42-29625
Delivered Cheyenne 26/1/43; Salina 9/2/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-B] Thurleigh 12/3/43; transferred 367BS [GY- ]; Missing in Action Bremen 17/4/43 with Capt Craig Harwood, Waist gunner: Bill Buchanan,Tail gunner: Joe Collette (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Gerry Clymer, Navigator: Harry WhitemanWounded in Action, Bombardier: Frank Wolinski, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lou EnloeWounded in Action, Radio Operator: Bob Robel, Ball turret gunner: Clint Collins, Waist gunner: Ray EriksenWounded in Action (7 Prisoner of War); flak KO’d #3 & #4, crashed Neustadt, near Bremen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 15517.
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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 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13052094
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-885367
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 1105702
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36334879
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37083458
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret 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 | 17 April 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15517 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database