Brendan Joseph Lynch

Military
media-52676.jpeg UPL 52676 Lt Clyde Lewis and crew. 615BS, 401BG

Rear L-R: Harold S. Arnold, Col William T. Seawell, Clyde A. Lewis, Unk, Charles G. Chaffey.

Front L-R: Thomas A. Davis, Hinson C. Jones , Brendan J Lynch, Orville A. Eudaley. Unk.

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Object Number - UPL 52676 - Lt Clyde Lewis and crew. 615BS, 401BG Rear L-R: Harold S. Arnold, Col William T. Seawell, Clyde A. Lewis, Unk, Charles G. Chaffey. Front L-R:...

Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 x missions in B-17 'Mary Alice. ' On fifth mission, 13-Jul-44, was attacked by FW190's and ME109's. Emergency landing at RAF base. Tail Gunner, Ed Page, fatally wounded. Plane heavily damaged.



Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (4OLC), GC, WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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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

People

Harry Estil Haskett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-49441
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-102468

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Farmer's Daughter
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Mary Alice" of the 401st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '401. Unknown. C2. '

42-31983

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mary Alice
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

43-38077

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tagalong, Duke's Mixture
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

44-6310

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Rocky Lois
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Brooklyn, NY 14 October 1921 Son of Gertrude E Lynch.

Enlisted

23 September 1942

Other

Discharged USAAF

9 September 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

30 April 2000

Buried

Calverton National Cemetery Calverton, Suffolk County, NY 4 May 2000 Calverton National Cemetery Calverton, Suffolk County, New York

Based

Deenethorpe Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127758623/brendan-j-lynch

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Wife, via American Air Museum memory book correspondence.

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

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