42-31072 Betty J.
Object Number - UPL 39044 - "A ground crew of the 401st Bomb Group poses beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Betty J' at an 8th Air Force Base in England, 20 January 1945."
Delivered Cheyenne 15/9/43; Scott 20/10/43; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-K] Deenethorpe 26/10/43; TDY Polebrook 16/6/44, ret 6/7/44; TDY Egypt 6/8/44, ret 29/8/44; force landed continent 3/3/45; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 7/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 13/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45. BETTY J.
(This was the only original aircraft of the 401st BG to return to the USA after the war. The aircraft was named after Lt. Bryan Shotts' Wife "Betty Jean Shotts".)
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- Object Number: Document 52909
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No 1, 26 Nov 1943, Bremen, Germany. 0908 hours - Twenty aircraft off okay. Four of the briefed crews didn't manage to get...
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- Object Number: Document 52938
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 7, 22 Dec 1943, Osnabruck, Germany. The Group flew the lead box position in the Wing formation. After starting the bomb...
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- Object Number: Document 52976
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 14, 11 Jan 1944, Oschersleben, Germany. This was one of the greatest air battles of World War II. The Group put up the...
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- Object Number: Document 52978
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 16, 21 Jan 1944, Pas De Calais. 23 operational aircraft were off by 1230. All planes returned safely by 1554 hours....
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- Object Number: Document 52983
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 21, 5 Feb 1944, Chateauroux, France. The results of bombing Chateauroux Airfield were excellent. Pictures of 401st...
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- Object Number: Document 53401
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 252, 18 Apr 1945, Traunstein, Germany
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- Object Number: Document 53402
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 251, 17 Apr 1945, Dresden, Germany
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- Object Number: Document 53619
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 221, 3 Mar 1945, Chemnitz, Germany.
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- Object Number: Document 53620
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 219, 1 Mar 1945, Heilbronn, Germany. Briefing took place at 0710 hours, and all operational aircraft were airborne by...
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- Object Number: Document 53704
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 215, 25 Feb 1945, Munich, Berlin. Briefing took place at 0330 hours. Aircraft loading was six 500 pound RDX's plus 6 M17...
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- Object Number: Document 53705
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 213, 23 Feb 1945, Ottingen, Germany. Another early briefing-- at 0345 hours. Aircraft loading was twelve 500 pound G.P...
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- Object Number: Document 53706
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 212, 22 Feb 1945, Ludwigslust, Germany. Briefing took place at 0445 hours, and all operational aircraft were off by 0905...
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- Object Number: Document 53791
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 210, 20 Feb 1945, Nurnberg, Germany. Group briefing took place at 0500 hours. Aircraft loading was eighteen 250 pound G...
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- Object Number: Document 53792
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 209, 16 Feb 1945, Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The Group was briefed at 0700 hours. Aircraft loading was twelve 500 pound G...
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- Object Number: Document 53803
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 208, 15 Feb 1945, Dresden, Germany. The Group was briefed at 0400 hours. Aircraft loading was eighteen 250 pound G.P.'s...
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- Object Number: Document 53806
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 207, 14 Feb 1945, Dresden, Germany. Briefing took place at 0400 hours, as the mission was to be a long one. Pilots were...
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- Object Number: Document 53807
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 206, 10 Feb 1945, Dulmen, Germany. Briefing took place at 0445 hours. Aircraft loading was six 1,000 pound G.P.'s. and...
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- Object Number: Document 53808
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 205, 9 Feb 1945, Lutzkendorf (Primary) Eisenach (T.O.) Germany. The Group was briefed at 0530 hours. Aircraft loading...
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- Object Number: Document 53809
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 204, 6 Feb 1945, Giessen (T.O.) Eisfeld (T.O.) Germany. Briefing took place at 0415 hours. Aircraft loading was ten...
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- Object Number: Document 53810
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 203, 3 Feb 1945, Berlin, Germany. Briefing took place at 0300 hours. Aircraft loading was ten 500 pound GP's and 2,780...
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- Object Number: Document 53811
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 202, 1Feb 1945, Ludwigshaven, Germany. Briefing took place at 0515 hours. Loading was twelve 500 pound GP's and two...
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- Object Number: Document 53812
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 201, 29 Jan 1945, Bad Kreuznach, Germany During the night a total of 16 RAF Halifax bombers landed at Deenethorpe and...
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- Object Number: Document 53813
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 200, 28 Jan 1945, Cologne, Germany. Briefing took place at 0500 hours, and all operational aircraft were airborne by...
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- Object Number: Document 53862
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 198, 21 Jan 1945, Aschaffenburg, Germany. Briefing was conducted at the relatively early hour of 0400. Aircraft were...
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- Object Number: Document 53865
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 197, 17 Jan 1945, Paderborn, Germany. Group briefing took place at 0600 hours. Aircraft were loaded with six 1,000...
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- Object Number: Document 53867
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 195, 13 Jan 1945, Maximiliansau, Germany. Briefing took place at 0530 hours. Loading was six 1,000 pound bombs and 2...
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- Object Number: Document 53869
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 194, 10 Jan 1945, Euskirchen, Germany. Briefing took place at 0600 hours. Deenethorpe had been snowed in the previous...
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- Object Number: Document 53870
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 193, 7 Jan 1945, Bitburg, Germany. Briefing took place at 0500 hours. By 0921 all aircraft were airborne, although four...
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- Object Number: Document 53876
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 192, 6 Jan 1945, Kempernich, Germany. Briefing was at 0430 hours, and all aircraft were airborne by 0913. One ship...
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- Object Number: Document 53880
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 190, 3 Jan 1945, Hermulheim, Germany. Briefing took place at 0430 hours, and all 39 aircraft were off by 0822 "Good...
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- Object Number: Document 53881
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 189, 1 Jan 1945, Kassel, Germany. Briefing took place at 0450 hours, and by 0834 hours all operational aircraft were...
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