Inventory of the 557th Bomb Squadron Association issuances

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Title: 557th Bomb Squadron Association issuances
Date (inclusive): 1944-2000
Collection Number: 92085
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 1 manuscript box (0.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Official history and newsletters relating to operations of the 557th Bomb Squadron in the European Theater during World War II. Includes a few orders and newspaper issues of the squadron.
Creator: 557th Bomb Squadron Association
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1992.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], 557th Bomb Squadron Association issuances, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Historical Note

Organization of veterans of the United States Army Air Forces 557th Bomb Squadron.

Scope and Content of Collection

Official history and newsletters relating to operations of the 557th Bomb Squadron in the European Theater during World War II. Includes a few orders and newspaper issues of the squadron.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front
United States. Army Air Forces. Bomb Squadron, 557th

box 1, folder 1

Orders 1944-1945

box 1, folder 2

Army of the United States, Certificate of Service, Joseph Meckoll 1945 December 29

box 1, folder 3

The Tiger Rag, newspaper 1945 August 2 and September 1

box 1, folder 4

Yea Botz, newsletters 1946, 1981-1994, 2000

Scope and Contents note

One issue from October 1946, simply titled News Letter. Issues from 1981 onward indicate that the 557th Bomb Squadron Association is known as The Tiger Tail Group.
box 1, folder 5

557th Bombardment Squadron (M) AAF, edited by Major Gust E. Lundberg Jr. and Captain Karl S. Petersen circa 1946

Scope and Contents note

History of the 557th Bomb Squadron Association.