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media-26447.jpeg UPL 26447 Boeing Flying Fortress B-17F 42-29993 369BS, 306BG, 8AF.

Object Number - UPL 26447 - Boeing Flying Fortress B-17F 42-29993 369BS, 306BG, 8AF.

Delivered Cheyenne 24/3/43; Dow Fd 10/4/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-K] Thurleigh 19/4/43; Missing in Action Oschersleben 11/1/44 with Don Tattershall, Co-pilot: Bill Grisham, Navigator: Jim Crabtree, Bombardier: John Whittle, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Leroy Johnson, Ball turret gunner: Carmel Melita, Waist gunner: Elmer Sweitzer, Waist gunner: Bob Hogg,Tail gunner: Bill Dodson (9 Killed in Action), Radio Operator: Jim Hobbs (Prisoner of War); flak knocked off tailplane, crashed De Wetering, near Colmschate, Diepenveen, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 1935.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Argentos, James 18108164 T/Sgt. 367th BS 306th BG Air Corps
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18108164
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 364th Fighter Group 1st Scouting Force 384th Fighter Squadron 857th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (1st Combat Bomb Wing)
  • Service Numbers: 18052358 / O-441827
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-807994
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15339049
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-682752
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Francis E. Warren AFB, WY, USA 24 March 1943 Delivered Cheyenne AAF 24-Mar-43.

Assigned

Thurleigh, Bedford MK44, UK 19 April 1943 Assigned to 369BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF.

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

7429 Colmschate, Netherlands 11 January 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Oschersleben flak knocked off tailplane, crashed De Wetering, near Colmschate, Diepenveen, Holland. 9 x KIA, 1 x POW. MACR 1935.

Manufactured

Seattle, WA, USA Built at Boeing.

Revisions

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1935 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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