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77th Bomb Squadron |
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77th Bomb Squadron |
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Aircraft Number 129681 |
Nose Art on B-25 129681 |
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Kurile Island Operations
Courtesy: USAF Office of History
Lineage
20
Nov 1940 – Constituted 77th Bombardment Squadron (Medium)
15
Jan 1941 – Activated
5 Nov 1945 – Inactivated
15
Jul 1945 – Redesignated 77th Bombardment Squadron (Very
Heavy)
15
Jan 1941 – 42nd Bombardment Group
2 Jan 1942 – 28th Composite (Later Bombardment) Group
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Oct - 5 Nov 1945 – 11th Air Force
4 Aug 1946 – 28th Bombardment (Later Reconnaissance) Group
16
Jan 1952 – 28th Strategic Reconnaissance (Later Bombardment) Wing
Note: Assignment of the unit once it left Alaska will not be covered.
Stations
15
Jan 1941 – Salt Lake City, Ut
4 Jun - 14 Dec 1941 – Boise, Id
29
Dec 1941– Elmendorf Field, Ak
– Operated from:
Umnak - 30 May 1942
3
Oct 1942 – Adak, Ak
- Operated from:
Adak, Ak - 12 Dec 1942
Attu, Ak - 22 Jul 1943
11
Sep 1943 – Amchitka, Ak
11
Feb 1944 - 19 Oct 1945 – Attu, Ak
29
Oct 1945 - 5 Nov 1945 – Ft Lawton, Wa
Note: Assignment of the unit once it left Alaska will not be covered.
Aircraft
1941
- 1943 - B-18
1941
- 1943 - B-26
1942
- 1945 - B-25
c. Feb 1942 - 17 Jul 1945 – Combat in the Northern Pacific
Service
Steamers
None
Campaigns
Aleutian Islands;
Air Offensive, Japan; Air Combat, Asiatic-Pacific Theater
Decorations
Distinguished Unit
Citation: Kurile Islands, 1 Apr 1944 - [17 Jul] 1945
Emblem
None
The Walt Disney Studio designed patch above was never "Officially"
approved for wear.
[Note: Looking for a photograph of the patch listed above on a Flight Jacket, painted on something or a scan of the patch from the WWII period]
Commanders
1 Jul 1940 - Capt
David H. Motherwell
8 Jun 1941 - 1 Lt Roy R. Buschetto
(assumed command - Capt Motherwell had died)
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Aug 1941 - Maj Harry E. Wilson
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Mar 1942 - Capt Roy R. Buschetto
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May 1942 - Maj Harold D. Courtney
Courtesy: USAF Office of History
Crew of the B-25, Marjorie
77th Bomb Squadron - Alexai Point, Attu - 27 Sept 1943
The crew flew on the 11 September raid against Parmushiro, Japan.
Front Row: (left to right)
1Lt E.P. Scalet, Navigator, Ft Smith, Arkanas
1Lt M.I. Temple, Pilot, Alton Bay, N.H.
Lt P.E. Welliver, Co-pilot, Hazelton, Penn
Back Row: (left to right)
S/Sgt R.J. Strohecker, Tail Gunner, Pearl City, Ill
T/Sgt T.F. Richardson, Turret Gunner, Nespelem, Wash
T/Sgt W.H. Biggs, Radio Operator, Westerport, Md
War Stories: The story of the last mission of the B-25, "Fickle Finger of Fate" Join the crew on one of the most daring missions of the Aleutian War.
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