Euin Nickel Guinn

Military
media-52141.jpeg UPL 52141 1st Lt Euin N. Guinn. 401BG.

Newspaper clipping

Object Number - UPL 52141 - 1st Lt Euin N. Guinn. 401BG.

Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 32 x combat missions. ETD





Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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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.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

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

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Garrett, TX 4 December 1922 Son of W E Guinn.

Enlisted

Dallas, TX 15 June 1942 Dallas, Texas

Died

San Antonio, TX 11 March 2008

Buried

Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio, Bexar County, TX 14 March 2008 Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

Based

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

Other

Instructor

Gulfport, MS Pilot Instructor. Gulfport, Mississippi.

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