George E Atkinson

Military

Flew on 'Mission to Moscow'



On 3 Feb 1945 mission against Berlin, B-17 44-6508 was damaged by flak. Pilot 1st Lt. King flew behind Soviet lines and force landed at Kuflevo, Poland, about 20 miles southeast of Warsaw. A Polish stowaway hid on the B-17 when King subse

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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

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (IW-A, serial number 44-6508) of the 614th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '48.' On reverse: Griff Murphey [Stamp].

44-6508

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Maiden U.S.A., Mission to Moscow
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

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http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2511; MACR 12213; RG 334 National Archives, College Park, MD; "Portrait of a Flying Lady" by George Menze

Data Update, National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, 15 September 2014

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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=2511