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42-97395 Chute The Works

media-52748.jpeg UPL 52748 AC # 42-97395 'Chute the Works'. 614th BS, 401st BG

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Object Number - UPL 52748 - AC # 42-97395 'Chute the Works'. 614th BS, 401st BG

Delivered Cheyenne 25/2/44; Kearney 17/3/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-F] Deenethorpe 16/4/44; mechanical fault, with Dave Stauffer, caused fire and burnt out at RAF Saltby 25/43/45; 111m, Salvaged 2 SAD 25/3/45. CHUTE THE WORKS.

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Units served with

401st Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

614th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Richard Shirley Barnett

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 19095021 / O-747371
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Frank S Bartak

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 17120249
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Samuel Byrd Bennett

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 13075787 / O-749917
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Harold Kenneth Coutts

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 33464097 / O-782185
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Donald Ramone Kent

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Senior Master Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator/Gunner

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 911

Date: 24 March 1945

8th Air Force 908

Date: 23 March 1945

8th Air Force 906

Date: 22 March 1945

8th Air Force 901

Date: 21 March 1945
Official Description:

A B-24 Liberator of the 467th Bomb Group flies over Berlin during a mission. 18 March 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '18/3/45 Berlin.'

894

Date: 18 March 1945

Revisions

Date19 Oct 2021 19:46:31

Contributoracbernstein1

ChangesChanges to mission associations

Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=97395

Date19 Oct 2021 19:29:15

Contributoracbernstein1

ChangesChanges to production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, markings, unit associations, person associations and mission associations

Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=97395

Date27 Sep 2014 18:41:12

ContributorAAM

ChangesAAM ingest

Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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