839th Bombardment Squadron
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The 839th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Army Air Forces unit. It was activated in January 1941 as the 79th Bombardment Squadron and equipped with Douglas A-20 Havoc light bombers.
839th Bombardment Squadron flight crew of "Shoo Shoo Baby"
Douglas B-18B equipped for antisubmarine warfare
A B-24 of the 839th Bombardment Squadron
First Air Force Emblem
RAF Lavenham
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RAF Lavenham is a former World War II airfield in England. The field is located 7 miles N of Sudbury in Suffolk, near the village of Alpheton.
839th Bombardment Squadron
…Duchess of Bedford and arrived in Great Britain on 3 April. The air echelon departed via the southern ferry route on 23 March. The squadron arrived at RAF Lavenham, its base in England, on 4 April 1944, with the air echelon arriving between 13 and 17 April. The 839th entered combat on 7 May 1944, bombing airfields…
A B-26 about to buzz Lavenham. View is to the west and the buildings at left are 839th BS offices. Two B-24's parked across the airfield are said likely to be 42-94756 and 41–29488.
Lockheed/Vega B-17G-85-VE Fortress Serial 44-8878 of the 836th Bomb Squadron over Paris.