96th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Logbook
Object Number - UPL 21102 - American fighter pilot Albert F Eckert in 1941 with his Spitfire, 'Gravesend Shrimp', one of over 20 presentation aircraft paid for by the people of...
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 96th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19058868
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 338th Bomb Squadron 96th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 96th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-682009
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 339th Bomb Squadron 96th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron 96th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37544301
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fertile Myrtle
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron 533rd Bomb Squadron 96th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Worry Wart
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron 532nd Bomb Squadron 96th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hustlin Huzzy
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 341st Bomb Squadron 96th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Miss Hettie
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 96th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lonesome Polecat
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 96th Bomb Squadron
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia