John Connolly
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x missions. ETD (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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Edward H Boller
Military
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Crew 6 Of The 613th Bomb Squadron, 401St Bomb Group, In Front Of A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 21 August 1944.
Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x missions. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: 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... -
613th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-30855 "Ol' Massa"
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 10/8/43; Gr Isle 3/9/43; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-N] Deenethorpe 3/1/44; Missing in Action Berlin 8/5/44 with Dana Lenkelt, Co-pilot: Wendell Johnson, Bombardier: Harry Dershimer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jesse Pack, Radio... -
42-31081 Son of a Blitz
B-17 Flying Fortress
B-17G ser. 42-31081, 'Son of A Blitz': ... -
42-31591 Homesick Angel
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; Wendover 9/12/43; Grenier 20/1/44; Assigned 457BG Glatton 25/1/44; transferred 613BS/401BG [IN-J] Deenethorpe 11/3/44; Missing in Action Pas de Calais 19/3/44, force landed continent; Salvaged 1 SAD Troston 22/4/44; mission... -
42-97344 Carrie B II
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 20/2/44; Tinker 4/3/44; Hunter 6/3/44; Grenier 7/4/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-P] Deenethorpe 28/4/44; detailed Leipzig 16/8/44 with W. A. Shackleford, Navigator: J. M. Rush, Bombardier: W. M. Scalon, Flight engineer/top turret...
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 | Bronx, NY, USA | 22 December 1918 |
| Enlisted | New York, NY, USA | 25 April 1941 |
| Based | Deenethorpe | March 1944 – September 1944 |
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Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| End Tour Duty (ETD) | England, UK | September 1944 |
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Ended Tour Duty (ETD). |
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| Died | Fair Lawn, NJ 07410, USA | 5 March 1989 |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 05 March 2018 18:24:33 | Al_Skiff | Changes to service number, role, biography, awards, events, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/record/9896947-edward-h-boller |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:08:23 | 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=455 |
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