359th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
Insignia associated with the 359th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force. media-395047.jpg FRE 5104 Insignia associated with the 359th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5104 - Insignia associated with the 359th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Molesworth

People

Albert R Taylor

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-716549
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Alfred Tomlinson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16027733
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant

Alonzo I West

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 2072931
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Abraham Wodinsky

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12189262 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Adolph J Wollsieffer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13018356

Aircraft

43-38604

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron

43-38608

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lucille
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron 360th Bomb Squadron 457th Bomb Group
Three ladies with the tail of a B-17 Flying Fortress (BN-A, serial number 43-38619) of the 359th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'C/L Ghent 303BG- SAL 14/2/45.'

43-38619

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron

43-38764

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron

43-38767

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Vox Pop
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron 359th Bomb Squadron

Mission

Related media

UPL 52548

  • Media Type: Video
  • Collection Name: Rob Edwards collection
  • Object Number: UPL 52548
  • Description: Video of the memorial to the service and sacrifice of the 303rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) who served at Molesworth airfield, station 107
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Document 40317

  • Media Type: Document
  • Collection Name: Unit histories
  • Object Number: Document 40317
  • Description: 303rd Bomb Group Unit History, complete copy Many of the 8th Air Force Groups produced an unofficial unit history in the months after the war ended...

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

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