James Linus Shannon

Military
media-52861.jpeg UPL 52861 S/Sgt James L Shannon, 401BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 52861 - S/Sgt James L Shannon, 401BG.

Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 x combat missions. Ben Johnson crew. ETD





Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Benjamin H Johnson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-102393

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Diana Queen Of The Chase
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-39943

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lassie Come Home
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-39979

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron 614th Bomb Squadron

42-39993

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hells Angels Out Of Chute 13, Grossly Inadequate
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97487) nicknamed "Hangover Haven" of the 401st Bomb Group after crash landing at Deenethorpe, 3 October 1944 Official caption on image: "GAD-1079 - (48-401)-(4-10-44) 7487 Crash." Handwritten caption on reverse: '3/10/44 A, 296 Extra. V. Maslen, 7487, "Hangover Haven".'

42-97487

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hangover Haven
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Crafton, PA 30 July 1920 Son of Stewart Shannon.

Enlisted

Pittsburgh, PA 5 February 1942 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Other

Discharged USAAF

15 September 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

31 December 1998

Based

Deenethorpe Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery McMurray, Washington County, PA Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery McMurray, Washington County, Pennsylvania

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/541017298
https://www.fold3.com/record/83769631/james-l-shannon-wwii-army-enlistm…
https://www.fold3.com/record/714467958/shannon-james-l-us-veterans-grav…
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1287
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142753163/james-l-shannon

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1287

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Object number: UPL 52861 - S/Sgt James L Shannon, 401BG.