William E Chapman

Military

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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

Rico S Convertino

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12096330
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball turret gunner

Warren Gelula

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12051053 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Euin Nickel Guinn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18082862 / O-49551
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot

Robert D Larson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

Leo Irvin Lingenfelter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33068238 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

42-31087

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Heaven Can Wait, Boche Buster
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-31511

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fools Luck III
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
Ground personnel of the 401st Bomb Group stand with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31662) nicknamed "Fancy Nancy IV" after fixing her engines. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Another famous Fort and her crew.'

42-31662

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fancy Nancy IV
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-38026

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sad Sack, My Day
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-39840

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Lopin Lobo
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Places

Revisions

Date20 Jan 2020 00:09:00
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Corercted a typo in the role description.

Date12 Jan 2017 15:54:09
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National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force

Date12 Jan 2017 15:42:15
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WD AGO Form 53-55; 1 November 1944

Date12 Jan 2017 15:34:09
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National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force

Date27 Sep 2014 18:27:54
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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=1366