Allan Brooke Ainley Jr
Military
Rear L-R: Joseph Concino, Raymond Callahan, Michael Kochel, Allan Ainley Jr, Thomas Kelly.
Front L-R: Dewey Wofford, Charles Beeson, Kenneth Cobbs.
Object Number - UPL 53010 - "Lt. Kochel and crew of the 401st Bomb Group, in front of a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Spirit Of Bloomfield" at an 8th Air Force Base in England,...
Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 28 x combat missions. Michael Kochel crew. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (3 x Battle Stars)
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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 615th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12094940 / O-813718
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft

- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Farmer's Daughter
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Packawalup III
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 94th Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Old Ironsides
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Missions

- Date: 16 April 1945

- Date: 23 March 1945

- Date: 22 March 1945

- Date: 19 March 1945
- Official Description:

- Date: 14 March 1945
- Official Description:
Places

- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Bronx, NY | 26 March 1924 | Son Allan Brooke of Sr and Alice Ainley. |
Enlisted |
Philadelphia, PA | 15 December 1942 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Other Discharged USAAF |
22 November 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Branford, CT | 26 December 1988 | |
Buried |
Branford Center Cemetery Branford, New Haven County, CT | 29 December 1988 | Branford Center Cemetery Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut |
Based |
Deenethorpe | Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2954