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media-41734.jpeg UPL 41734 B-17 42-31089 crew disembarking

401bg Association/USAAF

Object Number - UPL 41734 - B-17 42-31089 crew disembarking

Delivered Cheyenne 20/9/43; Gt Falls 4/10/43; Scott 28/10/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-M] Deenethorpe 16/11/43; Missing in Action Kiel 4/1/44 with Capt Bill Garland, Co-pilot: Maj Malcolm Martin (Sq. CO), Navigator: Ed Nolte, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tony Spacek, Radio Operator: Bert Stimmel, Ball turret gunner: Tom McNab, Waist gunner: John Parratt, Tail gunner: Erle Owens (8 Returned to Duty), Bombardier: Floyd Howe (rip when picked up), Waist gunner: Ralph Newton (2 Killed in Action); mechanical fault, ditched North Sea, crew rescued by RN minesweepers Monique & Camille. Missing Air Crew Report 6468. CAROLYNE.

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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

Donald M Anderson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-735233
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator; Bombardier

William C Garland

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Role/Job: Pilot / Group Operations Officer

Floyd C Howe

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Michael M Lefkin

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 32496129
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Malcolm K Martin

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Major
Role/Job: Co-Pilot; Commanding Officer (612 Squadron)

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 174

Date: 4 January 1944

A B-17 Flying Fortress (DF-B, serial number 42-37779) nicknamed "Pistol Packin' Mama", of the 91st Bomb Group in flight during a mission over France, 14 January 1944.

61036 AC - (A)- Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" of the 91st Bomb Gp. 8th AF, enroute to bomb target at Croisette, France. 1/14/44. (Altitude 12,100 feet.)

VIII Bomber Command 171

Date: 31 December 1943

VIII Bomber Command 164

Date: 24 December 1943

Personnel of the 94th Bomb Group at a mission briefing. A censor has obscured the maps and charts in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press'[stamp],'Passed for publication 14 December 1943.'[stamp] '296691.'[Censor no] Printed caption on reverse: 'Operations Room at US Air Base. Preparing for take off. Associated Press photo shows: Col.F. W. Castle, Group Commanding Officer, gives the massed crews of the base the last part of the briefing, and a personal 'Godspeed' and 'Good Luck' in

VIII Bomber Command 151

Date: 11 December 1943

A B-24 Liberator nicknamed "The Oklahoman", piloted by Lieutenant Mason of the 389th Bomb Group bursts into flame during a mission, 5 December 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '5/12/43B - 3, 147. 147/RFWD148. 389 BG B-24 struck by flak and destroyed 12/5/43.'

VIII Bomber Command 149

Date: 5 December 1943

Events

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW)

Kiel, Germany

4 January 1944

Other

Ditched

North Sea

4 January 1944

Revisions

Date7 Sep 2021 21:56:26

Contributoracbernstein1

ChangesChanges to markings and mission associations

Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=31089

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:36

ContributorAAM

ChangesAAM ingest

Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 6468 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

42-31089: Gallery (7 items)

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