Millard Hodson French

Military
media-52510.jpeg UPL 52510 1st Lt Millard Hodson French, 4001BG

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Object Number - UPL 52510 - 1st Lt Millard Hodson French, 4001BG

Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 36 x combat mission. ETD





Awards: AM (5OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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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

James William Allcroft

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12077778
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator-Mechanic-Gunner

Floyd J Beck

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball turret gunner

Thomas P Cannon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-?
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Arthur Donald Devore

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Arthur W Hansen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer

Aircraft

42-102398

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

42-107039

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ice Cold Katy
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

43-38788

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

44-6506

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

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Greene County, OH 26 January 1922

Enlisted

Columbus, OH 2 October 1942 Columbus, Ohio

Other

Discharged USAAF

14 April 1944 Honourable discharge.

Died

Greene County, OH 26 March 1977

Buried

Fairview Cemetery Jeffersonville, Fayette County, OH 29 March 1977 Fairview Cemetery Jeffersonville, Fayette County, Ohio

Based

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

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/679369114
https://www.fold3.com/record/33338681/millard-french-social-security-de…
https://www.fold3.com/record/84211955/millard-h-french-wwii-army-enlist…
https://www.fold3.com/record/528370879/millard-french-1922-veterans-aff…
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=27
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Crews/Details.aspx?CrewId=10271
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11586871/millard-hodson-french

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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=27

Millard Hodson French: Gallery (4 items)

Object number: UPL 52509 - "Lt. French and crew of the 612th Bomb Squadron...

Object number: UPL 52510 - 1st Lt Millard Hodson French, 4001BG

Object number: UPL 52511 - Millard H. French, 1940.