43-38267 Maximum Effort
Object Number - UPL 22974 - B-17G-80-BO #43-38267 Maximum Effort Code: IN-M 401st BG - 613th BS
Delivered Cheyenne 14/7/44; Hunter 25/7/44; Dow Fd 7/8/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-M] Deenethorpe 25/8/44; Salvaged 30/11/44. MAXIMUM EFFORT.
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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 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39568940
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-704371
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39557480
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
- Site type: Other
- Known as: Cheyenne Modification Center
Missions
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Delivered |
Cheyenne, WY, USA | 14 July 1944 | |
|
Assigned |
Deenethorpe, Corby NN17, UK | 25 August 1944 | 401BG 613BS |
|
Other First 401st BG Combat Mission |
Berlin, Germany | 27 August 1944 | Russell P. Lockhart Crew |
|
Other 29th & Final 401st BG Combat Mission |
Merseburg, Germany | 25 November 1944 | Herbert P. Cox Crew |
|
Crashed |
Deenethorpe, Corby NN17, UK | 28 November 1944 | Crashed on landing during a night flying practice mission. Scrapped. Crash crews and fire truck immediately dispatched. The pilot apparently landed too high and the landing gear collapsed. The aircraft touched down about 75 yards from the downwind end of runway 23 and came to rest to the right of the runway about 300 yards from the end. |
Revisions
B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
page 244
401bg.org
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log
