42-38093 Cap'n and his kids
USAAF Archives
Object Number - UPL 38761 - B-17G 42-38093 on the bomb run.
Delivered Cheyenne 13/12/43; Kearney 10/1/44; Grenier 16/1/44; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-V] Thurleigh 28/2/44; transferred 367BS [GY- ]; detailed (sic) [damaged] Ruhrland oil refineries 12/9/44 with Gordon Donkin, Co-pilot: Don McDonald, Navigator: Gerald Weiler, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clarry Tuers, Radio Operator: Willard Colvin, Ball turret gunner: Norman Morrow, Waist gunner: Larry Joslin (7 Returned to Duty); Bombardier: Capt Art Hostettler, Tail gunner: Jack Eppler (2 killed in force landing); crash landed RAF Manston with last engine out; sal 2 SAD 13/9/44. CAPT'N AND HIS "KIDS"
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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
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19115292 / O-758386
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Crashed Crash landing |
England | 12 September 1944 | crash land on return from combat mission. |
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C Description section.
Added Production Block Number and Manufacturer per info on the internet.
SOURCE: https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/production-block/b-17g-30-dl-42-38084-4…
M. Poole and J. Zhou, 10/23/2020 via FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945
https://m.facebook.com/groups/1551752068432083?view=permalink&id=272176…
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15510 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
