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

Burton Arthur Markle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32492715
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist gunner

Arch J McCabe

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

Charles F Meredith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Alfred J Morini

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32492617
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Alan H Newcomb

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-704371
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

42-40050

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Channel Express III
  • 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

42-97811

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Slick Chick
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
Ground personnel of the 401st Bomb Group attend to a crashed B-17 (SC-S, serial number 42-97938) nicknamed "Twan-n-g-g" piloted by Lieutenant Donald M. Schliemann. Printed caption on reverse: '65727 AC- When Lt Donald M Schliemann was landing the Boeing B-17 "Twan-n-g-g" after the mission over Munster, Germany, the landing gear buckled and the plane careened off the runway coming to a stop on the perimeter. Here 401st Bomb Group inspect the damage to the plane 28 October 1944. (Aircraft no. 42-97938). US

42-97938

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Twan-n-g-g-g
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-97962

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Casey's Strawberry Blonde
  • 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 52768 - AC # 43-38788 ' Heavy Date ' 612th BS, 401st BG

Object number: UPL 52769 - AC # 43-38733. 'I'll Be Seeing You' 612th BS...

Object number: UPL 52770 - AC # 42107039 ' Ice Cold Katy ' 612th BS, 401st BG

Object number: UPL 52777 - AC # 42-97487 'Hangover Haven' 612th BS, 401st BG...

Object number: UPL 52797 - AC # 42-107039 'Ice Cold Katy' 612th BS, 401st BG

Object number: UPL 52798 - AC # 43-38788 'Heavy Date' 612th BS, 401st BG

Object number: UPL 52799 - AC # 42-97487 'Hangover Haven' 612th BS, 401st BG

Object number: UPL 52802 - AC # 42-31087, ' Heaven Can Wait' 612th BS, 401st...

Object number: UPL 55408 - B-17 43-37510. 401st Bomb Group, 612th Bomb...

Object number: UPL 5560 - Cleon Dale Sires

John Tanner Crew, May 20 1944

Object number: UPL 80890 - John Tanner (Pilot) Crew. Taken May 20, 1944 L-R...

42-39943 Lassie Come Home at Deenethorpe

Object number: UPL 80903 - 42-39943 Lassie Come Home on runway at Deenethorpe...