Kenneth Earl Sandoe

Military
media-50389.jpeg UPL 50389 "Lt. Schunaman and crew of the 612th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group, beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" at an 8th Air Force Base in England, 5 March 1945. [Note Radome For H2S/H2X "Mickey" In Place Of Ball Turret]".

Rear L-R: Robert E Purrier, James R Hobgood, George S Schaunaman, Kenneth Sandoe.
Kneeling L-R: Unk, Unk, Unk, Whitey ?, Unk
Sat in Front: Unk

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Object Number - UPL 50389 - "Lt. Schunaman and crew of the 612th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group, beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" at an 8th Air Force Base in England, 5...

Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Schaunaman crew. 33 x combat missions. ETD





Awards: AM, 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.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

George Samuel Schaunaman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17079807 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97487) nicknamed "Hangover Haven" of the 401st Bomb Group after crash landing at Deenethorpe, 3 October 1944 Official caption on image: "GAD-1079 - (48-401)-(4-10-44) 7487 Crash." Handwritten caption on reverse: '3/10/44 A, 296 Extra. V. Maslen, 7487, "Hangover Haven".'

42-97487

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hangover Haven
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lancaster, PA 30 June 1923 Son of Earl R. and Anna W. [Wright] Sandoe.

Enlisted

Miami Beach, FL 1 February 1943 Miami Beach, Florida

Other

Discharged USAAF

17 March 1945 Honourable discharge

Died

27 November 1974

Based

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

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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=1802

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