Russell Elmer Litchfield

Military
media-52869.jpeg UPL 52869 S/Sgt Russell E Litchfield, 401BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 52869 - S/Sgt Russell E Litchfield, 401BG.

Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 x combat missions. Ben Johnson crew. ETD



Flew 30 missions with the last 9 missions in 'Diana Queen of the Chase' 42-102393. 'Lassie Come Home', 'Channel Express' and 'Hangover Haven' were each flown twice.



Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), 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

Benjamin H Johnson

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

Aircraft

42-102393

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Diana Queen Of The Chase
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-39943

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lassie Come Home
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-39979

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron 614th Bomb Squadron

42-39993

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hells Angels Out Of Chute 13, Grossly Inadequate
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
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

Minneapolis, MN 22 September 1918

Died

9 March 2014

Buried

Lauderdale Memorial Park Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, FL 12 March 2014 Lauderdale Memorial Park Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida

Based

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

Enlisted

Other

Discharged USAAF

Honourable discharge.

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/616768735
https://www.fold3.com/record/701422624/blank-us-wwii-hospital-admission…
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1286
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193446787/russell-elmer-litchfield

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

401st BG.org crew history,

href="http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1286">http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1286> / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Object number: UPL 52869 - S/Sgt Russell E Litchfield, 401BG.