Lee Belknap
Military | Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 34 x missions. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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Military
Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x missions. ETD (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 34 x missions. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x missions. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x missions. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x missions. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM(3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star).
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x missions. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x missions. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Sergeant | Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x missions. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Flight engineer | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x missions. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 401st Bomb Group
From 4 April 1944 to 7 October 1944, he flew 32 missions as a Ball Turret Gunner. On 6 June 1944, D-Day he and his crew flew to Caen, in order to bomb a nearby airfield. However, cloud cover prevented Perez's and 5 other aircraft from dropping their...
Group
The 401st Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Deenethorpe, Northamptonshire, from November 1943 to June 1945. Starting their missions at that time meant the focus was very much on the coming invasion attempt of France planned for the following...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 10/8/43; Gr Isle 3/9/43; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-N] Deenethorpe 3/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 8/5/44 with Dana Lenkelt, Co-pilot: Wendell Johnson, Bombardier: Harry Dershimer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jesse Pack, Radio...
B-17 Flying Fortress
B-17G ser. 42-31081, 'Son of A Blitz':
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; Wendover 9/12/43; Grenier 20/1/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 25/1/44; transferred 613BS/401BG [IN-J] Deenethorpe 11/3/44; Missing in Action Pas de Calais 19/3/44, force landed continent; Salvaged 1 SAD Troston 22/4/44; mission...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 20/2/44; Tinker 4/3/44; Hunter 6/3/44; Grenier 7/4/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-P] Deenethorpe 28/4/44; detailed Leipzig 16/8/44 with W. A. Shackleford, Navigator: J. M. Rush, Bombardier: W. M. Scalon, Flight engineer/top turret...
Military site : airfield
Deenethorpe was a base purpose-built for American heavy bombers, with the Class A regulation 2,000 and 1,400-yard runways. All the buildings on site,such as the accommodation and administrative blocks, were temporary. In December 1943, several local...
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05 March 2018 16:12:23 | Al_Skiff | Changes to role, biography, awards, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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05 March 2018 16:01:38 | Al_Skiff | Changes to media associations |
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27 September 2014 18:16:13 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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