David Marvin Hay

Military

Object Number - UPL 52805 - S/Sgt David M Hay. 401BG.

Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 28 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Rosenheim in B-17 43-38646 18-Apr-45; crashed near Krallsheim Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 14175

Awards: AM (3OLC), PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME (2 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

Eugene Andrews Viehman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14120723 / O-926796
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-102468

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Farmer's Daughter
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron

42-97780

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: NOW GO!, Blue Bomb Express

43-38565

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Gee Eyewanna Go Home
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

43-38646

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
A flight of B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 401st Bomb Group. B-17 (serial number 44-8153) is visible in the foreground. Printed caption on reverse: '59329 AC- 8th AF Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses over Mannheim, Germany, 1 February 1945. A- 8th AF Beoing B-17 Flying Fortresses near Ludwigshafen, Germany, 1 February 1945.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'IW-N Becomin Back, 338738. IN-C, IW-F,-Q.'

43-38738

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Gaposis, Becomin’ Back
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Birmingham, AL 20 January 1925 Son of A E Hay.

Enlisted

Fort McClellan, AL 11 March 1943 Fort McClellan, Alabama

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 18 April 1945 Prisoner of War (POW)

Died

27 July 1992

Based

Deenethorpe 18 April 1945 Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Jefferson Memorial Gardens East Trussville, Jefferson County, AL Jefferson Memorial Gardens East Trussville, Jefferson County, Alabama

Revisions

Date3 Nov 2021 10:37:21
ContributorAl_Skiff
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/29036572
https://www.fold3.com/image/605530425
https://www.fold3.com/record/88276103/david-m-hay-wwii-army-enlistment-…
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2796
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176855296/david-m-hay

Date27 Sep 2014 18:07:05
ContributorAAM
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14175 / MACR 14175, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2796 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 52805 - S/Sgt David M Hay. 401BG.