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42-3274

media-28311.jpeg UPL 28311

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Object Number - UPL 28311

Delivered Denver 13/4/43; Presque Is 15/5/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-L] Thurleigh 4/6/43; transferred 323BS/91BG [OR-U] Bassingbourn 29/6/43; Missing in Action Frankfurt 4/10/43 with Lloyd Schaper, Co-pilot: Ray Stephens, Navigator: Woodrow Mays, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Brickley, Radio Operator: Harry Weintraub, Ball turret gunner: Ernie Archer, Waist gunner: Jim Regan, Waist gunner: Don Irons,Tail gunner: Don Alton (9 Prisoner of War), Bombardier: Steve Monson (Killed in Action); last seen on bombing run apparently having engine trouble from the start and dragging behind, crashed Limburg, Bel. Missing Air Crew Report 881.

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Units served with

323rd Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Donald M Alton

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Ernest T Archer

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

William J Brickley

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Donald E Irons

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Woodrow W Mays

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Places

Aerial photograph of Bassingbourn airfield looking east, Whaddon is at the top, the bomb dump is to the left of the main runway, which runs vertically; the control tower and technical site with four C-Type hangars is on the right, 23 August 1945. Photograph taken by No. 542 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/692. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bassingbourn

Site type: Airfield

Presque Isle Army Airfield

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.'

Thurleigh

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Bedford

Events

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany

4 October 1943

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:43

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 881 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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