44-8517

media-22476.png UPL 22476 44-8517 30-J was assigned to 601st Squadron, of the 398th Bomb Group, as a replacement aircraft on 9th February 1945.

398th Bomb Group Collection via Nuthampstead Airfield Museum.

Object Number - UPL 22476 - 44-8517 30-J was assigned to 601st Squadron, of the 398th Bomb Group, as a replacement aircraft on 9th February 1945.

Delivered Hunter 2/10/44; Dow Fd 16/10/44; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 1/1/45; transferred 601BS/398BG [3O-J] Nuthampstead 9/2/45; RAF Valley 21/5/45; Returned to the USA Bradley 25/5/45; Sth Plains 30/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 25/11/45.

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Units served with

398th Bomb Group

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

401st Bomb Group

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

601st Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Bomber crews from the 401st Bomb Group look over P-51 Mustang, FT-T, serial number 43-12172, of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, at Deenethorpe airfield. One of their B-17 Flying Fortresses is in the background. Printed caption on reverse of print: '...401st Bomb Group look over a North American P-51 Mustang at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 December 1943.'

Deenethorpe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Benefield

Nuthampstead

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Delivered	Savannah, GA, USA	1 October 1944	Hunter AAF
Assigned	Deenethorpe, Corby NN17, UK	1 January 1945	401 BG
Assigned	Nuthampstead, Royston SG8, UK	9 February 1945	398 BG