Melvin Albert Brandt

Military
media-52868.jpeg UPL 52868 T/Sgt Melvin A Brandt, 401BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 52868 - T/Sgt Melvin A Brandt, 401BG.

Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 x combat missions. Ben Johnson crew. ETD



Flew 30 missions with the last 9 missions in 'Diana Queen of the Chase' 42-102393. 'Lassie Come Home', 'Channel Express' and 'Hangover Haven' were each flown twice.



Awards: AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 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

Benjamin H Johnson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-102393

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Diana Queen Of The Chase
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-39943

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lassie Come Home
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

42-39979

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron 614th Bomb Squadron

42-40050

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Channel Express III
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97487) nicknamed "Hangover Haven" of the 401st Bomb Group after crash landing at Deenethorpe, 3 October 1944 Official caption on image: "GAD-1079 - (48-401)-(4-10-44) 7487 Crash." Handwritten caption on reverse: '3/10/44 A, 296 Extra. V. Maslen, 7487, "Hangover Haven".'

42-97487

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hangover Haven
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Kramer, North Dakota 24 September 1921 Son of John And Pauline Brandt.

Died

Lockport, IL 2 December 2000

Buried

Acacia Park Cemetery and Mausoleum Norwood Park Township, Cook County, IL 6 December 2000 Acacia Park Cemetery and Mausoleum Norwood Park Township, Cook County, Illinois

Based

Deenethorpe Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/670580568
https://www.fold3.com/record/81453323/melvin-a-brandt-social-security-d…
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1282
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205250197/melvin-albert-brandt

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ContributorAAM
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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, 401st BG.org crew history,, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1282

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Object number: UPL 52868 - T/Sgt Melvin A Brandt, 401BG.