42-30794
Delivered Cheyenne 29/7/43; Gr Isle 9/8/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-V/P] Thurleigh 25/8/43; Missing in Action Kiel 5/1/44 with Sid Wolfe, Bombardier: Harry Tomlin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Adolph Sicola, Radio Operator: Gene Paige, Ball turret gunner: Bob McClure, Waist gunner: Miles Hannify, Waist gunner: Bob Zeigler,Tail gunner: Gerald Allen (8 Killed in Action), Co-pilot: Alvin Enos, Navigator: Fremont Jewell (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Hohenfelde, Steinburg, five miles SE of Itzehoe/Holstein, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1683.
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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
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-887893
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31090692
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-688047
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball 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 | 5 January 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1683 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database