42-39904 Bad Penny

media-36135.jpeg UPL 36135 Grinham Crew 67 of 401st Bomb Group, 615th Bomb Squadron.
Back row (L-R):
T/Sgt. Row w. Cockerham, Top Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. Herbert M. Housman, Right Waist Gunner
T/Sgt. Charles M. Lewis, Radio Operator / Gunner
S/Sgt. Charles E. Hardy, Ball Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. William T. Cummings, Left Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. James R. Hamilton, Tail Gunner.

Front Row (L-R)
2nd. Lt. Ralph W. Wolfe, Bombardier
1st. Lt. Fred "Duke" Grinham, Pilot
2nd. Lt. Fred Brown Jr., Co-Pilot
2nd. Lt. Ray Whitney, Navigator.

Hand written in photo correspondence by Charles Lewis - " A miracle is an event in ones life experienced by those who came through it alive - exactly as God pleases".

Charles Lewis Collection

Information provided by Charles M. Lewis.

Object Number - UPL 36135 - Grinham Crew 67 of 401st Bomb Group, 615th Bomb Squadron. Back row (L-R): T/Sgt. Row w. Cockerham, Top Turret Gunner S/Sgt. Herbert M. Housman,...

Delivered Long Beach 4/10/43; Gr Island 2/11/43; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-C] Deenethorpe 19/12/43.

Missing in Action Stettin 13/5/44 with Sullivan Tonti, Co-pilot: George Evans, Navigator: Wyndall Lacasse, Bombardier: Bob Rocco, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Bower, Radio Operator: Adolphus Hutchinson, Ball turret gunner: Tom Smith, Waist gunner: Bill Patterson, Waist gunner: John Moultrie, Tail gunner: Mahlon Desso (10 INT); mech fault, force landed Bulltofta, Sweden; Missing Air Crew Report 4785. (Left Sweden 11/6/45).
BAD PENNY.

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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.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 1st Scouting Force 384th Fighter Squadron 385th Fighter Squadron Scouting Force (Experimental) (SFX)
  • Service Numbers: O-748548
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Fighter pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-818828
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 13 May 1944

Revisions

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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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Information provided by Charles M. Lewis.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4785 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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