Harry Joseph Husnik | American Air Museum

Harry Joseph Husnik

Military

Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 11 x combat missions. Lee Gibson crew.

Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

Connections

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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

The insignia of the 614th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group.

614th Bomb Squadron

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

People

Lee R Gibson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-?
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
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

Factory fresh B-17s

42-107151

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Cover Girl
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

43-37602

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Lady Vivian
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

43-38677

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

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	Description
Born	Vancouver, Canada	20 October 1919	Son of Joseph Husnik.
Enlisted	New York City, NY	29 January 1942	New York City, New York
Died	Hempstead, NY	5 May 2002
	Queens County, NY
Based	Deenethorpe		Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date20 Oct 2021 18:28:23

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/672639219
https://www.fold3.com/record/7974901/harry-j-husnik-social-security-dea…
https://www.fold3.com/record/83532928/harry-j-husnik-wwii-army-enlistme…
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2396
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Crews/Details.aspx?CrewId=12131

Date27 Sep 2014 18:12:23

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2396