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Delivered Cheyenne 26/3/44; Hunter 16/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned 379BG Kimbolton 23/5/44; transferred 365BS/305BG [XK- ] Chelveston 25/5/44; Missing in Action Cottbus 29/5/44 with Ward Hanson, Co-pilot: Jacob Shearer, Navigator: Phil Vooz, Bombardier: Mike Benedict, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Leon Tindell, Radio Operator: Walt Overstreet, Ball turret gunner: Russell Ray, Waist gunner: Bob Mergan, Waist gunner: Ralph Finney,Tail gunner: Harry Bailey (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Politzig, four miles E of Meseritz, near Schwerin, Pol. Missing Air Crew Report 5335.
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Units served with
![Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395050.jpg?itok=yTXjBhMl)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![The insignia of the 365th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395052.jpg?itok=JpkC_TPL)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
![Ground crews of 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortresses wait for their aircraft to return to Chelveston airbase after a raid on the 30 June 1943; a B-17 Flying Fortress is coming in to land. Passed for publication 30 Jun 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'At A Fortress Station In Britain. From an American base in Britain the Flying Fortresses carry out operational activities which result in terrible blows against the German industrial war machine. This series of pictures shows scenes at a Flying Fortresse](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-458191.jpg?itok=LzuZ2zXF)
- Site type: Airfield
![Aerial photograph of Kimbolton airfield looking west, the bomb dump and technical site with a T2 hangar is on the left, 10 August 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/635. English Heritage (RAF Photography).](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/eh/eh-81.jpg?itok=ZTVswmUL)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 29 May 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5335 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database