1st Strategic Air Depot

The 1st Strategic Air Depot at Honington. media-456081.jpg FRE 6288 The 1st Strategic Air Depot at Honington. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 6288 - The 1st Strategic Air Depot at Honington.

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 1st Strategic Air Depot 899th Station Complement Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 1636346
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Radar Officer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 1st Strategic Air Depot
  • Service Numbers: 2008036
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Flight Control Officer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 1st Strategic Air Depot
  • Service Numbers: 16068262
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Machinist
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 1st Strategic Air Depot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 1st Strategic Air Depot
  • Service Numbers: 12172871, 069462
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Machinist

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Peggy Ann
  • Unit: 1st Strategic Air Depot 25th Bomb Group 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 94th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 2 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Slightly Dangerous
  • Unit: 1st Strategic Air Depot 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
  • 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.
  • 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
A crashed B-17G Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97184) of the 388th Bomb Group at Honington, 12 June 1944. Official caption on image: "ISAD 12 June 1944 - 1456 (Crash Landing, B-17G, 42-97184, Honington)."
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lady Godiva
  • Unit: 1st Strategic Air Depot 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron

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

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