Donald E Awalt | American Air Museum

Donald E Awalt

Military

Shot down by flak and crashed at Gruenewald on 6/21/44 in B-17 42-31496. Prisoner of War (POW)

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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

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

Jack Atherton

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-813458
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-102393

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

42-31087

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Heaven Can Wait, Boche Buster
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-31496

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Salvo Sadie
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

42-97811

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

Missions

428

Date: 21 June 1944
Official Description: The Eighth begins shuttle bombing missions (FRANTIC) between UK and bases in USSR. P-47’s (2 groups) escort the Heavy Bombers from just off German coast to Stendal where a P-51 group continues escort to, and suppprt over, the target (synthetic oil...

425

Date: 20 June 1944

423

Date: 19 June 1944

412

Date: 14 June 1944

407

Date: 12 June 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

Events

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Prisoner of War

21 June 1944

Born

Wilsonville, Nebraska

Revisions

Date22 Nov 2021 02:19:53

Contributoracbernstein1

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

Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1400

Date21 Sep 2016 10:50:30

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

ChangesChanges to biography, events and aircraft associations

Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 6000 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date27 Sep 2014 18:07:27

ContributorAAM

ChangesAAM ingest

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6000, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1400