43-38160 Day and Night

Delivered Cheyenne 1/7/44; Kearney 12/7/44; Dow Fd 20/7/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-A] Deenethorpe 11/8/44; 615BS [IY-A]; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 29/11/45.

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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

Lyle E Andler

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Loren J Close

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16007471
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner

Lionel Travis King

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-825651
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Justin Joseph McGarity

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

Howard J Nelson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36841586
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret and Waist Gunner

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Revisions

Date17 Nov 2021 20:48:05
Contributoracbernstein1
ChangesChanges to nicknames, markings, unit associations and mission associations
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Date24 Aug 2015 05:39:00
Contributor[email protected]
ChangesChanges to production block number and manufacturer
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Date24 Aug 2015 05:29:43
Contributor[email protected]
ChangesChanges to nicknames and unit associations
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Date27 Sep 2014 18:41:26
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log