Vincent Ledray
Military | First Lieutenant | Copilot | 401st Bomb Group
Ledray served in the 401st BG and the 457th BG.
Lawrence F Brennan
Military
Service
People
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Edwin Post
Military | Major | Pilot | 401st Bomb Group
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Emanuel Romano
Military | Technical Sergeant | Flight Engineer / Gunner | 401st Bomb Group
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401st Bomb Group
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... -
457th Bomb Group
Group
The 457th Bomb Group began combat operations during the Big Week of 20-25 February when American bombers carried out concentrated raids against German aircraft bases, factories and assembly plants. The air crews' targets on that first mission were... -
615th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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751st Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-102674 Packawalup III
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 25/3/44; Kearney 12/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned 94BG Rougham 1/5/44; transferred 615BS/401BG [IY-M] Deenethorpe 19/5/44; battle damaged Frankfurt 5/11/44, force-landed at Great Dunmow, U.K. after sustaining extensive battle... -
42-31077 Pakawalup II
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 16/9/43; Scott 21/10/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-A] Deenethorpe 26/10/43; transferred 615BS [IY-A]; Missing in Action Munster 30/9/44 with Tom Davis, Co-pilot: Alan Newcomb, Navigator: Herb Corwin, Bombardier: Henry Kaczorowski,...
Revisions
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| 30 June 2017 09:26:32 | Lucy May | Changes to aircraft associations |
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| 16 August 2016 23:56:24 | chuck3rd | Changes to person associations |
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| 16 August 2016 23:48:52 | chuck3rd | Changes to nickname, highest rank, person associations, unit associations and aircraft associations |
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| 16 August 2016 23:34:37 | chuck3rd | Changes to awards |
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| 27 September 2014 18:18:13 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Flak Dodger by Roland Byers |
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