42-97440 Flak Rat II, Patches

media-20424.jpeg UPL 20424 Memorial Day: Memories of a P.O.W. John A Gray.

Article written by Hugh Cassidy and published in a newspaper on Long Island, NY after personal interview with John A. Gray.

Object Number - UPL 20424 - Memorial Day: Memories of a P.O.W. John A Gray.

Delivered Denver 16/11/43; Kearney 1/12/43; Presque Is 11/12/43; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-A] Deenethorpe 1/1/44; Missing in Action Oschersleben 30/5/44 with Carleton Wilson, Co-pilot: Curtis Kelley, Navigator: John Connery, Bombardier: Francis Fogarty, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Quinn, Radio Operator: John Gray,Tail gunner: Gerald Pettit(7 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Bill Passeno, Waist gunner: Jim McMahon, Waist gunner: George Smith (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Tweelbake, nine miles W of Bookholzberg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5310. FLAK RAT II.

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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.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

John King Connery

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-809538
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Francis M Fogarty

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

John A Gray

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32170030
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
A German POW file for Curtis C. Kelley

Curtis C Kelley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

James F McMahon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Places

Missions

323

  • Date: 27 April 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 30 May 1944

Revisions

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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=97440

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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?Serial=97440

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5310 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

42-97440: Gallery (5 items)

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