44-6508 Maiden U.S.A., Mission to Moscow
![A B-17 Flying Fortress (IW-A, serial number 44-6508) of the 614th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '48.' On reverse: Griff Murphey [Stamp].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/wysiwyg_x2/public/freeman/media-414250.jpg.webp?itok=ME3asDlD)
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 8073 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (IW-A, serial number 44-6508) of the 614th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '48.' On reverse:...
Delivered Lincoln 24/8/44; Grenier 9/9/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-A] Deenethorpe 23/9/44; 613BS [IN-A]; battle damaged Berlin 3/2/45 with ?; force landed continent, repaired & ret UK; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/6/45; Sth Plains 18/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 27/11/45. MAIDEN U.S.A.
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- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53810
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 203, 3 Feb 1945, Berlin, Germany. Briefing took place at 0300 hours. Aircraft loading was ten 500 pound GP's and 2,780...
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- Object Number: Document 53814
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 199, 22 Jan 1945, Sterkrade, Germany. The Group was briefed at 0630, but starting times were delayed several times and...
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- Object Number: Document 53862
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 198, 21 Jan 1945, Aschaffenburg, Germany. Briefing was conducted at the relatively early hour of 0400. Aircraft were...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53865
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 197, 17 Jan 1945, Paderborn, Germany. Group briefing took place at 0600 hours. Aircraft were loaded with six 1,000...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53867
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 195, 13 Jan 1945, Maximiliansau, Germany. Briefing took place at 0530 hours. Loading was six 1,000 pound bombs and 2...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53869
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 194, 10 Jan 1945, Euskirchen, Germany. Briefing took place at 0600 hours. Deenethorpe had been snowed in the previous...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53870
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 193, 7 Jan 1945, Bitburg, Germany. Briefing took place at 0500 hours. By 0921 all aircraft were airborne, although four...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53881
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 189, 1 Jan 1945, Kassel, Germany. Briefing took place at 0450 hours, and by 0834 hours all operational aircraft were...
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 3 February 1945 |
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Personal stories passed down from my grandfather (William J. Sweeney III)
The Wars Of Myron King
Personal stories passed down from my grandfather (William J Sweeney III)
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 12213 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database