David N Hadsell

Military

5 December 1943 AC B-17#42-39825 'Zenobia El Elephante 2' stalled and exploded on ground 20 minutes later. Crew had escaped and villagers warned so no civilian casualties and crew returned. Hadsell was a replacement this day and was injured.

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Units served with

401st Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

613th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

Civillians with the wreck of a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress of the 401st Bomb Group. Image stamped on reverse: 'Planet News.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 6 Dec 1943.' [stamp] and '295794.' [Censor no.] A printed caption was previously attached to the reverse however this has been removed. Handwritten caption on reverse: '5/12/43 B-17 Crash 401 BG.'

42-39825

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Zenobia El Elephante
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Places

Bomber crews from the 401st Bomb Group look over P-51 Mustang, FT-T, serial number 43-12172, of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, at Deenethorpe airfield. One of their B-17 Flying Fortresses is in the background. Printed caption on reverse of print: '...401st Bomb Group look over a North American P-51 Mustang at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 December 1943.'

Deenethorpe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Benefield

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:07:06

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Losses of 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey pp. 409-10 w/ crew pix,

href="http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=518">http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=518> / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia