802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP)

Group

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Watton

People

John William Walch

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 12th Replacement Control Depot No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center VIII Reconnaissance Wing 25th Bomb Group 328th Service Group 60th Troop Carrier Group No 6 Combat Crew Replacement Center 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 11th Troop Carrier Squadron 653rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-790106
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

42-3292

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mary Pat
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 385th Bomb Group 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 551st Bomb Squadron

42-3346

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tuff Titty
  • Unit: 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron 8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron

42-3465

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Wee Bonnie II
  • Unit: 1st Strategic Air Depot 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-39777) nicknamed "Stumble Butt", used for weather reconnaissance by the 25th Bomb Group.

42-39777

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Stumble Butt
  • Unit: 1st Strategic Air Depot 3rd Strategic Air Depot 25th Bomb Group 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 652nd Bomb Squadron

43-5368

  • Aircraft Type: UC-64/64A Norseman
  • Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 27th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron

Revisions

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

"The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in World War II" - Norman Malayney
Page 279-280

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

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)