Dewey Bufford Wofford

Military
media-53010.jpeg UPL 53010 "Lt. Kochel and crew of the 401st Bomb Group, in front of a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Spirit Of Bloomfield" at an 8th Air Force Base in England, 20 November 1944."

Rear L-R: Joseph Concino, Raymond Callahan, Michael Kochel, Allan Ainley Jr, Thomas Kelly.

Front L-R: Dewey Wofford, Charles Beeson, Kenneth Cobbs.

https://www.fold3.com/image/32157604

Object Number - UPL 53010 - "Lt. Kochel and crew of the 401st Bomb Group, in front of a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Spirit Of Bloomfield" at an 8th Air Force Base in England,...

Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 28 x combat missions. Michael Kochel crew. ETD





Awards: AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (3 x Battle Stars).

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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

Michael Joseph Kochel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12094940 / O-813718
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-102468

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Farmer's Daughter
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron

43-38077

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tagalong, Duke's Mixture
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

44-8812

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Beat Me Daddy

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Hanson, OK 3 March 1923 Son of Thomas Buford and Ruth Rose [Floyd] Wofford.

Enlisted

2 February 1943

Died

12 August 2014

Buried

Mount Zion Cemetery O'Fallon, St. Charles County, MO 15 August 2014 Mount Zion Cemetery O'Fallon, St. Charles County, Missouri

Other

Discharged USAAF

Honourable discharge.

Based

Deenethorpe Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Gunnery training

Sheppard Field, TX Trained at Sheppard Field, Texas

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/32157604
https://www.fold3.com/image/612693447
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2960
https://www.angelfire.com/ok2/kristi/WW2.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140428079/dewey-b-wofford

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2960

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