43-38758 Fast Company

media-51987.jpeg UPL 51987 "Fast Company", Model: B-17G-95-BO, Serial No. 43-38758, Returned to USA, Flew on 43 missions from 12/11/1944 to 04/20/1945.

401st Bomb Group Association

Object Number - UPL 51987 - "Fast Company", Model: B-17G-95-BO, Serial No. 43-38758, Returned to USA, Flew on 43 missions from 12/11/1944 to 04/20/1945.

Delivered Lincoln 16/9/44; Grenier 22/10/44; Assigned 615BS/401BG [IY-P] Deenethorpe 5/12/44; 613BS [IN-P]; Returned to the USA Bradley 5/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 6/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 19/11/45.

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Justin Joseph McGarity

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Howard J Nelson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36841586
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner / Waist Gunner

Edward Norman York

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12083654, later 094-146426
  • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
  • Role/Job: AAF Gunnery Instructor

Paul L Youmans

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

Robert Dale Youmans

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15108182 / O-65581
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot

Places

Missions

892

  • Date: 17 March 1945

889

  • Date: 15 March 1945

886

  • Date: 14 March 1945
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877

  • Date: 10 March 1945

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Document 53399

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  • Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 254, 20 Apr 1945, Brandenburg, Germany
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Document 53403

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  • Object Number: Document 53403
  • Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 250, 16 Apr 1945, Regensburg, Germany
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Document 53481

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  • Object Number: Document 53481
  • Description: 301st Bomb Group, Mission No. 248, 14 Apr 1945, Royan, France Briefing took place at 0430 hours. While taxying toward the takeoff runway a problem...
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Document 53559

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  • Object Number: Document 53559
  • Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 235, 23 Mar 1945, Gladbeck, Germany. Briefing took place at 0615 hours. The Group was informed that the Eighth Air Force...
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Document 53566

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  • Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 230, 17 Mar 1945, Molbis, Germany. The Group was briefed at 0400 hours, and all aircraft were airborne by 0824. Flying...
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Document 53567

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  • Object Number: Document 53567
  • Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 229, 15 Mar 1945, Zossen, Germany. Briefing took place at 0636 hours. The ships were loaded with six 500 pound GP's plus...
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Document 53597

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  • Object Number: Document 53597
  • Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 228, 14 Mar 1945, Lohne, Germany. Briefing took place at 0745 hours. All aircraft were loaded with 34 100 pound GP's...
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Document 53601

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  • Object Number: Document 53601
  • Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 225, 10 Mar 1945, Hagen, Germany. The Group was briefed at 0615 hours. Aircraft were loaded with thirty-four 100 pound...
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Document 53603

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  • Object Number: Document 53603
  • Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 223, 7 Mar 1945, Siegen, Germany. Briefing took place at 0430 hours. The aircraft were loaded with twelve 500 pound GP's...
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Document 53618

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  • Object Number: Document 53618
  • Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 222, 4 Mar 1945, Schwab-Munchen. Breakfast for flight crews was at 0200 hours and briefing at 0300 hours--another long...
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Document 53619

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  • Object Number: Document 53619
  • Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 221, 3 Mar 1945, Chemnitz, Germany.
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Document 53620

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  • Object Number: Document 53620
  • Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 219, 1 Mar 1945, Heilbronn, Germany. Briefing took place at 0710 hours, and all operational aircraft were airborne by...
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Document 53621

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  • Object Number: Document 53621
  • Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 220, 2 Mar 1945, Chemnitz, Germany. The Group was briefed for a long mission at the early hour of 0300. By 0707 hours...
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Document 53661

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  • Object Number: Document 53661
  • Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 218, 28 Feb 1945, Soest, Germany. The 401st provided the 94th Combat Wing "B" Group on this mission. As the target was...
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Document 53705

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  • Object Number: Document 53705
  • Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 213, 23 Feb 1945, Ottingen, Germany. Another early briefing-- at 0345 hours. Aircraft loading was twelve 500 pound G.P...
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Document 53706

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  • Object Number: Document 53706
  • Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 212, 22 Feb 1945, Ludwigslust, Germany. Briefing took place at 0445 hours, and all operational aircraft were off by 0905...
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Document 53788

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  • Object Number: Document 53788
  • Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 211, 21 Feb 1945, Nurnberg, Germany. Group briefing took place at 0345 hours. Pilots were warned of obstructions and...
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Document 53803

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  • Object Number: Document 53803
  • Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 208, 15 Feb 1945, Dresden, Germany. The Group was briefed at 0400 hours. Aircraft loading was eighteen 250 pound G.P.'s...
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Document 53807

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  • Object Number: Document 53807
  • Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 206, 10 Feb 1945, Dulmen, Germany. Briefing took place at 0445 hours. Aircraft loading was six 1,000 pound G.P.'s. and...
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Document 53808

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  • Object Number: Document 53808
  • Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 205, 9 Feb 1945, Lutzkendorf (Primary) Eisenach (T.O.) Germany. The Group was briefed at 0530 hours. Aircraft loading...
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Document 53809

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  • Object Number: Document 53809
  • Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 204, 6 Feb 1945, Giessen (T.O.) Eisfeld (T.O.) Germany. Briefing took place at 0415 hours. Aircraft loading was ten...
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Document 53812

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  • Object Number: Document 53812
  • Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 201, 29 Jan 1945, Bad Kreuznach, Germany During the night a total of 16 RAF Halifax bombers landed at Deenethorpe and...
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Document 53813

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  • Object Number: Document 53813
  • Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 200, 28 Jan 1945, Cologne, Germany. Briefing took place at 0500 hours, and all operational aircraft were airborne by...
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Document 53862

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  • Object Number: Document 53862
  • Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 198, 21 Jan 1945, Aschaffenburg, Germany. Briefing was conducted at the relatively early hour of 0400. Aircraft were...
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Document 53865

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  • Object Number: Document 53865
  • Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 197, 17 Jan 1945, Paderborn, Germany. Group briefing took place at 0600 hours. Aircraft were loaded with six 1,000...
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Document 53867

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  • Object Number: Document 53867
  • Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 195, 13 Jan 1945, Maximiliansau, Germany. Briefing took place at 0530 hours. Loading was six 1,000 pound bombs and 2...
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Document 53870

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  • Object Number: Document 53870
  • Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 193, 7 Jan 1945, Bitburg, Germany. Briefing took place at 0500 hours. By 0921 all aircraft were airborne, although four...
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Document 53879

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  • Object Number: Document 53879
  • Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 191, 5 Jan 1945, Koblenz, Germany. Briefing took place at 0500 hours. All but one aircraft, which had lost hydraulic...
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Document 53880

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  • Object Number: Document 53880
  • Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 190, 3 Jan 1945, Hermulheim, Germany. Briefing took place at 0430 hours, and all 39 aircraft were off by 0822 "Good...
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Document 53881

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  • Object Number: Document 53881
  • Description: 401st Bomb Group, Mission No. 189, 1 Jan 1945, Kassel, Germany. Briefing took place at 0450 hours, and by 0834 hours all operational aircraft were...

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B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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