44-6313 Budd's Dudds

media-28134.jpeg UPL 28134 Ford's Crew: Sgt. Clarence Bailey, Sgt. Francis F. Burns, 2nd Lt. Charles E. Davis, Sgt. Charles B. Dick, Sgt. William L. Englett, 2nd Lt. Wilburn H. Ford, Sgt. George Hansen Jr., Sgt. W. E Karre, 2nd Lt. Terence B. McArron. They completed 10 missions from 4/4/1945 to 4/20/1945, five on Budd's Dudds, #44-6313.

photo provided by Brenda Moody Kempton, info from 401stbg.org

Object Number - UPL 28134 - Ford's Crew: Sgt. Clarence Bailey, Sgt. Francis F. Burns, 2nd Lt. Charles E. Davis, Sgt. Charles B. Dick, Sgt. William L. Englett, 2nd Lt. Wilburn H....

Delivered Kearney 29/6/44; Grenier 12/7/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-F] Deenethorpe 23/7/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 6/6/45; Sth Plains 8/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/12/45. BUDD’S DUDDS.

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Units served with

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.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Togglier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner / Waist Gunner

Places

Missions

  • Date: 28 February 1945
  • Date: 27 February 1945
  • Date: 25 February 1945

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Budd's Dudds
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

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Information provided by Patrick Terence McArron

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Information provided by Patrick Terence McArron

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All information provided by son Patrick Terence McArron

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USAAF Archives

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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