42-31485 Old Ironsides

Delivered Cheyenne 11/10/43; Gr Island 21/11/43; La Guardia 29/11/43; New York 1/12/43; Presque Is 2/12/43; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-X] Deenethorpe 6/1/44; RAF Stornaway 5/4/44, ret grp 6/4/44; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 9/6/45; Syracuse 10/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 13/6/45; with George Charberg force landed South Plains 1/12/45; Recl Comp 7/6/46. OLD IRONSIDES.

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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

Allan Brooke Ainley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13178814 / O-716614
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Ora Ralph Akins

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37705979
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Russell H Albert

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

John Lee Allen

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

Lewis L Allen

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

Places

Missions

833

  • Date: 16 February 1945

789

  • Date: 10 January 1945

785

  • Date: 7 January 1945

783

  • Date: 6 January 1945

778

  • Date: 3 January 1945

Revisions

Date6 Oct 2021 17:23:48
Contributoracbernstein1
ChangesChanges to mission associations
Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=31485

Date5 Oct 2021 23:58:59
Contributoracbernstein1
ChangesChanges to mission associations
Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=31485

Date3 Oct 2021 20:59:26
Contributoracbernstein1
ChangesChanges to mission associations
Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=31485

Date3 Oct 2021 14:16:41
Contributoracbernstein1
ChangesChanges to production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, markings, unit associations and mission associations
Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=31485

Date18 Sep 2020 21:35:20
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to nicknames
Sources

Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:38
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log