Amos H Behl

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Amos Behl UPL 60801 UPL 60801 T/Sgt Amos H Behl

Object Number - UPL 60801 - T/Sgt Amos H Behl

KIS in B-17 42-5793 crashed at Brome, Suffolk, en route to leading the 100th Bomb Group. He was the PFF plane, sent to lead the group.

Losses of the 8th and 97th AFs Vol. 1 p. 75 tells also 11 February 1943, successfully belly-landed B-17 41-9044 when engine trouble. Mission was freight and passengers to Gibraltar. All crew and passengers were safe.

Awards: AM (2OLC).

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Lieutenant John C "Red" Morgan of the 482nd Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt Red Morgan, Cong, Med of Hon.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Arthur Reynolds
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-662226
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

A 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5793) nicknamed "Stinky", the first B-17 Flying Fortress to carry HS2 Radar pathfinder equipment.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Stinky
  • Unit: 482nd Bomb Group 813th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Fairfield Township, Minnesota 3 January 1923 BornFairfield Township, Minnesota

Enlisted

Seattle, Washington 26 August 1941 EnlistedSeattle, Washington

Died

Brome, Suffolk 10 November 1943 DiedBrome, Suffolk

Buried

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, Cambridgeshire 11 November 1943 InterredCambridge American Cemetery and MemorialCoton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire

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Sources

Combat Sup, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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