42-31726 Duration Plus
Uploaded by Capt. Peters grandson, Chris Peters.
Object Number - UPL 26969 - Captain Ben Herman Peters (back row, far right) and the crew of the Duration Plus.
Delivered Denver 12/12/43; Kearney 30/12/43; Prestwick 15/1/44; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-O] Thurleigh 10/2/44; Missing in Action German oil insts 13/9/44 with Clayton Nattier, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gerald Bump, Radio Operator: Edwin Block, Ball turret gunner: Cecil Richardson, Waist gunner: Max Kimmel, Tail gunner: Dick Edwards (6 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Gerald Johnson, Navigator: Bernie Weinstein, Bombardier: Bill Gregory (3 Killed in Action); flak caused aircraft to explode, crashed Ammendorf, near Halle, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8829. DURATION PLUS.
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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 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12130997
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15334217
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14132520
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-771919
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
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 | 13 September 1944 |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Information added by Chris Peters, Grandson of Captain Ben Herman Peters.
Image uploaded of B-17 "Duration Plus" by grandson of Captain Ben Herman Peters.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8829 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
