Allan Brooke Ainley Jr

Military
media-53010.jpeg 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, 20 November 1944."

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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Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Margie
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron 305th Bombardment Wing
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Beat Me Daddy
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Missions

  • Date: 7 January 1945
  • Date: 6 January 1945
  • Date: 3 January 1945
  • Date: 1 January 1945
  • Date: 16 November 1944

Places

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.

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