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Don L Anderson

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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

The insignia of the 612th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group.

612th Bomb Squadron

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

People

George L La Fevor

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant

Francis J Toussaint

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group

Aircraft

42-102393

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Diana Queen Of The Chase
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

Factory fresh B-17s

42-107084

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Betty's Revenge
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

42-107210

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Be Coming Back
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

42-31034

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Bonnie Donnie
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Missions

578

Date: 26 August 1944

570

Date: 25 August 1944

568

Date: 24 August 1944

562

Date: 18 August 1944

548

Date: 13 August 1944

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

Date21 Nov 2021 02:11:48

Contributoracbernstein1

ChangesChanges to unit associations

Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2524

Date21 Nov 2021 02:10:35

Contributoracbernstein1

ChangesChanges to role, person associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations

Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2524

Date27 Sep 2014 18:07:21

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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=2524