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42-31226 The Saint and Ten Sinners

media-52733.jpeg UPL 52733 AC # 42-31226 'The Saint & Ten Sinners' 613th BS, 401st BG

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Object Number - UPL 52733 - AC # 42-31226 'The Saint & Ten Sinners' 613th BS, 401st BG

Delivered Denver 4/10/43; Gr Island 16/10/43; Memphis 19/10/43; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-G] Deenethorpe 22/12/43; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Don Butterfoss, Co-pilot: Bob Westfall, Navigator: Bernie Boyle, Bombardier: Bob Kerpen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alf Truszkowski, Radio Operator: Roger McCauley, Ball turret gunner: Everett Stanley, Waist gunner: John Reeves,Tail gunner: Bill Lee (9 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Bill Watkins (evaded capture); flak KOd #1 and #2, crashed Veldweg, two miles W of Beekbergen, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 4345.

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Units served with

401st Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

613th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Bernard J Boyle

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Flight Officer
Role/Job: Navigator

Donald E Butterfoss

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Robert C Kerpen,

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Major
Role/Job: Bombardier

William H Lee

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Roger R McCauley

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator

Places

Bomber crews from the 401st Bomb Group look over P-51 Mustang, FT-T, serial number 43-12172, of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, at Deenethorpe airfield. One of their B-17 Flying Fortresses is in the background. Printed caption on reverse of print: '...401st Bomb Group look over a North American P-51 Mustang at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 December 1943.'

Deenethorpe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Benefield

Missions

327

Date: 29 April 1944

308A

Date: 19 April 1944

Airmen and ground crew of the 448th Bomb Group carefully transfer a flak casualty through the waist gun window of a B-17 Flying Fortress. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-11-2-448)(26-3-44)(Flak Casualty).' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Patterson.'

8th Air Force 280

Date: 26 March 1944

8th Air Force 277

Date: 24 March 1944

A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Ruth L", flown by Lieutenant NL Young, of the 96th Bomb Group flies through a cascade of bombs released by another Fortress over Oranienburg, Germany. Strike camera photo. Handwritten caption on reverse: '22/3/44. Looks like JW code - 92BG? [sic]Supposedly Bremen raid but bombs look like M47.'

8th Air Force 273

Date: 22 March 1944

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Failed to Return (FTR)	Germany	29 April 1944

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany

29 April 1944

Revisions

Date10 Sep 2021 13:23:21

Contributoracbernstein1

Changes

Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=31226

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:37

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4345 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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