43-37628 | American Air Museum

43-37628 Heavenly Body

media-52688.jpeg UPL 52688 AC # 43-37628 'Heavenly Body' 612th BS, 401st BG

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Object Number - UPL 52688 - AC # 43-37628 'Heavenly Body' 612th BS, 401st BG

Delivered Cheyenne 5/5/44; Hunter 18/5/44; Dow Fd 30/5/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-O] Deenethorpe 10/6/44; 612BS [SC-A]; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 10/11/45. HEAVENLY BODY.

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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

The insignia of the 612th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group.

612th Bomb Squadron

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

People

Glenn R Amundson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

John Edward Anderson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 36864214
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist gunner

Lowell J Ankrom

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Togglier

William A Atkinson

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

Bernhardt F Carns

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 16079010 / O-755638
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Pilot

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 962

Date: 20 April 1945

Ground crew of the 25th Bomb Group spray foam onto the crashed Mosquito (serial number NS748) at Watton, 19 April 1945. Official caption printed on image: '(G-AD-[illegible])(19-4-45)(MOS.748CRASH)(REST.)'

8th Air Force 961

Date: 19 April 1945

8th Air Force 959

Date: 18 April 1945

8th Air Force 957

Date: 17 April 1945

8th Air Force 954

Date: 16 April 1945

Revisions

Date6 Nov 2021 00:43:31

Contributoracbernstein1

ChangesChanges to mission associations

Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=37628

Date31 Oct 2021 15:45:45

Contributoracbernstein1

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

Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=37628

Date27 Sep 2014 18:41:22

ContributorAAM

ChangesAAM ingest

Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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