42-102558 Silver Streak
Object Number - UPL 73503 - 42-102558 "Silver Streak"
Delivered Cheyenne 14/3/44; Gr Island 30/3/44; Dow Fd 28/4/44; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-W] Thurleigh 13/5/44; crashed on take off for Cologne 15/8/44 with Bert Smith, Co-pilot: Warren Doman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Spry, Ball turret gunner: Chas Thomas (5 Killed in Service); Navigator: Albert Trelford, tof-Bert Reichle, Radio Operator: Billy Helms, Waist gunner: Tom Davis, Tail gunner: Fred Hasser-Farrer (4 Returned to Duty); slow take off speed was not sufficient, wing clipped a hedge and ship mushed into ground, fire broke out followed later by bombs and fuel exploding; Salvaged. SILVER STREAK.
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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
- Service Numbers: 32460857
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer & Tail 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
Missions
- Date: 15 August 1944
Revisions
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.
Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.
Added the Production block number and Manufacturer per info on the internet.
SOURCE: https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/production-block/b-17g-55-bo-42-102544-…
