44-6145 Cover Girl

Delivered Tulsa 12/5/44; Kearney 22/5/44; Grenier 29/5/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-S] Deenethorpe 12/6/44; Missing in Action Politz 7/10/44 with Harry Silverstein, Larry Crickenberger, Carl Landwehr, Glenn Dotson, Don Gravel, Don Bergstrom, George Dias, Francis Meyers (8 Killed in Action); John Farquhar (Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Kienwerder, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 9756. COVER GIRL.

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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

Donald E Bergstrom

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Lawrence H Crickenberger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

George V Dias

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Glenn Dotson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

John A Farquhar

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Places

Missions

669

  • Date: 7 October 1944

667

  • Date: 6 October 1944

652

  • Date: 28 September 1944

648

  • Date: 26 September 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Police, Poland 7 October 1944 Politz, Germany during the war.

Revisions

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Contributoracbernstein1
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Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=6145

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ContributorSuperman
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MACR 9756

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ContributorSuperman
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401st Bomb Group website

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 9756 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database