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Delivered Dallas 26/7/44; Hunter 24/8/44; Grenier 9/10/44; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IW-K] Deenethorpe 18/11/44; 614BS [IW-G]; transferred 305BG Chelveston 20/5/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 23/5/46.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot, Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Missions
- Date: 20 April 1945
- Date: 19 April 1945
- Date: 30 March 1945
- Date: 22 March 1945
- Date: 17 March 1945
Related media
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53399
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 254, 20 Apr 1945, Brandenburg, Germany
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53530
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 239, 30 Mar 1945, Bremen, Germany. Briefing took place at 0720 hours for this mission. Aircraft were loaded with twelve...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53562
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 234, 22 Mar 1945, Barmingholten. Briefing took place at 0400 hours, with Lead and Low Squadron ships being loaded with...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53566
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 230, 17 Mar 1945, Molbis, Germany. The Group was briefed at 0400 hours, and all aircraft were airborne by 0824. Flying...
- Media Type: Document
- 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...
- Media Type: Document
- 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...
- Media Type: Document
- 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...
- Media Type: Document
- 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...
- Media Type: Document
- 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...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53866
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 196, 14 Jan 1945, Cologne, Germany. Briefing was held at 0600 hours. Twelve of the fifteen 401st aircraft were assigned...
- Media Type: Document
- 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...
- Media Type: Document
- 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...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 53879
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 191, 5 Jan 1945, Koblenz, Germany. Briefing took place at 0500 hours. All but one aircraft, which had lost hydraulic...