The 401st Bibliography

Edited and compiled under supervision of Capt. Gordon R. Closeway, 401BG Public Relations Officer. pub. (orig.) 1946, Newsfoto Publishing Co., San Angelo, Texas. 300+pp; ill., 7-1/2"w x 10-1/2"h x 1-1/2"t, oversize hard cover, upholstered, History of the 401BG - formation through operations, from 8th USAAF Station 128, Deenethorpe, U.K., and return to U.S. in 1945

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Reprints similar, except squadron patches not in color, and photos not as 'sharp'. Many photos now in NARA Still Pictures Collection.

613Sq., 401BG (H) history from April 1, 1943 by Lt. James L. Meredith, Squadron S-2 (Intelligence), transcribed from 401BG microfilm by Vic Maslen, who dedicated to Edwin W. Brown, former CO, 613Sq. 139 pages +/-, 9-1/2"w, 11"h, 5/8"t, , comb-bound soft cover.

note: Not commercially published. Similarly, Vic Maslen transcribed microfilm records for four other similar volumes:
612th Bombardment Squadron (H) Squadron History
614th Bombardment Squadron (H) Squadron History
615th Bombardment Squadron (H) Squadron History
401BG Control Tower Logs

32 pages. 8-3/8"w, 11"h., 1/8"t., pamphlet. Not commercially published or distributed - for internal membership use only.

by John N. Smith. pub.1998 GME Enterprises, 67 Pyhill Bretton, Peterborough, PE3 8QQ, U.K. phone 0733 265123 e-mail: GMSAVIASTIONBOOKS@compuserve.com. ISBN 1 870384 73 3, 34 pages, ill., 5-3/4"w, 8-1/4"h, 1/8"t. pamphlet. A pictorial and text history of the Deenethorpe Airbase, to present-day.

by Roger A. Freeman. pub.1978, Battle of Britain Prints, International, ltd., 3 New Plaistow Rd., London, E15 3JA, England. phone 01-534-8833. ISBN 0-900913-09-6 [pages?] ill. hard cover [size?]. Airfields in England, aerial views and unit histories.

p8-11	Intro & book organiz.,
p12-13	8th AAF Composition,
p.___?	UK map with Units' named (2-pages)
p66-67	401BG @ Deenethorpe St#128.

[LA Pub.Lib]

edited by Maurer Maurer, USAF Historical Division Air University Department of the Air Force. pub.1960, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C. ISBN 0-912799-02-1. 506 pages, ill.(insignia), 7"w, 9-1/2"h, 1-1/2"t. hard cover. Units' history summary and insigne.

p285-286, 401BG, p285, 401BG Group insigne p431-432, 1st Air Division, p463-464, 8th AAF

Summer 1985, Vol. 30 #2, Inside cover: ad for 50th Anniv. of the Boeing B-17 celebration, to be held March 1, 1997.

by Evans E. Kerrigan. pub.1967 by the Viking Press, Inc., 625 Madison Ave., N.Y., N.Y., 10062. LOC 67-13505, 286 pages, ill., 6-1/4"w, 9-1/4"h., 1-1/2"t., hard cover. U.S. Uniform patches and devices.

p16-17,	Sergeants' insigne
p52, 54,	Army Air Corps collar device
p74-77,	Bombardier Badge
p108-109,112-115,	Pistol Marksmanship Badge
p212-215,	AF Cadet; & US 8th AF badges.

by Michael L. Gibson, pub.1982, Northamptonshire Libraries, 27 Guildhall Road, Northampton NN1 rEF. ISBN 0-905391-08-X. 360 pages; ill., 9"w, 11-1/4"h, 1-1/8t; oversize hard cover. Author's address: 11Knowle Lane, Weston on the Green, Bicester, Oxon, OX6 8QJ]. An Illustrated history, of flight in the Shire.

H.P. Willmott, pub.1980 Bison Books, div. of W.H. Smith Publishers Inc., 112 Madison Avenue, N.Y., N.Y., 10016. ISBN 0-8317-0600-7; 63 pages, ill., 8-7/8"w, 11-1/4"h, 1/2"t. oversize hard cover. B-17 models, development, construction and operational summary.

by Roger A Freeman. pub. 1977, Charles Scribner's Sons. ISBN 0-684-14872-2; LOC 76-39758, 192 pages ill., 8-3/4"w, 11-3/4"h, 7/8"t, hard cover. A short history of bomber strategy in WWII, and comprehensive descriptions of 8th USAAF formation organization and sequence of events within, plus chapters describing the duties of each position of the B-17 crew.

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p81-82,	Flight organization: 3-planes = vee/flight; 2-vees = squadron; 3-squadrons = group; 3-groups = combat wing
p.97,	Flak over Bremmen, 12/43. (b/w),
p.98,	the Mary Alice story
p.113,	Crew members' duties summaries:
p114-115,,	Pilot
p116-119,	Copilot,
p120-127,	Bombardier,
p128-131,	Navig.,
p132-135,	Flt. Eng
p136-139,	Radio (401BG)
p140-143,	Waist Gunner,
p144-147,	Ball turret,
p148-151,	Tail gunner.

by Larry Davis, illus. by Don Greer. pub.1984 Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc., 1115 Crowley Drive, Carrollton, Texas, 75011-5010. ISBN 0-89747-152-0; 64 pages; 8-1/2"h 11"w, 1/8"t. ill., pamphlet. Models, markings, photos and short histories.

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pages 3, 24, 25, 28, 29, 4 are 401BG related.

by Martin W. Bowman, pub. 1984 (hard cover), 1985 (paper back), Thorsons Publishing Group, Wellingborough, Northampton-shire, England. ISBN 0-85059 675-0 (hard cover); ISBN 0-85059 786-2 (paperback); 209 pages, ill; 7-3/4"w, 9-1/4"h, 3/4"t. paperback (and hard cover). Stories of B-17 and crews of the 8thAAF.

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401BG related, Politz Mission, 10-7-44, p169-171.

edited by Maurer Maurer, USAF Historical Division Air University Department of the Air Force. pub.1969 U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C. 841 pages, ill. (insignia), 7"w, 10"h, 2"t., hard cover. Squadrons' history summary and insigne.

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p684-685, 613SQ, and brief history,

by Steve Birdsall, illus. by Don Greer, pub.1986 Squadron/ Signal Publications, Inc., 1115 Crowley Drive, Carrollton, Texas, 75011-5010. IBSN 0-89747-180-6. 30 pages, ill , 8-1/2"w, 11"h, 1/8"t.. pamphlet. B-17 markings, nose art, and photos.

by Edward Jablonski. pub.1965, Doubleday & Co. Garden City, N.Y., ISBN 0-385-03855-0, LOC 65-19886. 362 pages., ill, hardback, 7-1/2"w, 10-1/2"h, 1-1/4"t.. A detailed biography of the B-17 design, and development, with stories of its War action history

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401BG related, page.39.

by Ernest R. McDowell, illus. by Don Greer. pub.1987 Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc., 1115 Crowley Drive, Carrollton, Texas, 75011-5010. ISBN 0-89747-189-X, 79 pages, ill., 8-1/2"w, 11"h, 3/16"t. oversize soft cover. Models, Combat Wing organizations and brief Group history, plus markings and famous planes.

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401BG related:

p.39,	94th Combat Wing,
p45	401BG early markings & camouflage (color).

by Philip Kaplan and Rex Alan Smith, pub.1983, Cross River Press, Ltd., Abbeville Press, 488 Madison Ave., N.Y., ISBN 0-89659-404-1, LOC 83-8777, 216 pages, ill. 10-3/8"w, 10-1/8"h, 1-1/8"t. hard cover. Photos, text and images of then and now. Many 401BG related images.

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Rex Alan Smith, HS 82 Box 167, Box Elder, S. Dakota 57719; phone 605.923.2507

FAIRBANKS, MORSE & CO. 1830-1945 PUB.1945, Fairbanks Morse & Co., 600 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill., 160 pages, Ill., 9"w, 12"h, 1/2"t, hardcover. Formation, growth and wartime years of Fairbanks Morse industrial activities.

p.45-48:	George F. Sheffield, velocipede; & Car Co., Three Rivers;
p.82:	'Panorama' with Three Rivers plant aerial view.
p.117:	photo, 1/18/43 'E' Award, Three Rivers plant;
p.153:	FM Sheffield RR water standpipe UP RR photo

George H. Menzel. pub.1994 Turner Publishing Co., 412 Broadway, PO Box 3101, Padukah, Ky, 42002-3101, phone 502.443.0121. ISBN: 156311-136-5; LOC 94-60145. 256 pages, ill., hard cover, 6-3/8"w, 9-3/8"h, 5/8"t.

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Chapter 8, 10-7-44 Politz Mission.

oil painting by Stan Stokes (of 401BG bombers in flight). Original is in the James H. Doolittle Room, Western Aerospace Museum, North Field, Oakland, Ca. Prints: avail. from Jim Ratelle Framing, 555 Vine Hill Way, Martinez, CA. 94553. phone 415.229.2287. Painting also appears on Cover Art,:"Flying the Bombers B-17" videotape, V-2113, Warbird Tapes, American Sound & Video Corp.

Vols I-VII, Combat Chronology 1941-1945; W.F. Craven and J.L. Cate; pub. 1948, Univ. of Chicago Press. Set: 7-1/4"s, 9-3/4"h, 14-1/4"w total (about 2"/vol.).

Vol.3:

pp280-282	map; Oil Campaign:
p640-642	Pursuit of the Oil Campaign
p670-671	Air campaign eval., Dec.44,

Vol.6:

p600-603; 614-615; 637-641,

Training:

by Robin Cross, pub.1987, Grub Street Press, Macmillan Publishing Co., 666 3rd Ave., N.Y., N.Y. 10022. ISBN 0-02-538930-6, 224 pages, ill. 8-3/4"w, 10-1/4"h, 1"t. hard cover, An illustrated story of offensive strategy and tactics in the 20th century. Formation flying and tactics, air battles illustrations.

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p126-129, 131, 133, 135-140, 142, 152-153;	w/ illus.
p. 152,	Group Assembly diagram

by Roger A. Freeman. illus by John B Rabbets. pub.1970, Macdonald and Jame's Publishers, Ltd., London. Later pub.1989 by Arms and Armour Press, Artillery House, Artillery Row, London, SW1P 1RT, U.K.; Also pub.1989. (USA), Orion Books, a div. of Crown Publishers, Inc., 201 E.50th St., N.Y. 10022. ISBN 0-517-57691-0. 311 pages, ill. oversize hard cover, 9"w, 11"h, 1-1/8"t. History of the 8th USAAF, units, markings and statistics.

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401BG related:

p110	Wing/Group Assignments,
p154-155	Units (list) & UK Locations (map);
p256	401BG summary;
p284-285	401BG markings (late, in-color).

Roger A. Freeman, 1992, publ. Specialty Press, PO Box 338; 123 N. Second St.; Stillwater, Minn., 55082. 160 pages, Ill., 9"w, 11-1/8"h, 7/8"w; hard cover.

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p37,	401BG, photo, 615Aq. 'pathfinder' A/C.

[Larkspur Library), 940.5449]

Oct. 16, 1944 edition, p.28 World Battle Fronts article. Included: "When the sun came out last week, Allied air power delivered the heaviest blows of the whole war against strategic targets, dropping 30,000 tons of bombs in three thunderous days on oil plants, on factories making airplane engines, tanks, trucks, locomotives and on communication centers."

by Roger A Freeman, with Alan Crouchman and Vic Maslen. pub.1981, MacDonald and Jane's Pub. ISBN?, [pages?], ill. [size?] oversize hard cover. Summaries of all raids by date, including tabular & narrative for the 8th USAAF.

p360,	6/7 October 1944,
p361-362	7 October 1944

by Brian L. Davis. pub.1987 Arms and Armour Press Ltd., Link House West St., Poole; Dorset, BH15 1LL; Sterling Publishing Co.; 2 Park Ave., N.Y., N.Y., 10016. ISBN 0853688508 70 pages; ill; 5-1/2"w, 8-3/4"h, 3/8"t; hard cover.

by Shelby Stanton. pub.1991 by Stackpole Books, Cameron and Kelker Streets, P.O. Box 1831, Harrisburg, P., 17105. ISBN 0-8117-1858-1, LOC 91-13066. 279p; ill; 7-1/2"w, 9-1/2"h, 3/4"t. hard cover.

The original three vertical 401BG panels are now the center of the St.Mary Weldon west stained glass window. The U.S. flag, left, was presented by the 401BG Aug.15, 1944 and flown above Peterborough Cathedral,

Claims to Fame - The B-17 Flying Fortress by Steve Birdsall and Roger A. Freeman; pub.1994 Arms and Armour Press; Villiers House, 41-47 Strand; London, WC2N 5Je. USA distribution, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.; 387 Park Ave. South; N.Y., N.Y., 10016-8810. ISBN 1-85409-247-2; 224 pages, Ill., 6-1/2"w, 9-1/2"h, 1"t, hardback.

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p.186-187,	613Sq., Mary Alice story;
p.182, 184, 197,	615Sq.
p.183, 185, 204,	401BG.

a Memoir by Harold W. Bowman (1994)

by Ed C. Cury (Rainbow Press, 1988) ISBN: 0425126579)

A Memoir by Robert Grilley

by S/Sgt Eugene Hall

by Robert L. Hecker (Crossroads Publishing, 2001)

by James H. Howard (Orion Books NY, 1991)

by Bill Maher (Honoribus Press, Spartanburg, SC, 1992)

by Alan Newcomb (Destiny Publisher, Haverhill, Mass, 1947)

by Ron Sismey (Phillimire & Co., Chichester, Sussex, UK 1993)

by Alvie Smith (Cushing Malloy Inc, 1996)

by Robert Grilley.