J T Youmans

Military

Object Number - UPL 52516 - "Lt. Fondryn and crew of the 614th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group, in front of a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" at an 8th Air Force base in England....

Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. John Fondren crew. 40 x combat missions. ETD

Awards: AM (5OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (3 x Battle Stars).

Could be John Theodore Youmans:
BIRTH 21-Mar-16
DEATH 28-Mar-95 (aged 79)
BURIAL Lawtonville Cemetery, Estill, Hampton County, South Carolina, USA
Son of Hugh R Sr and Anna [Peeples] Youmans.

Connections

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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

John Edmund Fondren

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14189981 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-102659

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hard Seventeen, Hard Luck
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 447th Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

42-107151

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Cover Girl
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

42-97322

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mister Completely, Home James
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

42-97395

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Chute The Works
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

42-97478

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Shade Ruff #2
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Missions

889

  • Date: 15 March 1945

886

  • Date: 14 March 1945
  • Official Description: Mission 886: 1,262 bombers and 804 fighters are dispatched to hit oil, rail and industrial targets in Germany; they claim 17-0-1 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air; 3 B-17s and 2 fighters are lost: 1. 526 B-17s are sent to hit oil refineries at Nienhagen...

883

  • Date: 12 March 1945

881

  • Date: 11 March 1945

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Based

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

Revisions

Date13 Dec 2021 21:30:00
Contributoracbernstein1
ChangesChanges to aircraft associations and mission associations
Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2378

Date22 Oct 2021 14:03:40
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to middlename, firstname, role, biography, awards, events, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and media associations
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/32168770
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2378
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Crews/Details.aspx?CrewId=12101

Date27 Sep 2014 18:17:38
ContributorAAM
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/?Search=yes

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