42-38012 | American Air Museum

42-38012

Delivered Cheyenne 12/11/43; Romulus 2/12/43; Presque Is 4/12/43; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-M] Deenethorpe 21/1/44; Missing in Action Frankfurt 29/1/44 with Leon Van Syckle, Co-pilot: Mitchell Woods, Bombardier: Stan Groski, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Rask, Ball turret gunner: Don Lamb, Waist gunner: Ralph Roberts, Waist gunner: Albt Paganelli (7 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Rich Montfort, Radio Operator: Joe Glonek,Tail gunner: Chas Duke (3 Killed in Action); hit by rocket from enemy aircraft, crashed near Worms, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2275.

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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

The insignia of the 615th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group.

615th Bomb Squadron

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

People

Charles H Duke

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Joseph J Glonek

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner

Stanley T Groski

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Donald D Lamb

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 38444211
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Richard Lee Monfort

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-687890
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

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

Presque Isle Army Airfield

Site type: Airfield
Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is

Events

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

France

29 January 1944

Revisions

Date11 Sep 2021 23:13:36

Contributoracbernstein1

Changes

Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=38012

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:47

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2275 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database