42-31891 The Shape

media-46048.jpeg UPL 46048 B-17G-BO 42-31891 The Shape of
401st BG (SC -P) Late 1944or '45.

Image via Jing Zhou
Association via Paul Bellamy
FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945; MARCHESE
NOV 21/22, 2020

Object Number - UPL 46048 - B-17G-BO 42-31891 The Shape of 401st BG (SC -P) Late 1944or '45.

Delivered Cheyenne 31/12/43; Kearney 12/1/44; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-P] Deenethorpe 15/2/44; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 1/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 8/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/12/45.

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Units served with

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-887085
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37426585
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34702205
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight engineer / Top turret

Places

Missions

  • Date: 15 February 1945
  • Date: 14 February 1945
  • Official Description:
Ground crew attend to a crashed P-51 Mustang nicknamed "Baby Jo" of the 357th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: ' Lt Noel Breen ran out of fuel 9 Feb '45.'
  • Date: 9 February 1945
  • Date: 28 January 1945
  • Date: 17 January 1945

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Sources

401bg.org

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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