859th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 859th Bomb Squadron, 492nd Bomb Group. media-395170.jpg FRE 5227 The insignia of the 859th Bomb Squadron, 492nd Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5227 - The insignia of the 859th Bomb Squadron, 492nd Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

North Pickenham

People

Bernard P Jacobs

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-718323
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Donald M Kilpatrick

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Billie F Lewis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34725018
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner

Charles R Lupton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34674793
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Andrew C Maiorino

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 467th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron 859th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32775614
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

44-40064

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron 858th Bomb Squadron 856th Bomb Squadron

44-40065

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Silver Lady
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron

44-40068

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Umbriago
  • Unit: 467th Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron

44-40069

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Little Red
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron
A Swedish soldier guards the nose of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40103) nicknamed "Say When" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed near Malmö, Sweden. First handwritten caption on reverse: '440103, Say When, 20/6/44.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: 'Nose gunner pinned in and believed dead. Was very much alive and bitter cold.'

44-40103

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Say When
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 858th Bomb Squadron 859th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

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my photo, Squadron of far left in image , all others nothing to do with this 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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