42-31451
Delivered Cheyenne 2/11/43; Gt Falls 6/11/43; Billings 7/11/43; Cheyenne 12/11/43; Kearney 15/11/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG Thurleigh 21/12/43 then 367BS [GY-G]; Missing in Action Oschersleben 11/1/44 with Ross McCollum, Co-pilot: Marcus Thomas, Navigator: Dan Jones, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wayne Warner, Radio Operator: Henry Stelmach, Ball turret gunner: Howard Chatelain, Waist gunner: Warren Goss, Waist gunner: Leander Aurie,Tail gunner: Andy Barrus (9 Killed in Action), Bombardier: Lloyd Crabtree (Prisoner of War); mid air coll with another B-17, then enemy aircraft on return trip, crashed near Hotel De Witte Raaf, Epe, Gelderland, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 1934.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16132239
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 39826549
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner, Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13176648
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-751811
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18191317
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 11 January 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1934 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database