729th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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FRE 5188
The insignia of the 729th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group.
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Deopham Green |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: AO719961
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34776476
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lady Jeannette
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Feather Merchant
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Uninvited II
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
Related media
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: 452nd Bomb Group collection
- Object Number: Document 25289
- Description: List of 452nd Bomb Group Association members
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 47905
- Description: Missions flown by Gerald D. Flanagan with 452nd BG, 729th BS.
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 47907
- Description: Missions flown by Walter William Mount with 452nd BG, 729th BS. (This list shows his name as Walter M. Mount which is probably incorrect).
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 47908
- Description: Missions flown by Alvin G. Russell Jr. with 452nd BG, 729th BS.
Revisions
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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)