43-38236

Delivered Cheyenne 11/7/44; Kearney 21/7/44; Dow Fd 3/8/44; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-M] Deenethorpe 25/8/44; battle damaged Frankfurt 5/11/44 with ?; crash landed Dunmow A/fd, UK; Salvaged 8/11/44.

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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

Leon Fontaine Stewart

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Charles W Utter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-389151
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

J T Youmans

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

Places

Missions

702

  • Date: 5 November 1944

700

  • Date: 4 November 1944

698

  • Date: 2 November 1944

693

  • Date: 30 October 1944

691

  • Date: 28 October 1944

Revisions

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Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=38236

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log