612th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 612th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group. media-395106.jpg FRE 5163 The insignia of the 612th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5163 - The insignia of the 612th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Deenethorpe

People

Browning Glen Grimmett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39532652 / O-754338
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Alfred R Gyles

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33902569
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret 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

Arthur Wesley Hildreth

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11055299
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Bernard R Hodowski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-718311
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

42-31496

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Salvo Sadie
  • 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

42-31891

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

42-37835

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

Revisions

Date
ContributorEMBLEMHUNTER
Changes
Sources

Found online

Date
Contributorrossingtonj
Changes
Sources

Merging of two duplicate records, additional associations added from those listed on one record as from Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)

612th Bomb Squadron: Gallery (231 items)

Object number: UPL 41694 - "Major McCrea and crew of the 612th Bomb Squadron...

Object number: UPL 41695 - Lt. Colonel Jere W Maupin, pilot of the 401st Bomb...

Object number: UPL 41696 - The first crew of the 401st Bomb Group to return...

Object number: UPL 41697 - "Capt. James F. Goodman and crew of the 612th Bomb...

Object number: UPL 41700 - "The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Shark Tooth"...

Object number: UPL 45867 - Lassie Come Home A/C 42-39943 401st BG 612th SQ J...

Object number: UPL 45868 - Phil C. Staley Tailgunner on A/C 42-39943 "Lassie...

Object number: UPL 45869 - John R. Tanner Crew "Lassie Come Home" 401st BG...

Object number: UPL 50389 - "Lt. Schunaman and crew of the 612th Bomb Squadron...

Object number: UPL 52429 - Wilbur C Lauer Article

Object number: UPL 52449 - "Lt. Tanner and crew of the 612th Bomb Squadron...