Carl Djernes
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 37 x Combat missions. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (6OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (3 x Battle Stars).
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Ora Ralph Akins
Military
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S/Sgt Ora R. Akins. 401BG.
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"Lt. Djernes and crew of the 401st Bomb Group, in front of a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" at an 8th Air Force base in England, 18 January 1945". Rear L-R: GC*, Donald Chiu, Lucene La Crosse, Ora Akins, Gordon Reiher, Richard Bill, GC*. Front L-R: GC*, Carl Djernes, Rex Davis, Raymond Spiva, John Canale, GC*. GC* Ground crew.
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S/Sgt Ora R. Akins:- Air medal award card. 401BG.
Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 37 x Combat missions. Carl Djernes crew. ETD
Awards: AM (5OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (3 x Battle Stars).
Service
People
Units served with
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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... -
615th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-102468 'Farmer's Daughter'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 5/3/44; Hunter 7/4/44; Dow Fd 29/4/44; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-C] Deenethorpe 3/5/44; 614BS [IW-S]; 106m, Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 14/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for... -
42-107151 Cover Girl
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 7/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Grenier 7/4/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-B] Deenethorpe 15/4/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 12/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA)... -
42-31485 Old Ironsides
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 11/10/43; Gr Island 21/11/43; La Guardia 29/11/43; New York 1/12/43; Presque Is 2/12/43; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-X] Deenethorpe 6/1/44; RAF Stornaway 5/4/44, ret grp 6/4/44; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 9/6/45; Syracuse 10/6... -
42-97869 'Hula Girl', 'Maid To Order'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 21/3/44; 88BG Hunter 19/5/44; Dow Fd 29/5/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-H] Deenethorpe 8/6/44 MAID TO ORDER; 615BS [IY-A]; Missing in Action Munster 16/2/45 with Ernie Hansen, Joe Chuderewicz, Morton Greenberg, Jim Morrison, Ray Miller,... -
43-38425
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 19/8/44; Lincoln 27/8/44; Grenier 22/9/44; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-K] Deenethorpe 7/10/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 2/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 6/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in... -
43-38779 'Rough But Right'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Lincoln 20/9/44; Grenier 11/10/44; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-O] Deenethorpe 7/11/44; battle damaged Minster Stein 16/2/45 with ?; abandoned over RAF Bardney, UK; Salvaged 22/2/45. ROUGH BUT RIGHT.
Missions
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715
16 November 1944
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720
21 November 1944
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723
25 November 1944
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725
26 November 1944
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729
29 November 1944
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746
11 December 1944
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750
15 December 1944
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769
29 December 1944
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778
3 January 1945
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781
5 January 1945
Associated Place
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Deenethorpe
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...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Liberty, Iowa | 2 June 1923 |
| Lived in | Kamrar, Iowa | 30 June 1942 |
| Enlisted | 1 November 1943 | |
| 401st BG Combat Tour | Deenethorpe Airfield, UK | 16 November 1944 – 14 March 1945 |
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37 x combat missions |
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| Discharged USAAF | 27 September 1945 | |
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Honourable discharge. |
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| Died | Oregon | 21 February 1977 |
| Buried | Williamette National Cemetery | 3 March 1977 |
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Willamette National Cemetery |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 12 November 2021 21:16:24 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events |
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| 10 November 2021 15:00:00 | Al_Skiff | Changes to biography |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 10 November 2021 14:58:45 | Al_Skiff | Changes to service number, biography, awards and events |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/648819355 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 10 November 2021 03:52:07 | 466thHistorian | Changes to role |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 10 November 2021 03:51:35 | 466thHistorian | Changes to middlename, nickname, awards, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/44010_12_00... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:20:48 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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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=810 |
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