John Connolly
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 401st Bomb Group
Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 33 x missions. ETD (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Frank Delgado Perez
Military
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Frank Delgado Perez of the 401st Bomb Group.
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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.
From 4 April 1944 to 7 October 1944, he flew 32 missions as a Ball Turret Gunner. On 6 June 1944, D-Day he and his crew flew to Caen, in order to bomb a nearby airfield. However, cloud cover prevented Perez's and 5 other aircraft from dropping their payloads.
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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42-107009 'Lady Jane'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 25/1/44; Kearney 16/2/44; Grenier 10/3/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-F] Deenethorpe; on return from mission 12 May 1944 with Lt J.C. Sharp, Waist gunner: Alfred A. Tomkinson (KIA- flak hit - died in in base hospital). ... -
42-31081 Son of a Blitz
B-17 Flying Fortress
B-17G ser. 42-31081, 'Son of A Blitz': ... -
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... -
43-37706 Satan's Chillen'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 13/5/44; Kearney 24/5/44; Dow Fd 1/6/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-U] Deenethorpe 12/6/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 7/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 9/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA... -
43-37736 'Little Pedro', 'Little Pieces'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 16/5/44; Kearney 24/5/44; Dow Fd 1/6/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-T] Deenethorpe 10/6/44 LITTLE PIECES; battle damaged Merseburg 8/11/44 with ?; repaired & ret group; Salvaged 9AF Germany 18/2/46. LITTLE PEDRO! ... -
43-38267 'Maximum Effort'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 14/7/44; Hunter 25/7/44; Dow Fd 7/8/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-M] Deenethorpe 25/8/44; Salvaged 30/11/44. MAXIMUM EFFORT. -
44-6113 'No. 2 Bandwagon', 'Mrs. Wing Ding'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Accepted: 3 May 1944 ...
Missions
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308A
19 April 1944
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309
20 April 1944
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317A
25 April 1944
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319A
26 April 1944
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322
27 April 1944
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329
30 April 1944
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342A
7 May 1944
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358
19 May 1944
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361
22 May 1944
From diary of Lt. David W. Leblanc: "Was up at four for a mission to Kiel, Germany. I went as first pilot and Rocky as my co-pilot. Every thing went along swell except at target. Flack was moderate but extremely accurate. Two ships in the lead squadron... -
373
27 May 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
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Los Angeles , California | 14 January 1924 |
| Enlisted | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 1 February 1943 |
| Died | Seattle, WA, USA | 16 January 2015 |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 10 March 2015 10:21:26 | Emily | Changes to middlename, service number, biography, awards, events, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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Missions details gathered from 401 BG, Obituary , , Enlistment Record |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:09:59 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=459 |
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