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401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 12, 5 Jan 1944, Tours, France. All aircraft returned from mission by 1452 hours. Colonel Rogner expressed his pleasure with the way the crews kept close formation to and from the target.

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Units

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

Aircraft

42-31033

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pee-Tey-Kun
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

42-31036

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nobody's Baby
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

42-31069

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little moe
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

42-31315

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Liberty Run
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

42-31511

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fools Luck III
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

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Mission

Revisions

Date: 5 Nov 2022 07:39:47
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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Missions/Details.aspx?Number=12

Date: 5 Nov 2022 07:39:47
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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Missions/Details.aspx?Number=12

Date: 5 Nov 2022 07:39:47
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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Missions/Details.aspx?Number=12

Date: 7 Nov 2021 22:59:50
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http://401bg.org/Archive/Document/Mission/Report/012.pdf