Charles H Aiken

Military
media-52993.jpeg UPL 52993 1st Lt Charles H. Aiken crew, 401BG

Rear L-R: Charles H. Aiken, Unk, Unk, David D. Benton.

Front L-R: Unk, Unk, Unk, Unk, Unk,

https://www.fold3.com/image/32166730

Object Number - UPL 52993 - 1st Lt Charles H. Aiken crew, 401BG Rear L-R: Charles H. Aiken, Unk, Unk, David D. Benton. Front L-R: Unk, Unk, Unk, Unk, Unk,

Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 x combat missions. ETD

Awards: DFC, AM (5OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (3 x Battle Stars).

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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

John Daniel Barrow

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38350287
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio operator

David Benton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11082081 / O-771886
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Lawerence W Fenton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant

Ernest Andrew Gaal

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33761745
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Charles Jeffery Hanford

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19129919 / O-762320
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

42-102393

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Diana Queen Of The Chase
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-102398

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Dynamite John
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
Factory fresh B-17s

42-106992

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Baby Lu, Grin N Bear It
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-39993

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hells Angels Out Of Chute 13, Grossly Inadequate
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Missions

B-17s of the 398th Bomb Group bombing the railyard at Bingen, 29 December 1944. Printed caption on reverse: '57548 AC- With bomb bay doors open, the first of a large formation of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses send their bombs plummeting earthwards on rail installations at Bingen, Germany, as heavy bombers of US Eighth Air Force press home their attack of December 29, 1944. US Air Force Photo.'

769

  • Date: 29 December 1944

766

  • Date: 28 December 1944

750

  • Date: 15 December 1944

748

  • Date: 12 December 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description
Duncan, OK

Based

Deenethorpe Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date20 Nov 2021 01:20:11
Contributoracbernstein1
ChangesChanges to mission associations
Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=0002

Date8 Nov 2021 17:14:52
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to service number, role, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations
Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Crews/Details.aspx?CrewId=10021
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/138673955

Date27 Sep 2014 18:05:41
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

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=2

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