42-38012

Delivered Cheyenne 12/11/43; Romulus 2/12/43; Presque Is 4/12/43; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-M] Deenethorpe 21/1/44; Missing in Action Frankfurt 29/1/44 with Leon Van Syckle, Co-pilot: Mitchell Woods, Bombardier: Stan Groski, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Rask, Ball turret gunner: Don Lamb, Waist gunner: Ralph Roberts, Waist gunner: Albt Paganelli (7 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Rich Montfort, Radio Operator: Joe Glonek,Tail gunner: Chas Duke (3 Killed in Action); hit by rocket from enemy aircraft, crashed near Worms, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2275.

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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

Charles H Duke

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Joseph J Glonek

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner

Stanley T Groski

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

Donald D Lamb

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38444211
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Richard Lee Monfort

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-687890
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Document 52979

  • Media Type: Document
  • Object Number: Document 52979
  • Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 17, 29 Jan 1944, Frankfurt, Germany. 35 aircraft were airborne by 0849 but five aborted the mission and returned. Air...

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

France 29 January 1944

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Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=38012

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 2275 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database