Taconite Express
- Unit: 397th Bomb Group 596th Bomb Squadron 598th Bomb Squadron
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Sources
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)