42-30144
Delivered Cheyenne 16/4/43; Smoky Hill 25/4/43; Lowry 6/5/43; Smoky Hill 26/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-R] Horham 15/6/43; on practice mission suffered mechanical problems 27/6/43 with John Lee, Co-pilot: John Caldwell, Navigator: Hubert Gage, Bombardier: Dave Bail, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: George Serock, Radio Operator: Chas Peacock, Ball turret gunner: John Beacham, Waist gunner: Ralph Howser,Tail gunner: Vince Cox (9 Returned to Duty); 27/6/43 with John Lee force landed at Walsham-le-Willows, Sfk. #2 out due to electrical fire; transferred 306BG Thurleigh 6/43; Salvaged Italy 15/2/44.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-725419
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner / Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-795229
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
![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)
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Crashed |
Walsham le Willows, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk IP31, UK | 27 June 1943 | On practice mission suffered mechanical problems 27/6/43. Force landed at Walsham-le-Willows, Suffolk #2 out due to electrical fire. (9 x RTD). |