42-5171
Delivered Tulsa 5/10/42; Presque Is 27/11/42; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO- ] Thurleigh 1/1/43; Missing in Action Bremen 17/4/43 with Fred Gillogly, Co-pilot: Don Whipple, Navigator: Carl Jones, Bombardier: John Brown, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lyle Edwards, Radio Operator: Chas Fehr, Ball turret gunner: Archie Baker, Waist gunner: Dan Dolinka, Waist gunner: Bill Allen, Tail gunner: Henry Warren (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft caused fire, crashed Wiessens four miles SE Aurich, Ger,. Missing Air Crew Report 15524.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19065020
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12081162
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-731015
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16041955
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38003022
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
![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 | 17 April 1943 |
Revisions
Corrected the spelling of "Lyle Edwards" first name to match the WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15524 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database