42-97448

Delivered Denver 18/11/43; Gr Island 4/12/43; Presque Is 10/12/43; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-H] Deenethorpe 1/1/44; Missing in Action Pas de Calais 20/4/44 with Chas Ksiewiewicz, Navigator: Joe Dastous, Bombardier: John King (3EVD- returned UK by 3/9/44); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Francis Burke, Radio Operator: Maurice Wilbur, Ball turret gunner: Don McEldowney, Waist gunner: Terry Harmon, Waist gunner: John McCarthy,Tail gunner: Ken Rister (6 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Ken Harrington (KIA-chute failed); flak KOd #4 and set ship on fire, crashed lucy, four miles N of Neufchatel-en-Bray, 42 miles W of Amiens, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 4055.

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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

Francis Burke

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Joseph C Dastous

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Terrance W Harmon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32446490
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Kenneth G Harrington

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

John J King

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Places

Missions

309

  • Date: 20 April 1944

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Document 52974

  • 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...

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

France 20 April 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4055 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database