George Bingham
Military | Captain | Pilot | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x combat mission. ETD
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Carl W Johns
Military
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"Crew of the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Hell's Angel' pose beside their plane at a base in England, 16 June 1944. 401st Bomb Group." Rear L-R: 1Lt Francis W. Hoad, 1Lt Harvey G Tomlinson, 1Lt George F Bingham, 1Lt Eugene F Lott. Front L-R: Unk, T/Sgt Duane G Brandt, Unk, Unk, T/Sgt Johnny K Dunn, S/Sgt Carl W Johns. Unknowns - S/Sgt Emanuel Pinilis, S/Sgt Lawson Yeatts, S/Sgt Harold Magruger
Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x comabt missions. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (2OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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... -
612th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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 | St. Joseph, MO | 2 December 1918 |
| Based | Deenethorpe | February 1944 – July 1944 |
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Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Kansas City, KS | 21 December 2014 |
| Buried | Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Kansas City, KS | 27 December 2014 |
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Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 09 March 2019 19:43:15 | Al_Skiff | Changes to role, biography and events |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 07 March 2019 20:32:21 | Al_Skiff | Changes to person associations, unit associations and place associations |
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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Crews/Details.aspx?CrewId=10061 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:05:11 | 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=1240 |
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