2nd Strategic Air Depot

Depot
media-7219.jpeg UPL 7219 Aerial View of Station 547 Abbots Ripton
Home of the 2nd Strategic Air Depot serving the B-17 fleet of the 8th AF 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 7219 - Aerial View of Station 547 Abbots Ripton Home of the 2nd Strategic Air Depot serving the B-17 fleet of the 8th AF

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Established

Little Staughton 12 October 1943

Based

Little Staughton 12 October 1943 - 1 February 1944

Based

Abbots Ripton 1 February 1944 - 23 June 1945

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot
  • Service Numbers: 42001988
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Photographer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 904th Signal Depot Company
  • Service Numbers: 14091765
  • Highest Rank: Technician Fifth Grade
  • Role/Job: Radio Repairman
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot
  • Service Numbers: 1552021
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Maintenance
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ground Crew
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 355th Fighter Group 357th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18159324 / O-710815
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bad Egg
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 390th Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Careful Virgin
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot VIII Air Force Service Command 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fitch's Bandwagon
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pappy's Hellions III / Lucky Strike
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 305th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Liberty Belle
  • Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 384th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron 554th Bomb Squadron 803rd Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date
ContributorPaul Bellamy
Changes
Sources

2SAD records (AFHRA via ARG Archive)

Date
ContributorPaul Bellamy
Changes
Sources

2SAD records (AFHRA via ARG Archive)

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

466th BG HIstorian

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
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466th BG Historian

Date
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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