Loren J Close

Military

Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Awards: 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 Francis Snyder

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-81645389
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31072

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Betty J.
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Mary Alice" of the 401st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '401. Unknown. C2. '

42-31983

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mary Alice
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

43-38160

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Day and Night
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Rosendale, WI 4 September 1921

Enlisted

Milwaukee, WI 25 October 1940 Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Other

Discharged USAAF

Honourable discharge.

Based

Deenethorpe Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date6 Jun 2021 09:15:09
ContributorAl_Skiff
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/685318924
https://www.fold3.com/record/84335175/loren-j-close-wwii-army-enlistmen…
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2202

Date24 Aug 2015 05:51:56
Contributor[email protected]
Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2202

Date24 Aug 2015 05:45:30
Contributor[email protected]
Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2202

Date27 Sep 2014 18:19:04
ContributorAAM
Sources

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=2202