42-39826 Stubborn Jean
Delivered Long Beach 119/43; Scott 23/10/43; Assigned 612BS/401BG [SC-H] Deenethorpe 31/10/43; Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 30/12/43 with Traian Neag, Navigator: Elmer Santos, Bombardier: Okey Deraimo, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Howard Monzingo, Radio Operator: Bill Bardon, Ball turret gunner: Burt Purwin, Waist gunner: Ben Daszkiewicz, Waist gunner: Marvin Hill, Tail gunner: Jim Farrell (9 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: John England (Killed in Action); flak, crashed three miles E of Zierolshofen, eight miles E of Strasbourg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1678. STUBBORN JEAN.
Shot down by flak. This was the first ship of the 401st to be lost to enemy opposition. Aircraft was named after an acquaintance of Lt. Neags.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32363744
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38328810
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-802443
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36405763
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-676132
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
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Missions
Related media
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52937
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 6, 20 Dec 1943, Bremen, Germany. Fifteen of the dispatched aircraft hit the primary target, with 14 of the Group's...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52938
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 7, 22 Dec 1943, Osnabruck, Germany. The Group flew the lead box position in the Wing formation. After starting the bomb...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52941
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 8, 24 December 1943, Gorenflos, Germany. For some time, through photographic reconnaisance and reports from the French...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 52943
- Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 9, 30 Dec 1943, Ludwigshaven, Germany. This was the longest mission yet flown by the Group with ten hours engine time...
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Ludwigshafen, Germany | 30 December 1943 | |
Crashed |
Zierolshofen, 77694 Kehl, Germany | 30 December 1943 |