42-37722

media-52563.jpeg UPL 52563 AC #42-37722 crash landed at Deenethorpe 28 January 1944

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Object Number - UPL 52563 - AC #42-37722 crash landed at Deenethorpe 28 January 1944

Delivered Denver 8/10/43; Walla Walla 21/10/43; Gr Island 15/11/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 21/1/44; c/f on base 28/1/44; sal 2 SAD 30/1/44; with George Whattam force landed Gulfport 1/10/44; as SB-17G AMC to REC 2/5/49.

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Units served with

401st Bomb Group

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

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

Events

Event	Location	Date
Delivered	Denver, CO	8 October 1943
Assigned	Deenethorpe Airfield, UK	21 January 1944
Crashed	Deenethorpe Airfield, UK

Revisions

Date3 Dec 2020 17:09:28

Contributor466thHistorian

Changes

Sources

B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_bombers/b17_16.html

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:44

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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