859th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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FRE 5227
The insignia of the 859th Bomb Squadron, 492nd Bomb Group.
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
North Pickenham |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12080596
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Clerk-Typist/MOS405
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14182562
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16155842
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Airplane and Engine Mechanic/MOS747
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Georgette
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: That's All Brother
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron 467th Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Gremlin Manor
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron 467th Bomb Group 789th Bomb Squadron 791st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: I'll Be Around
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
ContributorEMBLEMHUNTER
Changes
Sources
my photo, Squadron of far left in image , all others nothing to do with this Squadron.
ContributorAAM
Changes
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)