751st Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 751st Bomb Squadron, 457th Bomb Group. media-395140.jpg FRE 5197 The insignia of the 751st Bomb Squadron, 457th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5197 - The insignia of the 751st Bomb Squadron, 457th Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Glatton

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32950669
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14085200
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-755919
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron

Aircraft

A 457th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress ('Z', serial number 42-97131) flies near the photographer's aircraft; another B-17 is in the background.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Home James
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Silver queen
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Yu II
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron 751st Bomb Squadron
A 457th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97451) flies through accurate flak over Kassel on the 19th of April. Printed caption on reverse: '409. A 457BG Fortress (42-97451) in the flak over Kassel on 19 April. Gun-laying radar put this salvo of 88m shells accurately among the bombers, damaging 12 but without wounding any crew members.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nancy K
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st 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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