44-8652 Drive It Home

media-41447.jpeg UPL 41447

306th BG Archives

Object Number - UPL 41447

Delivered Cheyenne 16/11/44; Hunter 12/12/44; Dow Fd 17/12/44; Assigned 369BS/306BG Thurleigh 6/1/45; Salvaged 9AF Germany 31/7/46. DRIVE IT HOME!

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Units served with

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 16088635
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner ; Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-783643
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13187919
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner; Armorer

Places

Missions

  • Date: 19 March 1945
  • Official Description:
A B-24 Liberator of the 467th Bomb Group flies over Berlin during a mission. 18 March 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '18/3/45 Berlin.'
  • Date: 18 March 1945
  • Date: 17 March 1945
  • Date: 15 March 1945
  • Date: 12 March 1945

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Cheyenne, WY 16 November 1944

Assigned

Thurleigh Airfield, UK 6 January 1945

Revisions

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B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
page 296

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306th BG Archives

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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