Boudinot Stimson Jr

Military
Lieutenant Boudinot Stimson, a pilot of the 401st Bomb Group and cousin of the US War Secretary Henry Stimson, with his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37770) nicknamed "Flak Rat". Image stamped on reverse: 'Planet News.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 12 Dec 1943.' [stamp] and '296490.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'US WAR SECRETARY'S COUSIN PILOTS FLYING FORTRESSES OVER EUROPE. Lieutenant Boudinot Stimson, Greenwich, Connecticut, cousin of US War Secretary Henry Stimson is pilot of media-380538.jpg FRE 2215 Lieutenant Boudinot Stimson, a pilot of the 401st Bomb Group and cousin of the US War Secretary Henry Stimson, with his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37770) nicknamed "Flak Rat". Image stamped on reverse: 'Planet News.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 12 Dec 1943.' [stamp] and '296490.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'US WAR SECRETARY'S COUSIN PILOTS FLYING FORTRESSES OVER EUROPE. Lieutenant Boudinot Stimson, Greenwich, Connecticut, cousin of US War Secretary Henry Stimson is pilot of a Flying Fortress in the European Theatre of Operations. Lt Stimson made his first operational flight when he piloted "Flak Rat", his B-17 bomber on the US Army Eight Air Force Raid on Solingen, the Ruhr steel centre. Photo shows: Lieutenant Boudinot Stimson standing by his Flying Fortress "Flak Rat" at a USAAF airfield in England. G. December 11th 1943 PN.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 2215 - Lieutenant Boudinot Stimson, a pilot of the 401st Bomb Group and cousin of the US War Secretary Henry Stimson, with his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial...

Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt in B-17 42-97464 'What Next ?'; Shot down 13-Apr-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3941



Awards: AM (2OLC), POW, 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

Aircraft

Lieutenant Boudinot Stimson, a pilot of the 401st Bomb Group and cousin of the US War Secretary Henry Stimson, with his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37770) nicknamed "Flak Rat". Image stamped on reverse: 'Planet News.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 12 Dec 1943.' [stamp] and '296488.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'US WAR SECRETARY'S COUSIN PILOTS FLYING FORTRESSES OVER EUROPE. Lieutenant Boudinot Stimson, Greenwich, Connecticut, cousin of US War Secretary Henry Stimson is pilot of

42-37770

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

42-97464

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: What Next ?
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Greenwich, Connecticut, USA 17 March 1922 Son of Boudinot Snr and Ruth [Lindstedt ] Stimson.

Enlisted

New York City, NY 26 March 1942 New York City, New York

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 13 April 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.

Other

Baled out POW

Weibersbrunn, Germany 13 April 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt in B-17 42-97464 'What Next ?'; Shot down 13-Apr-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3941

Died

Williamstown, MA 15 December 1978

Buried

Eastlawn Cemetery, Williamstown, MA 18 December 1978 Eastlawn Cemetery Williamstown, Berkshire County, MA

Based

Deenethorpe 13 April 1944 Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/29638318
https://www.fold3.com/record/4727251-boudinot-stimson
https://www.fold3.com/image/194936703?rec=194936739
https://www.fold3.com/record/83547112-boudinot-stimson-jr
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150811492/boudinot-stimson

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Correspondence with Christine Cuddeback: 'Boudinot Stimson was a family friend - he is buried in Williamstown Massachusetts.'

http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=118279

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Changed spelling of surname from 'Stimpson' to 'Stimson'. See 401st Bomb Group website: http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=272

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3941 / MACR 3941,

http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=272 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Boudinot Stimson: Gallery (4 items)

Lieutenant Boudinot Stimson, a pilot of the 401st Bomb Group and cousin of the US War Secretary Henry Stimson, with his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37770) nicknamed "Flak Rat". Image stamped on reverse: 'Planet News.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 12 Dec 1943.' [stamp] and '296488.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'US WAR SECRETARY'S COUSIN PILOTS FLYING FORTRESSES OVER EUROPE. Lieutenant Boudinot Stimson, Greenwich, Connecticut, cousin of US War Secretary Henry Stimson is pilot of

Object number: FRE 2208 - Lieutenant Boudinot Stimson, a pilot of the 401st...

Lieutenant Boudinot Stimson, a pilot of the 401st Bomb Group and cousin of the US War Secretary Henry Stimson, with his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37770) nicknamed "Flak Rat". Image stamped on reverse: 'Planet News.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 12 Dec 1943.' [stamp] and '296490.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'US WAR SECRETARY'S COUSIN PILOTS FLYING FORTRESSES OVER EUROPE. Lieutenant Boudinot Stimson, Greenwich, Connecticut, cousin of US War Secretary Henry Stimson is pilot of

Object number: FRE 2215 - Lieutenant Boudinot Stimson, a pilot of the 401st...

Lieutenant Boudinot Stimson of the 401st Bomb Group with his B-17 Flying Fortress "Flak Rat". Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S. War Secretary's Cousin Pilots Flying Fortress Over Europe. Lieut. Boudinot Stimson, of Greenwich, Connecticut, cousin of U.S. War Secretary Henry Stimson, is pilot of a Flying Fortress in the European Theatre of Operations. Lieut. Stimson made his first operational flight when he piloted "Flak Rat", a B-17 bomber, on the U.S. Army Eighth Air Force raid on Solingen, the Ruhr steel

Object number: FRE 8082 - Lieutenant Boudinot Stimson of the 401st Bomb...

Object number: UPL 38327 - "Back from the 11-hour haul to Marienburg, Germany...