George Bingham
Military | Captain | Pilot | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x combat mission. ETD
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Duane Gibbons Brandt
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. 56 x combat missions. Gaston Fox crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Evere A/D in B-17 42-31511 'Fool's Luck III'; Shot down, ditched in Channel, 3 miles W of Calais 10-Apr-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3939
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
Service
People
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Gaston Fox
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 10 April 1944 in B-17 42-31511 'Fool's Luck III. ' Prisoner of War (POW). ...
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
Aircraft
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42-31511 'Fools Luck III'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 16/11/43; Kearney 3/12/43; Presque Is 9/12/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-D] Deenethorpe 1/1/44; Missing in Action Evere A/fd 10/4/44 with Gaston Fox, Co-pilot: Francis Hoad, Navigator: Darrel Wilson, Bombardier: Leon Mendelson, Ball...
Missions
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8th Air Force 295
10 April 1944
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
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| Born | Miller, Nebraska | 10 November 1920 |
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Son of Max F and Marie Lillian 'Mazie' [Gibbons] Brandt. |
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| Lived in | King County, WA | 1942 |
| Enlisted | Tacoma, WA | 28 October 1942 |
| Based | Deenethorpe | February 1944 – 10 April 1944 |
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Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Channel, 3 miles W of Calais | 10 April 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) Evere A/D in B-17 42-31511 'Fool's Luck III'; Shot down 10-Apr-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3939. |
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| Buried | 1946 | |
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| Buried | Kearney Cemetery, Kearney, NE | November 1959 |
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