Justin Joseph McGarity | American Air Museum

Justin Joseph McGarity

Military

Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Lionel T King crew. 6 x combat missions.

Awards: BS, 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

The insignia of the 613th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group.

613th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Lionel Travis King

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-825651
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

43-38160

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Day and Night
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron

43-38758

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Fast Company
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron

43-38862

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

43-39125

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: You All Right, Der Grossarschvogel
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

44-6588

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Carrie B IV
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Places

Bomber crews from the 401st Bomb Group look over P-51 Mustang, FT-T, serial number 43-12172, of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, at Deenethorpe airfield. One of their B-17 Flying Fortresses is in the background. Printed caption on reverse of print: '...401st Bomb Group look over a North American P-51 Mustang at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 December 1943.'

Deenethorpe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Benefield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Meriden, KS	31 August 1922	Son of John Edward and Ida Rosalia [Weisner] McGarity.
Died	Topeka, KS	8 April 2011
Buried	Mount Calvary Cemetery Topeka, Shawnee County, KS	11 April 2011	Mount Calvary Cemetery Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
Other Employed Boeing A/C	Wichita, KS		Worked at Boeing Aircraft plant in Wichita from 1941-1943.
Based	Deenethorpe		Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.
Enlisted
Other Discharged USAAF			Honourable discharge.

Revisions

Date5 Sep 2021 18:43:05

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/637368302
https://www.fold3.com/image/175837480
https://www.fold3.com/record/284692299/justin-joseph-mcgarity-social-se…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68147415/justin-joseph-mcgarity

Date27 Sep 2014 18:17:42

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2028