42-30065
Delivered Cheyenne 5/4/43; Sioux City 14/4/43; Kearney 4/5/43; Bangor 20/5/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-O] Grafton Underwood 24/5/43; transferred 369BS/306BG [WW-U] Thurleigh 22/8/43; battle damaged Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Bill Price, Co-pilot: R. L. Fallow, Navigator: Phil Anderson, Bombardier: C. L. Dunlop, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul Loubet, Radio Operator: Jerome Evenson, Ball turret gunner: Fred Massey, Waist gunner: K. H. Smith, Waist gunner: H. W. Hoser, Tail gunner: Bill Oliver (10 Returned to Duty); crash landed New Romney, Kent, UK. Salvaged 16/9/43.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-190877
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36253337
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
![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
![Regensburg, after being bombed by B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 385th Bomb Group, 17 August 1943. Official caption on image: "(O-5-1-385)(17-8-43)(30171-6 3/8 - 24,000)(Regensberg)." Passed for publication 6 Sep 1943. Printed caption on reverse: '#44: View of the target.' Censor no: 282458. On reverse: US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-413725.jpg.webp?itok=AMwIgGyH)
- Date: 17 August 1943
- Official Description:
- Date: 30 July 1943
- Date: 29 July 1943
- Date: 28 July 1943
- Date: 24 July 1943
Revisions
Added an association to the 367th BS & 306th BG listed in the A/C #442-30065 description section.
Added the Production block number and Manufacturer per info on the internet.
SOURCE: http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_2.html
Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.