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42-107092 Freckles, Umbriago

media-52710.jpeg UPL 52710 AC # 42-107092, 'Freckles', 'Umbriago', 615th BS, 401st BG

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Object Number - UPL 52710 - AC # 42-107092, 'Freckles', 'Umbriago', 615th BS, 401st BG

Delivered Tulsa 17/2/44; Kearney 22/2/44; Grenier 6/3/44; Assigned 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 13/3/44; transferred 615BS/401BG [IY-E] Deenethorpe 23/3/44 FRECKLES!; Missing in Action Munich 31/7/44 with Jay Ossiander, Co-pilot: Roy Cooper, Navigator: Dominick Manolio, tog-Don Rouse, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Penrose Reagan, Radio Operator: Walt Dengler, Ball turret gunner: Ancil Anderson, Waist gunner: George Clarke,Tail gunner: Tom Higdon (9INT); flak, #2 & #3 both feathered, force landed Dubendorf, Switz; Missing Air Crew Report 7825. UMBRIAGO!

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Units served with

401st Bomb Group

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

615th Bomb Squadron

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

People

Joseph Percy Acker

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 06966455
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Leroy E Adams

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

William P Ameen

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

Ancil Lorin Anderson

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

William Rudolph Asbell

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 14182638
Highest Rank: Chief Master Sergeant
Role/Job: 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

Rattlesden

Site type: Airfield

Missions

507

Date: 31 July 1944

503

Date: 29 July 1944

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 351st Bomb Group, including (RQ-P, serial number 42-97193) and (serial number 43-37920) fly through flak bursts during a mission. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Thoison '557' took pic 20/7/44. Star Duster DS-L MIA 6/8/44.'

484

Date: 20 July 1944

8th Air Force 482

Date: 19 July 1944
Official Description:

481

Date: 18 July 1944

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Failed to Return (FTR)	Germany	31 July 1944

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany

31 July 1944

Revisions

Date19 Nov 2021 17:03:49

Contributoracbernstein1

ChangesChanges to mission associations

Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=107092

Date31 Oct 2021 20:54:28

Contributoracbernstein1

ChangesChanges to nicknames and markings

Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=107092

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:15

ContributorAAM

ChangesAAM ingest

Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7825 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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