James Roy Hobgood

Military
media-50389.jpeg UPL 50389 "Lt. Schunaman and crew of the 612th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group, beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" at an 8th Air Force Base in England, 5 March 1945. [Note Radome For H2S/H2X "Mickey" In Place Of Ball Turret]".

Rear L-R: Robert E Purrier, James R Hobgood, George S Schaunaman, Kenneth Sandoe.
Kneeling L-R: Unk, Unk, Unk, Whitey ?, Unk
Sat in Front: Unk

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Object Number - UPL 50389 - "Lt. Schunaman and crew of the 612th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group, beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" at an 8th Air Force Base in England, 5...

Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x combat missions.





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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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

George Samuel Schaunaman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17079807 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

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

Davidson County, TN 13 February 1923 Son of Hezekiah H. and Mary Frances Hobgood.

Enlisted

Knoxville, TN 20 August 1942 Knoxville, Tennessee

Died

Hendersonville, Sumner County, TN 1 December 2005

Buried

Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery Nashville, Davidson County, TN 4 December 2005 Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee

Based

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

Other

Discharged USAAF

Honourable discharge.

Revisions

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