42-31033 Pee-Tey-Kun

Object Number - UPL 52566 - AC # 42-31033, 401st Bomb Group. Deenethorpe, 16 Dec 1943

Delivered Cheyenne 7/9/43; Scott 11/10/43; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-B] Deenethorpe 26/10/43;

An Original 401st BG aircraft, the ship was named, Pee-Tey-Kuh, by the [Native American] Blackfeet as this is Lt. Leon Stann's name in their language.

Missing in Action Oschersleben 28/5/44 with Stephen Nasen, Co-pilot: John Mitchell, Navigator: Jack Duce, Bombardier: Alvin Gould, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Warren Jumper, Waist gunner: Don Ogborn, Waist gunner: Clarry Biggs, Tail gunner: Herb Willman (8 Prisoner of War), Radio Operator: Garland Owens remains recovered 27/12/51, Ball turret gunner: Eldon Leavitt (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed near Duderstadt, 15 miles E of Gottingen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2507. PEE-TAY-KUH.

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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

People

Clarence H Biggs

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33374505
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner; Radio Operator

Jack A Duce

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-673508
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Alvin A Gould

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-669399
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Warren H Jumper

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Eldon Earl Leavitt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35740180
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 11 January 1944

Revisions

Date6 Sep 2021 13:24:01
Contributoracbernstein1
Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=31033

Date5 Sep 2021 23:17:59
Contributoracbernstein1
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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=31033

Date13 May 2021 21:02:10
Contributorjmoore43
Sources

Corrected the spelling of the nickname.

Date13 May 2021 20:54:11
Contributorjmoore43
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Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.

Date17 Jan 2020 04:36:02
Contributorjmoore43
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Added space(s) to the A/C "Description" for readability.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:36
ContributorAAM
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2507 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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