42-29779 Bab's best

media-45627.jpeg UPL 45627 "Boeing B-17 'Bab'S Best', 2Nd Service Group, Which Ran Off The Taxi Strip At Meeks Field, Iceland, Causing Only Slight Damage. 1 May 1943"
B-17 42-29779 'Bab's Best' being recovered to Meeks Field runway.

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Object Number - UPL 45627 - "Boeing B-17 'Bab'S Best', 2Nd Service Group, Which Ran Off The Taxi Strip At Meeks Field, Iceland, Causing Only Slight Damage. 1 May 1943" B-17...

Delivered Cheyenne 18/2/43; Salina 8/3/43; Romulus 10/4/43; Wayne Co 13/4/43; Presque Is 27/4/43; Assigned 19FS/3FG at Meeks Fd, Iceland, o/s runway with P.H. Best 30/4/43;



Repaired 1/5/43, New York PE 20/5/43; Assigned 423BS/306BG [RD-A] Thurleigh 4/6/43; Missing in Action Kassel 28/7/43 with Jack Harris, Radio Operator: Jim Connally, Ball turret gunner: Bill Isaacson, Waist gunner: Ralph Burgio, Waist gunner: Larry Sullivan, Tail gunner: Frank Bradley (6 Killed in Action);



Co-pilot: Russ Maxwell, Navigator: Ken Fultz, Bombardier: Bill Neary, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Irwin Aaesby (4 Prisoner of War);



Flak, crashed near Wolften, eight miles E of Osnabruck, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 124. BAB'S BEST.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Irwin Clifford Aaseby

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39176764
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Frank J Bradley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32406158
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Ralph Burgio

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

James Perry Connally

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18115873
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Kenneth H Fultz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-673551
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

Osnabrück, Germany 28 July 1943

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 124 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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