614th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 614th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group. media-395108.jpg FRE 5165 The insignia of the 614th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 5165 - The insignia of the 614th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group.

Commanding Officers

Alvah H Chapman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-461727
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot; Squadron Commander

Carl Columbus Hinkle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron 614th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (351st Bomb Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-24829
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Squadron Commander

Connections

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Deenethorpe

People

Andrew Lanson Allen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31062427
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Carl Dean Anderson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35612826
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Arlyn C Aronson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Alfred L Autry

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Clarence S Barsuk

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

42-102394

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Down N Go
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

42-102468

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Farmer's Daughter
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron

42-102659

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hard Seventeen, Hard Luck
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 447th Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
Factory fresh B-17s

42-107084

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Betty's Revenge
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
Factory fresh B-17s

42-107151

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

Mission

Revisions

Date1 Oct 2014 23:38:33
ContributorPaul Bellamy
ChangesChanges to type, nicknames and commanding officers associations
Sources

401BG history (401BG Association)

Date27 Sep 2014 18:42:50
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / 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)

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