42-39993 Hells Angels Out Of Chute 13, Grossly Inadequate
Object Number - UPL 37620 - "Four crew members of the 401st Bomb Group in front of the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Hell's Angel' at an 8th Air Force Base in England, 20...
Delivered Long Beach 26/10/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-C] Deenethorpe 1/1/44; 118m landing accident at base with Jim Nolan 7/5/45; sal 2 SAD Watton, Nfk 8/5/45. HELL’S ANGELS OUT OF CHUTE 13 aka GROSSLY INADEQUATE.
George F. Bingham Crew - 21 missions (original crew)
Charles F. Hess Crew - 1 mission
Stuart E. Smith Crew - 1 mission
William J. Kelly Crew - 1 mission
Marion O. Hagan, Jr. Crew - 2 missions
Francis J. Touissant Crew - 2 missions
Benjamin H. Johnson Crew - 1 mission
Kenneth C. Wells Crew - 1 mission
John Myretetus Crew - 1 mission
Jack Atherton Crew - 1 mission
Carl G. Ritting Crew - 1 mission
Roger C. Gibson Crew - 25 missions (most missions in this a/c)
Bodo C. Konze Crew - 1 mission
Jay Osslander Crew - 1 mission
Paul J. Sullivan Crew - 1 mission
Charles H. Aiken Crew - 2 missions
Ralph S. Hayes Crew - 1 mission
Charles T. Maxwell Crew- 1 mission
Thomas K. Hill Crew - 1 mission
David F. Tompkins Crew - 1 mission
Louis J. Lawrence Crew - 1 mission
Julian A. Roadman Crew - 2 missions
Bert E. Hocking Crew - 1 mission
Andrew F. Bloetscher Crew- 2 missions
Roy H. Bonney Crew - 1 mission
Walter E. Cox Crew - 1 mission
Jack P. Comer Crew - 2 missions
Dale G. Jones Crew - 1 mission
Donald M. Schliemann Crew - 1 mission
Allen D. Aschenbach Crew - 6 missions
Walter W. Thorne Crew - 1 mission
Richard L. Steele Crew - 1 mission
Millard H. French Crew - 1 mission
Alfred R. Grimm Crew - 1 mission
James A. Nolan Crew - 9 missions
Max M. Smith Crew - 3 missons
William J. Mulyhill Crew - 1 mission
James J. Hazelton Crew - 2 missions
Ward A. Leap Crew - 1 mission
Verne E. Walker Crew - 1 mission
Eldon J. Cairns Crew - 1 mission
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-760521
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot, Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier / Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Missions
- Date: 17 April 1945
- Date: 16 April 1945
- Date: 14 April 1945
- Date: 10 April 1945
- Date: 9 April 1945
Related videos and documents
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52972
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 11, 4 Jan 1944, Kiel, Germany. The lead aircraft, piloted by Capt. Garland with Major Martin as Group Air Commander...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52974
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 12, 5 Jan 1944, Tours, France. All aircraft returned from mission by 1452 hours. Colonel Rogner expressed his pleasure...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52976
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 14, 11 Jan 1944, Oschersleben, Germany. This was one of the greatest air battles of World War II. The Group put up the...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52979
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 17, 29 Jan 1944, Frankfurt, Germany. 35 aircraft were airborne by 0849 but five aborted the mission and returned. Air...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52980
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 18, 30 Jan 1944, Brunswick, Germany. All aircraft returned by 1547 except # 856, shot down over the target. Lt. Col...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52981
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 19, 3 Feb 1944, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Over 1,100 fighters and bombers participated in the attack on the great port and...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52983
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 21, 5 Feb 1944, Chateauroux, France. The results of bombing Chateauroux Airfield were excellent. Pictures of 401st...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53001
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 23, 11 Feb 1944, Frankfurt, Germany. Captain Donald McCree led the Group to Frankfurt, the site of important aircraft...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53002
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 24, 20 Feb 1944, Leipzig, Germany. All 41 aircraft were airborne by 0955, constituting two complete boxes of 18 aircraft...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53004
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 26, 22 Feb 1944, Oschersleben, Germany. 32 aircraft were airborne by 0935. 29 operational aircraft had returned by 1755...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53402
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 251, 17 Apr 1945, Dresden, Germany
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53403
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 250, 16 Apr 1945, Regensburg, Germany
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53481
- Description: 301st Bomb Group, Mission No. 248, 14 Apr 1945, Royan, France Briefing took place at 0430 hours. While taxying toward the takeoff runway a problem...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53484
- Description: 301st Bomb Group, Mission No. 246, 10 Apr 1945, Oranienburg, Germany. On this mission the three squadrons of the 401st made up the 94th Combat Wing "B...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53486
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 245, 9 Apr 1945, Furstenfeldbruck, Germany. Briefing took place at the relatively civilized hour of 0500. However SNAFU...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53488
- Description: 301st Bomb Group, Mission No. 244, 8 Apr 1945, Halberstadt, Germany. Briefing again took place in the middle of the night--0240 hours. All operational...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53492
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 243, 7 Apr 1945, Luneburg, Germany. Briefing was again held at an early hour--0230 hours. Pilots were briefed for a...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53514
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 241, 4 Apr 1945, Unterlüss, Germany. Briefing was again scheduled for the early hour of 0250. All operational aircraft...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53619
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 221, 3 Mar 1945, Chemnitz, Germany.
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53620
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 219, 1 Mar 1945, Heilbronn, Germany. Briefing took place at 0710 hours, and all operational aircraft were airborne by...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53661
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 218, 28 Feb 1945, Soest, Germany. The 401st provided the 94th Combat Wing "B" Group on this mission. As the target was...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53788
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 211, 21 Feb 1945, Nurnberg, Germany. Group briefing took place at 0345 hours. Pilots were warned of obstructions and...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53792
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 209, 16 Feb 1945, Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The Group was briefed at 0700 hours. Aircraft loading was twelve 500 pound G...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53806
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 207, 14 Feb 1945, Dresden, Germany. Briefing took place at 0400 hours, as the mission was to be a long one. Pilots were...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53808
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 205, 9 Feb 1945, Lutzkendorf (Primary) Eisenach (T.O.) Germany. The Group was briefed at 0530 hours. Aircraft loading...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53809
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 204, 6 Feb 1945, Giessen (T.O.) Eisfeld (T.O.) Germany. Briefing took place at 0415 hours. Aircraft loading was ten...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53811
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 202, 1Feb 1945, Ludwigshaven, Germany. Briefing took place at 0515 hours. Loading was twelve 500 pound GP's and two...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53812
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 201, 29 Jan 1945, Bad Kreuznach, Germany During the night a total of 16 RAF Halifax bombers landed at Deenethorpe and...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53876
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 192, 6 Jan 1945, Kempernich, Germany. Briefing was at 0430 hours, and all aircraft were airborne by 0913. One ship...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53879
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 191, 5 Jan 1945, Koblenz, Germany. Briefing took place at 0500 hours. All but one aircraft, which had lost hydraulic...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53880
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 190, 3 Jan 1945, Hermulheim, Germany. Briefing took place at 0430 hours, and all 39 aircraft were off by 0822 "Good...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53881
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 189, 1 Jan 1945, Kassel, Germany. Briefing took place at 0450 hours, and by 0834 hours all operational aircraft were...
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Delivered |
Long Beach, CA | 26 October 1943 | |
|
Assigned |
Deenethorpe Airfield, UK | 1 January 1944 | |
|
Other First 401st BG Combat Mission |
Kiel, Germany | 4 January 1944 | George F. Bingham Crew |
|
Other 50th 401st BG Combat Mission |
Berlin, Germany | 27 August 1944 | Robert Gibson Crew |
|
Other 100th 401st BG Combat Mission |
Unterluss, Germany | 4 April 1945 | William J. Mulyhill Crew |
|
Other Final (107th) 401st BG Combat Mission |
Dresden, Germany | 17 April 1945 | Eldon Cairns Crew |
Revisions
Felix R Abel (Mechanic on the aircraft) via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence.
