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42-102398 Dynamite John

media-26103.jpeg UPL 26103 42-102398 "Dynamite John"

Yorkshireman

Object Number - UPL 26103 - 42-102398 "Dynamite John"

Delivered Cheyenne 29/2/44; Gr Island 22/3/44; Grenier 20/4/44; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-H] Deenethorpe 13/5/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 8/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45. DYNAMITE JOHN.

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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 612th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group.

612th Bomb Squadron

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

People

Cecil F Adkisson

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

Charles H Aiken

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-760521
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

James William Allcroft

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 12077778
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator-Mechanic-Gunner

Howard E Anderson

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

Frank R Arndt

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator, Tail Gunner

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 962

Date: 20 April 1945

Ground crew of the 25th Bomb Group spray foam onto the crashed Mosquito (serial number NS748) at Watton, 19 April 1945. Official caption printed on image: '(G-AD-[illegible])(19-4-45)(MOS.748CRASH)(REST.)'

8th Air Force 961

Date: 19 April 1945

8th Air Force 959

Date: 18 April 1945

8th Air Force 957

Date: 17 April 1945

8th Air Force 954

Date: 16 April 1945

Revisions

Date25 Oct 2021 01:04:52

Contributoracbernstein1

ChangesChanges to mission associations

Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=102398

Date25 Oct 2021 00:06:12

Contributoracbernstein1

ChangesChanges to production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, markings, unit associations and mission associations

Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=102398

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:09

ContributorAAM

ChangesAAM ingest

Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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