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42-39881 Gloria J

Delivered Long Beach 28/9/43; Gr Island 12/10/43; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-F] Deenethorpe 13/12/43; Missing in Action Stettin 11/4/44 with Pilot: Bob Stine, Co-pilot: Bob Kehoe, Navigator: Lee Miller, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner: Paul Trump, Radio Operator: Frank Keeney, Ball Turret Gunner: John Risi, Left Waist Gunner: Dick Thill, Right Waist Gunner: Ed Phillips (8 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Walter Empric, Tail Gunner: Gilbert Prager (2 Prisoners of War); flak, crashed Isernhagen, four miles NE of Hannover, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4017. GLORIA J.

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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 614th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group.

614th Bomb Squadron

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

People

Walter P Empric

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

Frank E Keeney

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner

Robert J Kehoe

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

Robert Sylvester Kinsey

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron 614th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 17129375
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Lee S Miller

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
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

Missions

8th Air Force 298

Date: 11 April 1944

8th Air Force 244

Date: 2 March 1944

8th Air Force 226 BIG WEEK - DAY 1

Date: 20 February 1944

A bomber crew of the 381st Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress on the 4 February 1944. Passed for publication 12 Feb 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '4-2-44.' Printed caption removed from reverse. Censor no: 304545. On reverse: Associated Press, US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].

8th Air Force 218

Date: 11 February 1944

Events

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany

11 April 1944

Revisions

Date10 Sep 2021 22:43:18

Contributoracbernstein1

Changes

Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=39881

Date2 Aug 2019 14:26:54

ContributorShade Ruff

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Sources

Included squadron code identification.

Date24 Jul 2019 13:44:45

ContributorShade Ruff

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Loaded correct page for Miller.

Date17 Jul 2019 00:30:38

ContributorShade Ruff

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Sources

Missing Air Crew Report #4017.

Date16 Jul 2019 17:38:02

ContributorShade Ruff

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Sources

401st Bombardment Group (Heavy) Association's web site: 401bg.org

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:51

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4017 / MACR 4018 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database