James B Locher Jr

Military

April 1944, Lt.Locher, nursed "Duffy's Tavern" back to England after a burst of flak over Hannover, which almost tore off the prop of #3 engine, ripped off the cowling and threw it against #4 engine. In addition, the horizontal stabilizers

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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

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Nickname added from 401st Bomb Group unit history in IWM’s Roger Freeman Collection, printed in 1946.

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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=144